The Nintendo Wii Thread - For All Nintendo Wii Related Stuff!

[Jale]

Since there are many things to talk about Wii, I've created a separate thread for this game system. Post news, comments and anything related to it.

[Jale]

WII'S TECH SPECS PARADED.

EB Games unveils Wii's final tech specs. Plus: ATi chief joins the Wii love-in, says 'it's about the innovation'

EB Games, the big US online retailer, has opened for business when it comes to ordering Nintendo's Wii, with an initial order listing for the console, which we expect to debut in November or more likely December over here in Europe.

Surprisingly, for a Monday morning, we're not going to turn this into a 'guess the Wii release date' debate, but rather reveal the tech specs that EB Games has published alongside its ad, to give you a clue as to how it might actually perform.

Of course, most of them are already on the record, and comparisons with the PS3 and Xbox 360 are largely redundant given each next-gen console's differing architecture, but it's the first external naming of the specs, so we thought we'd share.

Meanwhile, John Swimmer, ATI's Senior PR Manager has also joined the Wii love-in, in an interview with GameDaily.biz where he promised what we saw of the Wii at E3 was "just the tip of the iceberg".

However, Swimmer then surprised us further by saying, "I really don't think that it's about the [specs]. I think it's about the innovation that it brings to the table. The motion-sensing, the always-on capability, which is really cool too - the fact that the chip is powerful enough and responsive enough to be there at a moment's notice, and I think that's pretty cool for the average gamer."

Wii tech specs on EB

• CPU IBM Broadway 729MHz
• Internal Storage 512MB Flash Memory
• GPU ATI Hollywood
• Optical Disc Drive 8cm GameCube/12cm Wii
• Supported Resolution: up to 480p
• 12cm Disc Capacity 4.7GB (single) / 8.5GB (dual)
• System Memory Unknown
• Memory Expansion 2 SD Memory
• Wii Controller Ports Wireless (4 minimum)
• Internet Connectivity WiFi 802.11b/g
• GameCube Controller Ports 4 Ports
• Disc Compatibility GameCube
• GameCube Memory Expansion 2 Ports
• USB 2.0 2 Ports
• Downloadable Content NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, Turbo Grafx

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[pearl jamed]

Wii is gonna be sick!!

[Jale]

Wii's new price: $219.

[Zach]

Still a very respectable price

[belmont]

Yes a very good price indeed...
Since PS2 will cost 600$ and the X-box 360 costs 400$ it may have an advantage.I still think that it will fail though.No Final Fantasy,not Resident Evil...

[alcoatjez]

No Final Fantasy,not Resident Evil...

AFAIK there will be versions of both these games for Wii. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Jale]

Since PS2 will cost 600$

Since when PS2 is that expensive?

[belmont]

AFAIK there will be versions of both these games for Wii. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

If I remember correctly Wii will have FF:Crystal Chronicles 2.
If you played the first one on GC you will now that it is crap compared to the basic series. FF13 will be on PS3 only,just as it happens now.

Resident Evil 5 was announced for PS3 and X-Box 360. There is no Wii version yet.
There will be a RE game but I don't really know if it will be RE5.


Here are the Wii games announced in E3-2006

Wii

Activision
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Call of Duty 3
AQ Interactive
Boxing Action
Atari
Dragon Ball Z Budokai: Tenkaichi 2
Atlus
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
BANPRESTO
Family Action Game
Buena Vista Games
Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action
Disney's Meet the Robinsons
Capcom
Resident Evil series
D3Publisher
SIMPLE series
Original Action Game
Eidos
Title TBD
Electronic Arts
Madden NFL '07
Medal of Honor Airborne
EPOCH
Title TBD
From Software
Action Game
Genki
Title TBD
HUDSON SOFT
BOMBERMAN LAND
Flight Game
JALECO
Title TBD
KOEI
Sengoku Action
Konami Digital Entertainment
Elebits
Soccer Game
Majesco
Bust-A-Move Revolution
Marvelous Interactive
BOKUJO MONOGATARI
Heroes
KAWA NO NUSHITSURI
Original Simulation
Mastiff
Mr. D. Goes to Town (working title)
Midway Games
The Ant Bully
Happy Feet
MILESTONE
New Vertical Scroll Shooting Game
New Action Game
MTO
Character Action Game
SAN-X All-star Revolution
NAMCO BANDAI Games
FINAL FURLONG
Mobile Suit GUNDAM
SD GUNDAM G BREAKER
DIGIMON
ONE PIECE UNLIMITED ADVENTURE
New Action Game
New RPG
TAMAGOTCHI
Title TBD
Natsume (developed by Marvelous)
Harvest Moon
Nintendo
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Excite Truck
Fire Emblem
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
Super Mario Galaxy
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Wii Sports
SEGA
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz
SONIC WILD FIRE
SNK
Metal Slug Anthology
Spike
Necro-Nesia
Jawa
SQUARE ENIX
CODENAME: FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: Crystal Bearers
DRAGON QUEST SWORDS: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
TAITO
Turn IT around!!
Let's go by train!
Cooking Mama -Cooking with International Friends-
TECMO
Super Swing Golf PANGYA
The Game Factory
Title TBD
THQ
Avatar: The Last Airbender
SpongeBob SquarePants:
Creature from the Krusty Krab
Disney/Pixar Cars
TOMY
Action Game
Battle Action
Ubisoft
Open Season
Rayman Raving Rabbids
RED STEEL
Vivendi Universal Games
Title TBD
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Title TBD

[kallion]

I'm looking forward to Super Smash Brothers Brawl!

I love super smash bros!