My Wii preorder, First virtual console games, Wii demo units
October 19th 2006 00:36
So, I dropped down to Myer and pre-ordered myself a Wii yesterday. $600 worth of vouchers (though I probably won't use any of them, other than the game and controller ones) and a free copy of GT Pro Series II, also known as GT Wii. It seems like a pretty generic racing game, and from the gameplay videos the car collision physics leave a little to be desired. However, the main drawing point for me of GT Wii is Ubisoft's 'steering wheel' shell for the Wiimote - designed by Thrustmaster, of countless PC joysticks fame - which I'm sure you've all seen before:
Sure, it seems a bit cheesy, but hey, that's what the Wii is all about (: Ubisoft recently announced that the shell would be available overseas independent of the game for $19.95USD, but no word of an Australian release outside GT Wii and Monster 4X4.
The OFLC site shows the first 7 Wii Virtual Console games to be released, too:
NES
Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Pinball
SNES
F-Zero
Simcity
Super Mario World
Which seems like a pretty decent launch lineup. The new Wii Warioware game is also up on there, which makes me think it might be around on launch day, if not soon after.
Aaaaand finally, IGN reported not too long ago that there WOULD in fact be demo units for the Wii - in the US, at least - in stores. The controllers WOULD be wireless and the public WOULD be able to play them, but the tradeoff is, of course, that the store staff WOULD have to look after the display at all times (so that no0one nicks a Wiimote as a souvenir). There's still no word from Ninty Australia, or any of the major retailers, as to whether there will be in-store units in Australia any time soon.
I'll leave you with some box art for the Wii's first couple of games, because I'm such a nice person. Stay tuned!
The Wii's steering wheel attachment
Sure, it seems a bit cheesy, but hey, that's what the Wii is all about (: Ubisoft recently announced that the shell would be available overseas independent of the game for $19.95USD, but no word of an Australian release outside GT Wii and Monster 4X4.
The OFLC site shows the first 7 Wii Virtual Console games to be released, too:
NES
Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Pinball
SNES
F-Zero
Simcity
Super Mario World
Which seems like a pretty decent launch lineup. The new Wii Warioware game is also up on there, which makes me think it might be around on launch day, if not soon after.
Aaaaand finally, IGN reported not too long ago that there WOULD in fact be demo units for the Wii - in the US, at least - in stores. The controllers WOULD be wireless and the public WOULD be able to play them, but the tradeoff is, of course, that the store staff WOULD have to look after the display at all times (so that no0one nicks a Wiimote as a souvenir). There's still no word from Ninty Australia, or any of the major retailers, as to whether there will be in-store units in Australia any time soon.
I'll leave you with some box art for the Wii's first couple of games, because I'm such a nice person. Stay tuned!
Wii GT Pro Series II (Wii GT) box art
Wii Red Steel box art
Wii Zelda Twilight Princess box art
Wii Trauma Centre Second Opinion box art
Wii Need For Speed Carbon box art
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Comment by PokerPro
I just wanted to say you have a really nice looking blog. Particularly your banner, which looks great. I am sure the Wii is going to control market share eventually. Nintendo are innovating while the others are stagnating.
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