Tag: Wii Launch
Feature Staff Memories of the Wii Launch
Being part of the Revolution
As E3 2012 and a Wii U bonanza looms ever closer, we're currently in the middle of a series of features that explore previous Nintendo console launches. We've already written about the magic of console launches, while editor James Newton was joined by Joe Walker in our most recent podcast, When We Were Excited About Wii...
News Europe Snaps Up 325,000 Wiis In Just 2 Days
Nintendo boast about their highly successful product launch across Europe.
It's going to be a good Christmas period for Nintendo, possibly their best for over a decade. Wii has sold extremely strongly in all regions with many more people still trying to get their hands on a console. Even the PR writers have lost it and start using Wii-puns. 'Tis the...
News UK Wii Sells 50,000 In 12 Hours
Just in case you haven't heard already, Wii sold out very very quickly.
Sorry, I'm playing news catch up today (yes, It's been one of those weeks) most of you will already know, but the Wii sold a whopping 50,000 units in the first 12 hours of launch, impressive. "Within just 12 hours of going on sale, the much anticipated launch of the...
News Amazon.co.uk Get More Wiis
The mammoth UK retailer has announced more Wii consoles will go on sale at 3pm today.
Some of you unlucky gamers that still haven't got a Wii have just been given another chance to snap one up, the email went out about half an hour ago with the consoles going on sale in just over an hour. "Dear Nintendo fan, Great news! We've managed to get our...
Bundled with the console, everyone has an opinion
Wii finally launches and everyone should of booted up Wii Sports by now. Which does it best for you, Tennis? Boxing? Bowling? Golf? Baseball? Have you tried Wii Fitness? Are you classed as an old man (ReInstall) or a fit athelete (pHaT-aNt_)? Tell us about your experience with Wii Sports, what you...
England awakens to a Wii winter wonderland, the Wii is out, the Wii is out. Do you have yours?
Hundreds of people turned out on a bitterly cold London night to witness the birth of Wii into the UK. Gamers were treated to the "talents" of Ian Wright, Ricky Hatton and Nell McAndrew. New York had the Wii Segway, London had the Wii bus, a classic London...
Zelda reaches sales of 410,000 copies in the US, 87% of Wii owners snapping it up on launch day.
Nintendo announce the sales figures for the first 8 days of Wii in the US, selling 600,000 with a total of 1,000,000 to be available by the end of 2006. "In only the first seven days of availability after its Nov. 19 launch, Wii sold nearly half a...
The countdown is almost over, you have only 24 hours to prepare to Wii.
If you've not already pre-ordered your console, you could be in for a tough fight to get your hands on a Wii for launch day. If your in London maybe you should head down to the official launch at HMV as they should have a huge pile of Wii's. Otherwise you might find yourself...
News Queues Form In Oxford Street London
Nintendo fans flock to a rainy London HMV store in anticipation of tonight's midnight launch of Wii.
If your reading this, your probably not already at the HMV store, queues are already starting to swell and its likely your already too late to get a console. "Excited shoppers are already forming queues outside shops across the country to ensure...
Gone, but not forgotten
As we count down to the release of Wii, we look back at our favourite moments on Gamecube. The Gamecube has been some what of a mixed bag, it's provided us with some classic moments but maybe its let us down, once more, with third party titles. It's pretty safe to say its done better than the Nintendo 64. We expect alot of...
News Wii Say: Konnichiwa Japan!
Nintendo's homeland, the land of the future finally gets to play Wii and boy are they excited.
Japan is somewhat of an oddball market, fans are very loyal for long periods of time but then suddenly switch allegiance. Nintendo have been on the cold side the past 5 years, Gamecube did okay, but the PS2 reigned supreme throughout its life. But today,...
News HMV Chosen As Partner For Wii Launch
Launch event to take place at midnight in HMV, Oxford Street with some random celebrities to boot.
Nintendo UK has today announced it will officially partner with HMV when it launches its new console, Wii, at midnight on 7th/8th December 2006. "The action kicks off from 11pm at HMV, 150 Oxford Street, London with the chance for everyone to come...
If we didn't already know, Nintendo made it official, Wii's launch is a success state side.
It's been almost 10 days since the Wii launched on November 19th, everyone's first indications are good and the launch has been deemed a success. With Nintendo selling a Wii almost 1 per second since launch, Reggie proclaims "Including just first-party...
News London GAME Midnight Launch
Get your Wii from the first possible second at Oxford Street
The Oxford Street branch of the GAME store will be opening their doors at midnight on Thursday 7th December. GAME Stores Group Ltd, Europe's leading video games retailer, have confirmed that they will be opening their flagship Oxford Street store at midnight on Thursday 7th December 2006...
Just in-case you missed them, the infamous Japanese magazine scores on the Wii, we'll remind you.
Whenever it comes to Japanese gaming media, there is only one magazine that's important, that is of course Famitsu. Although I'm alittle late posting these, they still might prove interesting to someone. "Famitsu is known worldwide for its...
It's finally here, the Wii has arrived and its time to play
The sun rose over a cold and bitter English morning, it was like any other normal day, except today the Wii would finally be in my hands. 7.00am - I wake to the annoying sound of my alarm clock, usually it gets a beating but today I was nice, it was time to get up (unusually early for me)...
News Amazon.co.uk Wii Preorder Sells Out In 2 Minutes
Amazon.co.uk finally allowed pre-orders for the Wii console this morning, however huge demand means they were gone within 2 mins.
If you'd hadn't already secured your pre-order with a local retailer, online was the next best choice. Amazon recently announced that they would be taking pre-orders on its website from 9am Tue 21st of Nov, today...
Nintendo's console finally gets unleashed into the homes of a million Americans.
One of the biggest console launches ever has now completed its first leg, the Wii console is out and the majority of American readers will probably already have one, sadly us Europeans and Australians will have to wait alittle while longer. Reggie did Nintendo proud at...
America prepares for the launch of Nintendo's new console, the wait is finally over.
The Wii train is approaching the station, finally the mass market will be able to get their hands on the Wii console and we'll all know first hand, if Nintendo's gamble has paid off. What's all the fuss about? "The most important advance for video games in the...
News Trauma Center Hits Stores
News breaks as the first Wii games start appearing in US stores.
For some unknown reason there are always games instore before the actual console due to launch, maybe its marketing, maybe there is no reason, either way, Atlus's Trauma Center: Second Opinion is now available in stores across America. "This news may cause dizziness and weak knees...
Nintendo state that its production facility in North Bend is working around the clock to get shipments ready.
Along with the news, Nintendo have issued us with some photos from inside the warehouse, just to make us drool even more. There's a pretty snazy shot taken of copies of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess making their way down a conveyor...
Web giant CNET sits down with Reggie and asks him about the Wii, will we all get one?
The Nintendo Of US and A President, Reggie, was quizzed by CNET's Rich DeMuro. The interview was recorded and thrown online for us all to see. Reggie looked as calm as ever, but completely deflected the whole "one more secret" rumour that'd currently been buzzing...
Tired of Europe getting games last?
I'm sure you've all heard the story, Europe always gets treated the worst in the games industry. It's the last region to get the games. Companies such as Nintendo often release a game first in the US or Japan, then three to six months later when they've all finished playing it they decide to release the game in...
Load your guns and sharpen your knives, 'cause the war is coming. We are anticipating one of the greatest struggles known to men, as the three champions are getting ready. This is the console war, it's going to be bloody, it's going to be dirty, and the future of the game industry is depending on this.
Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit. But it is...
NintendoLife.com celebrates the Wii countdown with 30 days of Wii, heaps of Previews, Articles and Reviews on the way.
The staff over at NintendoLife.com really can't wait for Wii to come out, we're quite literally sitting on our hands right now. We've decided to mark the occasion with a special 30 days of articles leading upto the European launch...
News Brazilian Wii To Cost Over $1,100
Seems our South American buddies will get heavily bitten by import costs when the console comes out later this month.
According to a Brazilian gaming website, the Wii will be available from certain stores who are legally importing the product through "official Nintendo channels". The stores will be charging R$2,399 which translates to around $1,124...
News New Rayman Gameplay Footage
Ubisoft release some new footage of their upcoming Wii launch title, Rayman Raving Rabbits.
The neat little video package was released this afternoon along with a selection of screenshots. For the first time we get abit more of an idea of what the actual gameplay will be like. Just in case you didn't know, this is what its meant to be about: "This...
More Wii cover artwork slips out of Japan and onto the Internet.
These boxes have been posted on Flickr over the past few days, its always interesting to see different cover art in Japan. I'm not totally sure why the market would be so different over there... but anyway, some suitable differences, check them out. The Zelda box is obviously quite...
Last week saw the 2006 Nintendo World event in Japan, lots of new footage and games for us to get excited about.
The event held in Nagoya, Japan gave the opportunity to 100s of gamers to get physical with Wii, shortly after the event IGN managed to scramble back to their computers and threw some videos online for everyone to enjoy. GoNintendo also...
Nintendo UK unveils Its largest ever sampling campaign for launch of New Wii console
Nintendo UK, begin a two month campaign which begins 10 November 2006 until 13 January 2007 and takes in over 60 locations and events across the UK and Ireland to get the console into the hands of one million people by launch. "Just as sampling and getting the...
The infamous Nintendo creation is to appear in a episode of cult tv show, South Park.
The creators of South Park are always in the news for some reason or another, only a week or so ago they were barraged for showing Steve Irwin in one of their episodes. It seems that Nintendo's latest Wii console has also been featured in the hit cartoon. This...
Nintendo UK showcase some new trailers for the upcoming Zelda game out in Nov in the US and Dec in the UK.
In this weeks Nintendo UK newsletter, a simple title of "The Legend Returns..." should be enough to wet your appaite. Clicking through to the UK Wii.com website, you are rewarded with two stunning videos showcasing the upcoming Zelda game, The...
Wii's game library is already growing strong thanks to great third party support and the Virtual Console.
Here's a copy of todays Press Release, direct from Nintendo.com: Within the first five weeks of launch, Wii™ owners can pick from up to 62 games, representing the most diverse, and most exciting, console video game library available. Licensees...
Reggie expects a Wii success as we draw closer to the US launch in just over two weeks.
Nintendo is mobilizing the largest worldwide video game console launch in at least a decade, with approximately 4 million Wii™ systems available globally during the six weeks between Wii's Nov. 19 launch in the Americas and the end of 2006. "Although the...
Some more high quality game artwork has appeared on the internet.
Browsing around the internet more and more Wii covers are popping up, even some have been posted on flickr, by a member named "creamsugar". Anyway, game cover artwork excites me, so lets get down to business:...
News UK Get Wii Component Cables In Stores
Nintendo UK today confirm that all Wii accessories will be available through the normal retail outlets.
EuroGamer recieve confirmation from Nintendo UK regarding the sale of Wii accessories, and most importantly the EDTV Component cable. "Earlier this week, IGN reported that American gamers would be forced to buy their US$ 29.99 component...
News Wii Wheel Available As Standalone
Ubisoft's Wii Wheel attachment will be both bundled with GT Pro Series, Monster 4X4 and sold separately
If you missed the news earlier in the month, Ubisoft unveiled a "Wii Wheel" attachment that'll be bundled with its driving games. Essentially the wheel is a shell for your Wii Mote which allows you to hold and turn it more like a steering wheel...
News Wii Marketing In Full Swing
With only a month until the US launch, Nintendo are starting to push the Wii brand across the globe.
Flickr member "branille" recently posted a photograph of Nintendo's impressive advert in Time Square's Toys R Us store in New York. Nintendo have also announced a aggressive marketing campaign in Europe, a region which is somewhat neglected by the...
News Wii Component Cables To Be Sold Online
Kotaku report that 480p compatible component cables for Wii will only be available online.
For the growing number of Nintendoers that have HD Ready displays, we've been waiting for news on availability of component cables for Wii. These are the AV cables capable of delivering the superior "progressive scan" signal from the Wii. "A spokesperson...
News Wii Finally Get Cover Art
It's been a while coming but we're finally starting to get some high resolution Wii artwork for games such as Red Steel, Tony Hawks and Far Cry.
Nintendo has sometimes suffered when it comes to cover artwork style, but this time it looks pretty damn sweet. We've recently started receiving high resolution artwork, check them out:...
Four titles from THQ will be available on day one of Wii, Avatar, Barnyard, Cars and Spongebob.
Okay, so they're probably not the kinda games we'll be buying, but THQ have offered some decent titles for the younger market. Anyway, here's the low-down on all four games that'll be available at launch. Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Based on one of...
News Latest Wii Date & Price Rumours
IGN & SPOnG both publish articles suggesting release date of Nov 2nd or Nov 12th for $229
It's been a little while since someone said they knew the Wii date & price. It seems sources have told IGN that the elusive date will be either November 2nd or November 12th - possibly depending on region. "A number of big-name publishers are set to...
French publisher Ubisoft talk about their big 7, all launch titles for Nintendo's Wii console.
Details emerge about the big 7, even NoA's very own Reggie had something to say about it. "We're thrilled that Ubisoft will be unveiling Wii versions of both exclusive new IP and established franchises," said Reggie Fils-Aime, president and chief...
News Ubisoft Confirms 7 Launch Titles For Wii
French publisher lays its cards on the table, 7 titles to be released on or around the Wii launch date.
Nintendo will be pleased with an impressive amount of support from Ubisoft for its Wii console. The following titles have been named by the publisher: Red Steel Rayman Raving Rabbids Open Season Far Cry Blazing Angels: Squadron of WWII Monster...
News Nintendo React To Wii Launch Rumours
After numerous sites start suggesting release dates left right and center, Nintendo put out an official response.
Gamers who keep their ears to the ground would of seen the stink of rumours over the past week regarding the Wii launch date, even Sports Illustrated for Kids has been quoted as having the official release date. It seems Nintendo do...
Nintendo UK confirm that the UK retail price for Wii will be "in-line" with the US and Japanese prices.
Nintendo UK have spoken about the UK retail price, well not officially or anything, but to EuroGamer. Yesterday, Nintendo announced that the Wii will cost ¥25,000 or less and $250 or less when it goes on sale later this year - the equivalent of...
News Wii Will Launch Under $250
Nintendo throw a statement out into the open with an estimated Wii price and how many units will be available.
Today, Nintendo announce a statement containing some information about the Wii retail price and how many units they expect to be available. Following its overwhelming debut at E3 2006, Nintendo today announced the current fiscal year unit...
News Wii Retail Package Details
Covering E3 have unearthed some details when chatting to Nintendo employees at this years E3
Chris over at Covering E3 has posted an article confirming some details about the Wii console and what will be included at launch, heres an overview of his findings. Retail Wii will ship with a Wii console, Wii Remote & Nunchuk and no games. The classic...
News Mario To Miss Out On Wii Launch
Nintendo bigwig Shigeru Miyamoto has said Mario will only launch roughly six months after Wii launch
Reported from an after hours press event, IGN.com have quoted the legendary Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, saying that the next Mario installment, Super Mario Galaxy, will not be available at launch. " is progressing along quite well, but it's...
News Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Details
IGN report further details about the new Metroid Prime game, now set to debut as a Wii launch title
Earlier today IGN.com reported information about the recently announce Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. The Retro Studios developed game is set to become the first Metroid Prime launch title and will be available along side The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight...
