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[Henk_Glimlach]

What morons, they're missing the biggest ****ing holiday of the Dutch and Belgian people of the year by 3 days...

Yep Sinterklaas 5 December

 

[leesmapman]

What morons, they're missing the biggest ****ing holiday of the Dutch and Belgian people of the year by 3 days...

yeah, sinterklaas ftl :-(

 

[Rocked]

What morons, they're missing the biggest ****ing holiday of the Dutch and Belgian people of the year by 3 days...

What holiday's that?

 

[jarosh]

wii play (includes duck hunt) with extra remote for europe but not for us. lol

 

[Creamium]

What morons, they're missing the biggest ****ing holiday of the Dutch and Belgian people of the year by 3 days...

Yep that's a missed opportunity, looks like Sinterklaas has to be delayed this year.

So the launch details are nothing surprising. I'll probably get it at launch

 

[WordAssassin]

What the **** is this, everyone gets Wii Play except America. God dammit. I want to use my Mii in as many games as I can!

 

[deadhorse32]

What morons, they're missing the biggest ****ing holiday of the Dutch and Belgian people of the year by 3 days...

.... for 10 years old

 

[Screenboy]

180 quid, 30 quid more than I'd like to have spent but i'll still get it with Zelda.

 

[HisBrother]

Wow..Its a worldwide release minus America... Lol its funny how they screwed Everyone else except America when it comes to date and screwed everyone except Japan on price.

I guess it balances out really.

 

[SumGamer]

Is the Aussy release date confirmed?

 

[Xellotah]

HURRAY, EUROS BREATHE SIGH OF RELIEF

What! Its a month late.

 

[Leonsito]

Europe is not getting raped

I repeat..

EUROPE IS NOT GETTING RAPED


I'm going to eat something

 

[Scalemail Ted]

07:47.04 -
The enormous Wii software trailer reel shown on Nintendo's website is now playing, showing off many titles including Resi Evil, Zelda and countless others.

 

[Rocked]

At least we're getting Wii Play, like Japan.

 

[Amir0x]

wii play (includes duck hunt) with extra remote for europe but not for us. lol

but it'll be in english right so if Wii is region free then we can import it and play yay!

 

[Henk_Glimlach]

£179 = $335US, Americans better stop crying now.

We are Europe on of the biggest markets and still always get................. fill in the doted line.

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

13:44 - Right, with that bit of frenzied excitement out the way, we've moved onto that Wii games trailer that was doing the rounds on the Japanese website yesterday. Incidentally, it looks a bit more impressive when it's blown up slightly bigger than the size of a postage stamp.

 

[marc^o^]

What the **** is this, everyone gets Wii Play except America. God dammit. I want to use my Mii in as many games as I can!

Is Wii Play this game that includes the billard? If so Yeah!

 

[Falch]

Yep Sinterklaas 5 December

Lot of people celebrate Christmas instead of Sinterklaas these days anyway.

Anyway, pretty much what I expected. December release, 250 Euro with Wii Sports. Is white the only color? I'd rather have a black Wii.

 

[Chao]

December 8th is holiday here in Spain.

Btw, it's my birthday too, thx Nintendo <3

 

[MrPing1000]

Wow..Its a worldwide release minus America... Lol its funny how they screwed Everyone else except America when it comes to date and screwed everyone except Japan on price.

I guess it balances out really.

Unless u live in Europe

 

[SlayrUK]

Console is £100 cheaper than Xbox 360 PRemium
Games are £10 cheaper than Xbox 360

Sounds fair enough considering what the Wii is aiming for.

 

[Ford Prefect]

wii play (includes duck hunt) with extra remote for europe but not for us. lol

what

 

[HisBrother]

Is the Aussy release date confirmed?

Yup. nintendo.com.au confirmed first.

 

[Chibbi Brady]

Phew. Good to see we're getting Wii Play and Wario are shortly after launch.

 

[Aft Dread Pressure]

What! Its a month late.

At least it's not 2007.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

07:48.09 -
Iwata's back. He's inviting us to stand up and enter the demo area behind the stage. So that's it folks!

 

[E-phonk]

We are getting Wii Play at launch? Is that the "My First Wii" thing?

Yup!

 

[DECK'ARD]

So Wii Play for Europe?

And does Wario Ware "just after launch" mean before Christmas as well? I'd REALLY like that.

 

[8bit]

wii play (includes duck hunt) with extra remote for europe but not for us. lol

Rest of world
VVVVVVVVV

^^^^^^^^
America

 

[WordAssassin]

but it'll be in english right so if Wii is region free then we can import it and play yay!

Oh shit good point!

 

[TheGreatDave]

£180 with a game isn't too bad. I'm still importing because of the release date though.

 

[mrklaw]

180 quid, 30 quid more than I'd like to have spent but i'll still get it with Zelda.

Its also only £20 less than you can get a core Xbox 360 for.

Still, not too bad - game prices are OK if they stick to £34 for first party. Although thats quite close to DS game pricing - wonder if they'll go down?

 

[Gessle]

Yes! We get Wii Play at launch. That means

Wii + 2 controllers + Wii Sports + Wii Play = 300 €

 

[jarosh]

but it'll be in english right so if Wii is region free then we can import it and play yay!

my lol was also kind of a schadenfreude lol. since i'm in euroland

 

[Blue Geezer]

£180 for me is a bargain.

sold.

 

[Coen]

What morons, they're missing the biggest ****ing holiday of the Dutch and Belgian people of the year by 3 days...

They would've missed that anyway. Parents buy that stuff weeks in advance.

 

[bud]

Console is £20 cheaper than Xbox 360
Games are £10 cheaper than Xbox 360

Sounds fair enough considering what the Wii is aiming for.

fixed

 

[Tadaima]

Okay.

It's great that Europe is getting it so close to America and Japan. There isn't enough time to import, this time around!

179 is okay. I'm getting Wii Sports seperately, anyway, and had set aside 150 for the console. 150 + 40 = more than 180.

 

[Mr. TV Goggles]

.... for 10 years old

...And racists.

 

[Nander]

So that's it?!

Nintendo, I want those two hours of my life back.

 

[MMaRsu]

What morons, they're missing the biggest ****ing holiday of the Dutch and Belgian people of the year by 3 days...

That's true tho :\

 

[MrPing1000]

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/nintendo_wii.asp?platform=WII

gameplay were quick.

 

[Yoschi]

wii.com has been updated, but no new content i think

 

[Screenboy]

Wonder if it was the same 2 second RE clip...

its over.

my round!

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

12:47 - And with one last crescendo of music, Iwata has reappeared on stage. The words "Wii move you" are dangling provocatively over his head. He's inviting us to go try the damn thing out for ourselves. And - gasp - a huge gaping chasm has opened in the wall behind him and everyone's being sucked through, like huge electronically-obsessed sheep. Or something. You know, if we'd thought about it, we would have said 'Iwata is inviting us to play with his Wii'. AHAHAHAHAHahhahahahaha. God, I kill me sometimes.

And on that note, we're off to play some games. Cheerio from London! We love you, we really, really do!

 

[yilmazz]

So here we go Japan import!

 

[WordAssassin]

Actually I'm gonna assume that Wii Play will launch world-wide around December 10th since it'll be there for the Japanese and European launches (and, assumedly, the Assie one too) so I guess it's not too bad.

 

[Saargabath]

hmmm 250€ for Wii Sports... I might import an US one. Anyway I need Zelda and Red Steel.

 

[Amir0x]

my lol was also kind of a schadenfreude lol. since i'm in euroland

at least i get MY anal rape for $250 equivalent, sir