My hosting can be a little temporamental at times :-/  Sometimes I dont see it. I cant see Cyphers avatar, assuming he has one.

Id say Ã,£180 launch price too, wasnt that the price that both the N64 and Gamecube launched at? (If Im not mistaken).

Still great value, Ive heard that Wii Sports and Opera (the browser) are going to be bundled in at that price.

Quote from: neXusNintendo lost out on hardware and you all know how i have felt about how nintendo have been and still are really caught in their ways on the old kiddie front.

Resident Evil 4? Metroid Prime 1/2? Eternal Darkness? Kiddie?

Edit: Pah, I guess youre right, since Ubisoft announced Red Steel wont feature any blood.

The minimum is going to be Ã,£159 simply cause you have to add VAT so Ã,£170 seems realistic for the UK robbery standard.

Quote from: skidzillaId say Ã,£180 launch price too, wasnt that the price that both the N64 and Gamecube launched at? (If Im not mistaken).

Still great value, Ive heard that Wii Sports and Opera (the browser) are going to be bundled in at that price.

Quote from: neXusNintendo lost out on hardware and you all know how i have felt about how nintendo have been and still are really caught in their ways on the old kiddie front.

Resident Evil 4? Metroid Prime 1/2? Eternal Darkness? Kiddie?

Edit: Pah, I guess youre right, since Ubisoft announced Red Steel wont feature any blood.

I feel confident saying that 90% of Nintendo games would fall under the kiddie field

They are, alaways will be, but Wii is tempting me, first time since my Nes.

It doesnt matter if they are kiddie games or not.  Your perception of Nintendo games may be kiddie games but I honestly think they games that break the mould that is the aggresive western market of fast cars and big guns.  They are intellegant and entertaining games that deliver hours of fun.

In short, nintendo games are those that are guarateed to put a smile on your face.  That is what they are.  At E3 people walked out of the booth with a smile on their face, laughing about how the fun the games were, that is something no amount of marketing can buy you.

Stragely both Sony and Microsoft are talking about how their system is the better one to go with the Wii. Both say that the Wii will be the best second console.

No I dont have an avatar atm.  Never got round to putting one up.

What really matters in a game isnt the graphics or if its aimed at adults or not, what matters is gameplay and the experience, everything else is packaging.

Ohhh something we missed

Nintendo DS and Compatability with the Wii... Wonder what we are going to be able to do

Quote from: skidzillaId say Ã,£180 launch price too, wasnt that the price that both the N64 and Gamecube launched at? (If Im not mistaken).

The cube released at around Ã,£130-Ã,£140. There were some ructions going on around the time about it being Ã,£180 at release. When it actually went on sale it was definitely no more than Ã,£140.

I agree that its all about the gameplay. I own a PS2 and GC but when it comes to having m8s over, its GC everytime. Nothing beats Mario Party, Monkey Ball or Mario Kart with 4 players. Its THE party game console. The games maybe kiddy, but theres a big kid inside me!

Quote from: neXusOne thing concerns me though:

I would be worried playing tennis with any of you lot, you just may get bashed around the head with a wii controler as Dooms tries and do a cross court smash.

lol i was discussing this with flatmate last night... it is going ot be very dangerous, esp after a few drinks. Couple years ago when the EyeToy first came out we took that to a house party, that ended in lots of bruises and pains.

QuoteGAMES console maker Nintendo has told a Japanese magazine that its Wii console will hit the streets in the land of the Rising Sun for 25,000 yen (Ã,£119).

According to www.videogamesblogger.com, if you compare that price with what Nintendo did to the DS Lite prices, and divide the figure by your shoe size, that will mean that the Wii will probably end up at about Ã,£150 in Blighty.

If you add in a second controller and a game it will probably end up at about Ã,£160. Either way, it will be as cheap as chips in comparison to Voles XBox 360 and you could buy two for the cost of a single PS3.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31964

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Quote from: neXusOne thing concerns me though:

I would be worried playing tennis with any of you lot, you just may get bashed around the head with a wii controler as Dooms tries and do a cross court smash.

lol i was discussing this with flatmate last night... it is going ot be very dangerous, esp after a few drinks. Couple years ago when the EyeToy first came out we took that to a house party, that ended in lots of bruises and pains.

Cant wait to see pictures form forum members of the first Wii scars and spilt blood. ^^

A Nintendo rep has said they are pushing for an October release and said a number (cant remember) of consoles they are shipping. All i can remember is that its more then the first bathc pf PS3s

Im already saving up for one of them