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"the story is as follows; IGNwii came up with the name, starting using it EVERYWHERE. Nintendo's VP of marketing heard it, passed it along, and then nintendo adopted it. Thank IGNwii's ed. in chief.....not nintendo"

Do you just enjoy sounding stupid or something?

No part of that story is even remotely true.

8/11/2006 7:29:32 PM

This needs to be on the new page.

8/12/2006 8:15:21 PM

that... is... awesome

8/12/2006 8:30:53 PM

saw that a few days ago, hilariuos

8/12/2006 10:41:28 PM

Is that Kevin Arnold's older hippie sister?

8/13/2006 12:27:47 PM

The confirmed Wii launch lineup

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/13/the-confirmed-wii-launch-lineup/

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" * Avatar: The Last Airbender * Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII * Blitz: The League * Call of Duty 3 * Cars * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 * Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors * Elebits * Excite Truck * Far Cry * GT Pro Series * Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers * The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess * Madden NFL 07 * Marvel: Ultimate Alliance * Metal Slug Anthology * Metroid Prime 3: Corruption * Monster 4x4 World Circuit * Need for Speed: Carbon * Open Season * Rayman Raving Rabbids * Red Steel * SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab * Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz * Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam * Trauma Center: Second Opinion * Wii Sports"

8/14/2006 2:20:17 PM

^Looks like im going to get another nintendo system.

I'm glad it has football games for it.

[Edited on August 14, 2006 at 2:30 PM. Reason : ]

8/14/2006 2:30:14 PM

does this mean the wii isn't getting any wwII combat games?

[Edited on August 14, 2006 at 3:23 PM. Reason : oh holy contradiction youtube and text in thread Ø]

8/14/2006 3:23:14 PM

was that meant to be a joke?

8/14/2006 3:28:31 PM

well, i was listening to the fat girl ps3 and she said she was into wwII combat games and the wii girl didn't mention it so i thought wii wasn't gonna be doing games like the MOH series

but this "blazing angels" game in the lineup sounds more like a flight game moreso than first person

8/14/2006 3:36:58 PM

nice, i could see myself purchasing half of that list.

8/14/2006 3:37:21 PM

^^call of duty, though

8/14/2006 3:37:55 PM

Wow, Dragon quest.

I thought I was only buying the system game for Twilight Princess. (It will also be released on the gamecube)

They could do without another crystal chronicles game.

8/14/2006 3:38:11 PM

ye i guess so

i'm not too thrilled about it on the wii though. i have a feeling they'll dumb it down or something

8/14/2006 3:39:06 PM

nice big list, but half of um are just multi-console games. kinda expected when ur the last one out.

8/14/2006 4:00:26 PM

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"^^call of duty, though"

Hmm..I wonder what FPSes will be like with the Wii controller. Interesting...

8/14/2006 4:04:46 PM

you should check out the videos for Red Steel. It looks pretty awesome. I'm not really even into FPSs that much, but I'm looking forward to playing it.

8/14/2006 4:12:23 PM

i havent really been into video games since highschool

with the exception of dynasty warriors

8/14/2006 4:18:45 PM

that actually looks pretty good

8/14/2006 4:23:12 PM

I generally don't play FPSers, but I am really looking forward to Red Steel for some reason.

I guess because of the controller it will feel like one of those arcade games with the guns, and I did always love those growing up.

8/14/2006 5:37:22 PM

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles must be a mistake on that list. The game was never announced as a Wii launch title and it was only shown as a pre-rendered trailer at E3.

Of course, Dragon Quest Monsters has been confirmed as a Wii launch title and there no hands-on impressions of it either. I guess the event on August 23 will settle things.

8/14/2006 10:50:23 PM

I could have sworn that the new Mario game was a launch title. I heard the same thing about the new SSB. Haven't been following it much, so it might have changed since then.

8/15/2006 2:28:43 AM

That wasn't a finalized list, just a list of currently confirmed launch titles.

8/15/2006 12:01:15 PM

Smash Bros. definitely is not a launch title. That was explicitly said when the game was announced. Super Mario Galaxy currently isn't listed as a launch title and the lineup is strong enough without it anyway.

Here's an interesting new development:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/725/725645p1.html

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"Nintendo's new Wii console could be yours later this year for less than expected. Tokyo-based Nikko Citigroup has issued a report on Nintendo's rising stock price, and between all the jargon is the financial institution's forecast that the Wii will carry a Japanese price point of 19,800 yen. Current exchange rates would put an equivalent US price at $170.00. However, console prices rarely convert according to exchange rates. At most, we can probable take this report to indicate an anticipated US price of under $200. Nikko Citigroup previously forecast a 25,000 yen price for the Wii. The firm arrived at the new, lower price point based on its expectation that Nintendo will be able to procure the Wii's CPU for less than expected. This report is just another prediction by a financial institution and shouldn't be taken as confirmation of the Wii's price. For now, the official Nintendo word is that the system will be sold for under 25,000 yen in Japan and $250 in America. Final details are expected in September."

8/15/2006 2:50:02 PM

It was stated by Myairimototoamo that the new Mario would not be at launch but within 6 months of it.

Also, be prepared for serious letdown with Red Steel. THe controls are not at all as free-flowing as you think. In fact there are talks of pushing the game back to 2007 to redo them because the E3 feedback was so negative on it. (for example, there are like 2 slash types and no matter what you do with the wiimote it will only do one of those 2 set slash attacks)

8/15/2006 2:53:55 PM

yikes

8/15/2006 3:05:23 PM

Smash launch hit.

http://wiilove3.ytmnd.com/

8/15/2006 3:43:42 PM

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"ye i guess so i'm not too thrilled about it on the wii though. i have a feeling they'll dumb it down or something"

Is it really that hard to conceive that Nintendo might actually make something you would enjoy playing? Pull your head out of your ass!

8/15/2006 3:52:52 PM

http://wii.ign.com/articles/725/725543p1.html

WiiFTW

8/15/2006 4:53:33 PM

hey joshnumbers how come you haven't responded to my post at the top of this page?

8/15/2006 5:13:33 PM

Confirmation that online access to play will be free on the wii (like the PS2, unlike Xbox Live)

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/15/162221&from=rss

8/15/2006 7:50:56 PM

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"Smash Bros. definitely is not a launch title. That was explicitly said when the game was announced. "

Now that I look back on things, it was explicitly said that it would be a launch title when it was announced. It has apparently changed since then.

[Edited on August 15, 2006 at 8:38 PM. Reason : .]

8/15/2006 8:37:38 PM

WHERE IS MY JAMES BOND?

8/15/2006 8:39:31 PM

Errr, no, unless you're referring to sometime before the official trailer was shown at E3

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/supersmashbros/news.html?sid=6150506&mode=recent

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"The final title for the Wii game was then revealed--Super Smash Bros. Brawl--and it's due in early 2007."

8/15/2006 8:44:31 PM

Solid snake will be in it, I want to play as Ninja, tho

8/15/2006 9:21:19 PM

I'm excited.

8/16/2006 2:19:22 PM

^that is the reason that I'm gonna by a Wii

8/16/2006 4:25:00 PM

Turns out not much happened at that conference. However...

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"http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/690/690720/bringiton_1156314656.jpg"

If that image doesn't show up, it basically says Nintendo of America's holding a big event Sept. 14.

8/23/2006 8:52:40 PM

quoting an image?

8/23/2006 8:55:56 PM

damn, i hit the wrong tag

8/23/2006 9:30:13 PM

http://media.wii.ign.com/media/827/827190/vids_1.html

Duck Hunt (Wii)

9/1/2006 7:27:29 PM

bttt.


I read on the GameStop website that one of the accessories being made for the Wii is an HD video cable which obviously seems strange.

9/7/2006 12:57:43 PM

It means nothing... just an HD-grade component cable. MadCatz s jsut trying to sucker people in by adding the HD tag to the product.

9/7/2006 2:31:29 PM

ah, ok.

9/7/2006 2:57:30 PM

Looks like the PS3 isn't the only one to have it's vibrating features disabled.

9/7/2006 5:50:08 PM

thats just a rumor. the last official word is that its still there.

9/7/2006 5:54:14 PM

they better keep the rumble
kind of stupid to shoot themselves in the foot like sony did

9/7/2006 9:21:09 PM

but it has:

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"lip-smacking levels of customisation (sic)"

9/8/2006 7:42:03 AM

man that sucks.... no rumble.....


guess all the nintendo fanboys are going to have to eat their words.

9/8/2006 8:59:21 AM

i hope they have a charger for it so i don't have to buy metric assloads of batteries

9/8/2006 11:07:48 AM