Nintendo announced their slate of Wii and DS things for the upcoming year. The goal is to stroke the fires of interests and passion. Based on what I am reading, I have more then a little concern that this might just be Nintendo's last hurrah in the console market. I pray I am wrong.
The highlights:
- Release date is Q4 2006, ie November or December.
- Price: Didn't say. Which either means its high and they don't want to risk losing any momentum at the start of E3, or they think they can make the price cheaper. Hopefully the latter.
- Launch games: Metroid Prime 3, Dragon Quest Swords, Super Mario Galaxy, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and many more - Considering Nintendo's history on release dates, believe it only when you see it.
- Graphics don't compete with PS3 and 360
- Controller has built-in speaker and rumble
- Final Fantasy III, Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Yoshi 2 is coming for DS - not sure but think this would be the first time FFIII has been stateside.
- If don't like the Wii-mote then there is also the classic controller which looks like a modified version of the Super NES controller with an iPod feel. See above.
Blow by blow of the conference is here.
Hands On with Wii - Basically fun with a small learning curve.
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