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Wii Launch Details (Australia)
Launch Info:
Price: $399.95
Date: December 7th
Colours: White
Launch Titles:
Wii Sports (packed in with Wii systems)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wii Play
Red Steel
Rayman: Raving Rabbids
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Cars
Madden NFL 07
Need for Speed Carbon
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Barnyard
SpongeBob Squarepants: Creature from Krusty Krab
Monster Truck 4 x 4: World Circuit
Open Season
GT Pro Series
Far Cry®: Vengeance
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Ubisoft; Call of Duty 3
Marvel™ Ultimate Alliance
Game Info:
Games cost from $79.95 to $99.95 each.
19 games in December.
Wii will have it's own Touch Generations range.
Many new games are in development.
Click here to see all final boxart.
Box Contents:
Wii Console
Wii Remote (with strap)
Nunchuk Unit
Power Supply
Composite Cable
Wii Console Stand
Sensor Bar
Sensor Bar Stand
Two AA Batteries
Wii Sports
Boxart here
Accessories:
Wii Remote - $69.95
Nunchuk - $29.95
Classic Pad - $29.95
LAN Adaptor - ?
Power Supply - ?
Composite Cable - ?
S-Video Cable - ?
Component Cable - $49.95
512Mb SD Card - ?
Wii Points:
Can be used instead of a credit card.
Conversion is 1000 Points to $15.
Will be available in retail denominations of 2000 Points.
Your Wii Shop Channel account can hold 10000 Wii Points at one time.
Virtual Console:
26 games in December.
Starting in January, 10 new games per month will be added.
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games for 500 points.
Super NES (SNES) games for 800 points.
Nintendo 64 (N64) games for 1000 points.
Sega Mega Drive (SMD) games for 800 points.
VC games are protected by DRM, but tied to your account rather than console.
Virtual Console Launch Titles:
[NES] Baseball
[NES] Donkey Kong
[NES] Donkey Kong Jr.
[NES] Ice Hockey
[NES] Mario Bros.
[NES] Pinball
[NES] Soccer
[NES] Solomon’s Key
[NES] Tennis
[NES] The Legend of Zelda
[NES] Urban Champion
[NES] Wario’s Woods
[SNES] Donkey Kong Country
[SNES] F-Zero
[SNES] SimCity
[N64] Super Mario 64
[SMD] Sonic the Hedgehog
[SMD] Altered Beast,
[SMD] Golden Axe,
[SMD] Columns,
[SMD] Gunstar Heroes,
[SMD] Ecco the Dolphin,
[SMD] Space Harrier II,
[SMD] Toe Jam & Earl,
[SMD] Ristar,
[SMD] Dr. Robotonik’s Mean Bean Machine
Online:
Other than your existing service fees, online play will be free.
Opera Browser must be purchased to browse the web (free in all regions until July 2007).
The first online game will be Pokémon Battle Revolution, due out during Spring 2007.
DS-to-Wii info will be mentioned at a later date.
Etcetera:
Wii.com is now open with Wii Channel videos and Wii Experiences.
To see a new lineup trailer, go here.
Nintendo will be touring Australia during the build up to launch to let consumers try out the Wii.
