Nintendo calms crowd: will announce Wii deets in Sept.
By Paul Miller 
posted July 6th 2006 6:10PM
posted July 6th 2006 6:10PM
posted July 6th 2006 6:10PM
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I love it when rumor mills draw official replies ;-)
October would work for me, that's a great excuse to buy a nice birthday gift for myself!
blatant false speculation sucks... but it's nice to know that the big guys actually keep tabs on us little people.
Worldwide release in October... that'd do nicely, spankyou!
man, FINALLY we have an official near-concrete release date for the release date. This will be the perfect dorm-room console
Yeah, i think november would be fine as long is released before PS3
Am I the only one who's seriously starting to doubt a launch before PS3? Nintendo should allow for at least a month or two between launch announcements and the availability of the console.
Well, at least we know that there'll be kiosks in stores soon. :)
GOTTA HAVE THOSE DEETS. DEETS MAN, NOTHING COULD BE BETTER THAN DEETS.
Seriously, writers--stop trolling. It isn't a word.
I have to say most "e-words" don't bother me *too* much, like blogosphere, podcast, etc. But this whole "deets" nonsense is just annoying.
the other night my friends and i started mucking around with mario kart double dash, 6 hours later we were still playing, this got me thinking if the wii offers titles as fun and entertaining it could really take off, it will become a real party console bringing friends together playing for hours just to beat the one friend that wont loose
13 year olds....er.. i mean nintendo fans, should burn the DS, and go with the Psp cause even thhe psp beats the Wii!
Is that a real controller in there? Blue? My heck that's an ugly blue. The white and black look good, and I lke the idea of other colors, but THAT blue is hideous.
What the hell happened to you AJ?!? Why are you so bitter? Did Mario molest you as a child or something? Did Bowser fondle your mom? Did your dad have an affair with a "goomba". It is one thing to be overly excited for a system, but to hate a system/company so vocally is just childish. BTW we got that you hate Nintendo with your first post, no need to keep posting, we get it!!!!! GET OVER IT.
AJ--We get it. You dont like Nintendo. You are a virgin. Obviously a Nintendo console violently raped and murdered your family (theres just no other way to explain your intense hatred of a COMPANY) and in doing so mustve made you retarded (notice how no one else here uses "ur.")
And I like your comment about 13 year olds...you would know, being one. Because if you are a grown ass man trolling a VIDEO GAME COMPANY, then please, for the love of god, get off gamefaqs and find a woman.
Back to the matter at hand, October would give the Wii a good head start over the PS3, and being so competitively priced would mean great thanksgiving sales and a strong holiday season.
why is there video games Oh wait I remember to make you stupid more than you are.
bring it on fanboys. bring it on!
Never argue with an idiot: He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
Well at least Nintendo's minimum and maximum estimates on time, price, and performance are reasonable. Whereas I think that the PS3 is stuck between disappointing performance and insane price. I think it's because Nintendo didn't oversell...unless their controller ends up being a POS : )
I like deets.... sounds cool.... :-/
yea ur right dont argue with him, just put him in his place.
dont u guys just hate people who are hypocrites.
especially when they think people actually listen to them, kids theses days
AJ: How hard is it to understand that you are a minority? If anyone is a fanboy, it must be you, or else this website is a Nintendo fansite.
Back on topic: Maybe Nintendo will pull an Apple-style launch, saying that the console is available immediately following a press conference. Of course, that would be spoiled since the employees of all the retailers would leak that they've gotten the shipments.
i also hate people who have stupid anime names and think they are cool, but anyways. i think nintendo should just say when they are launching that way all the fanboys will preorder already and stop speculating
people like AJ are the reason the rest of the world hates the US. they read stupid comments like that and hatch plans to try and destroy us. Thanks AJ...thanks for feeding the jihad.
When I saw "Nintendo calms crowd", I thought that they finally decided to get their heads out of their a**es and change the name back to Revolution. Nope, they didn't calm the crowd.
Perhaps Mr. A.J. got the last laugh...
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I'm opposed to fundamentalism in religion and... video game consoles. I bought a PS2 because of MGS and Final Fantasy. I'll probably buy a PS3 because of MGS and Final Fantasy, but I know I'll be over at my friend's house (because everyone has a friend who owned a Gamecube, and we will probably know one who owns a Wii) playing Smash Brothers til my eyes bleed.
Fanboy tried to look tough when he ran away with his tail between his legs.
i wouldn't say we got calm...I just got more eager to know the details..
yea i know jokes are fun and meant to be taken seriously. and yes people do want to blow up the world cause of me, im flattered to say the least. and "almasy" what fanboy? where did he go?
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind he's like 12 years old. Seriously, give him some slack; you wouldn't blame a child for pooping his pants, would you?
AJ's back, YAY!!!
Even though he said he wouldn't be.
I guess he couldn't take people continuing to talk about him while he was away. Poor little AJ.
Still looking for love. (look at me, I'm a big boy. I hate the kiddy Nintendo)
People like AJ are the reason Engadget had to turn off the comments. Just ignore the buggers and they'll go back to arguing on the GameFAQ forums.
Been saying this for months now.
10-10-06.
ya but does it play doom?
Cool, good on Nintendo's part for putting out the Wii before the release month of PS3 and getting the Wii a reasonable price
Re: Blax
Remember what happened with the DS Lite though; some stores started selling them before the release date. Imagine what would happen if they started sending out Wiis to the stores, and Wal-Mart goes and breaks the release date. :/
plus, i'd imagine GameStop and the rest would rather get preorders done...
Note to PSP Fanboy: The PSP SUCKS ROCKS! I've had mine for a year and the last game i brought for it was StreetFighter and after that I haven' found a game I've wanted to play. I love my DS Lite and my PSP is sitting on my shelf until I can find a better use for it.
Deets is a commonly used slang word. It's been in use at least since the 90s.
the EARLY 90s.
AJ. Grow up. Seriously, grow up. Last time I checked, from Dec'05 to June'06, the PSP was getting outsold by over 3 to 1 by the DS. It might be true that only the "grownup" crowd buying the PSP and the "kiddies" are buying the DS. However, if I was running a company, I'd rather my product sold 3.9 million units than 1 million units in a 6 month period regardless of who is doing the buying.
It's also funny that you rant about fanboys and accuse others of being 13 year olds. It really is.
Greasy Guide, Ghosts'n'Goblins look fantastic so there is hope but I know what you mean. I haven't played my PSP at all this year. I picked it up to dust it every month or so but that's about it. Seriously, where the heck are the "must buy" games?
If anything at least the psp sold better then the N-gage. I cant belive people are still named thier sons AJ, what a gay name. To be honest ever since the launch of the DSlite here in the states the psp is now totally doomed from success. Psp was killing the DS in sales, casual gamers bought the psp because it looks cool and it has the playstation name, they never bought the psp because of the games, this is why the psp has low software sales, most psp users use the psp as an cheap mp3 player. But the DSlite is going to cement victory for the DS here in the states. I've seen casual gamers look and say wow look at this handheld it looks better then the psp and looks more ADULT. With the DSlite on the market the psp is officially doomed. The only thing that can save the psp now is another 50 price cut or the realeas of the white psp in north American Market. Just be happy that the psp had its moment of success against the DS in America for the past 6months. But now the PSP gets owned by the Ds everywhere. Sorry of the Psp is loosing AJ, hopefully the ps3 which cost 600 dollars will take off like hot cakes.
STOP FEEDING THE TROLLS!
other points:
deets = stupid
official release date = good
deets is tite; i've been using "deet" for quite some time now and it has caught on quickly with the people around me. deeting is an empire and fuck all you deet-haters. deet til i die, smoke til i sleep.
PEACE.