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(Poll: The answers to the poll are in US dollars... but anyone can still vote )

As many of you all know (and for those who have yet to hear) this Sunday, November 19, the Nintendo Wii will be released.

Prices (US dollar):
Wii----------------------------$249.99
Wii Remote (Wiimote)-------$39.99
Nunchuck---------------------$19.99
Classic Controller------------$19.99
Wii Point Cards---------------$9.99 (1,000pt), $19.99 (2,000pt)
Games------------------------$49.99


The systems is packed with:
1 wiimote
1 nunchuck
1 sensor bar
1 system stand
1 sensor bar stand
1 power cord
1 AV cable
1 Wii owner's Manuel
1 Wii Channels Guide
1 Wii Sports (pack-in game in America*)

* I heard that the Americas are the only ones getting Wii Sports with their systems. I believe all the other areas are getting a game called Wii Play instead of Wii Sports.

IGN Weekly Holiday 06: Unpacking the Wii (As of 11/17/06 the video is on the right of the first row... next to "unpacking the PS3" which is on the left)

IGN Wii Launch Guide


Question: What do you plan to get with the Wii?

I plan to get:
Wii
Zelda
2nd Wiimote (brother pays)
2nd Nunchuck

Wii savings: $347

0$..I <3 Xmas

I put an $500 aside just for the Wii and all that I may want to buy that goes with it....... the huge tramples and crap for the PS3 was nuts and I knew I had to put more aside for the Wii because I knew id spend most of what I had on a PS3, so I did and im glad I reserved the extra $500 for the Wii.............

Hehehe im going to go to the store at 6:00 am and wait till 12:00 when the store opens^^

3 words.

PS3 is better.

I've got somewhere between $101-$150 saved, and a large portion will go to my Wii fund. Buying presents for Christmas will make a pretty big in my Wii fund. I'll probably get some money for Christmas and my birthday, only one person I know good has a birthday before mine, my dad, so I won't have a big a big dent in my fund before I can get some more money in it. At this rate, by this time in 2007 I should have enough money to buy a Wii.

It comes out tomorrow.

Hehehe I totaly agree^^


Well I was going to wait outside the mall today, but there is only two people waiting for the store to open, so I don't need to bother, I thought it was going to be like with PS3 where there were over 50 peoples sleeping out till it came out, and there was a few people there from monday till friday for PS3, but the Wii only people, im suprized and well very disopinted......

So there won't be any trubble getting the Wii.....

Most of em wont even play it, they are selling them on ebay.

I really dont think someone can say PS3 is better without having both and playing them for more than 3 hours.

I didn't have to save I got paid the day before a total of $370

Umm.. what does it actually do? XD

I saw it on a stand at the BBC Good Food show today but there were so many people I couldn't really study it.. I thought it was something to do with Nintendo or Playstations..

Pfft. Whatever. All I see with it is amazing graphics. The Wii is motion sensing; and it has Twilight Princess (IMHO, the best game ever made by a person!)!

I agree. XD I think the PS3 is stupid.

I don't have any money saved up, I suck at saving money. My mom is buying us one in January with all the stuff that you named, & the only game I want is Zelda: Twilight Princess. My brother will probably get like 10 more though, I don't play video games that much, but I think the Zelda sounds cool..

BTW, how do you pronounce Wii? I just say W.I.I, but everyone told me it's We..XDD

It's pronounced "Wee".

P.S.-Peoples, lets not start a flame war on the Wii vs. PS3 thing. Because I don't want to get burning rage from Sony fans flaming the Wii, and I don't want the Sony fans feeling the same rage.