Nintendo has released a large dose of new details concerning the November 19 Wii release, the most vital of which is a list and pricing of Virtual Console titles.
Nintendo promises 30 classic games by the end of 2006 including:
NES(500 Wii Points, $5): Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Ice Hockey, Pinball, Soccer, Tennis, Urban Champion, Wario’s Woods, Baseball, Solomon’s Key
SNES(800WP, $8): F-Zero, SimCity
N64(1,000WP, $10): Super Mario 64
Sega Genesis(800WP, $8): Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Columns, Ecco the Dolphin, Gunstar Heroes, Space Harrier II, Toe Jam & Earl, Ristar, Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
TurboGrafx16(600WP, $6): Bonk’s Adventure, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, Bomberman '93, Dungeon Explorer
All of these prices are listed as “starting at," so there’s always a chance that they could be jacked up. Nintendo is selling 2,000 points for $20 at stores and online. There’s no news yet of whether points will be available in smaller increments or if players can buy points through Nintendo WiFi Connection.
Nintendo also confirmed that Wii Sports, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Excite Truck will be the only first party games available on launch day. And, while they can’t say when the following third party games will be released exactly, Nintendo did promise that they would be out by the end of 2006.
Activision: Call of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Rapala Tournament Fishing, Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam, World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
Atari: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Atlus: Trauma Center: Second Opinion
EA: Madden NFL '07, Need for Speed: Carbon
Konami: Elebits
Midway: Happy Feet, Rampage: Total Destruction, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The Ant Bully
Sega: Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
SNK: Metal Slug Anthology
Tecmo: Super Swing Golf
THQ: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Barnyard, Cars, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Creature from the Krusty Krab
Ubisoft: Far Cry: Vengeance, GT Pro Series, Monster 4X4 World Circuit, Open Season, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Red Steel, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent
Vivendi: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
The 32 Wii games and 30 Virtual Console titles puts the total tally of Wii games in 2006 at 62. And Nintendo has reiterated that 4 million consoles will be distributed worldwide by the end of 2006, with the biggest share coming to North America.
Altered Beast on the Wii? That’s so awesome that words can’t explain it. Now if only Sega would quite being asses and put the Altered Beast PS2 game out in North America.
P. Moore wrote:
i dont like america. they always get the most
You don’t even like the Wii so what do you care how many we get?
Anywho, the PS3, didn’t Sony delay for the area you live in? If that’s true they’ll probably have enough to go around by the time they release it.
yeah my area was delayed to march, i guess there shuld be enough ps3s around when it comes out here tho, there are bugger all that live here in NZ (4 million) so there will probly be a big party and the next day everything will calm down, 360 had a party, made by microsoft of course, and 360 put more effort in releasing here, they had a big 360 bus that came along and let people have a try at there games, sony how ever probly arnt gona do that except some kiosks
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i guess there shuld be enough ps3s around when it comes out here tho, there are bugger all that live here in NZ (4 million) so there will probly be a big party and the next day everything will calm down, 360 had a party, made by microsoft of course, and 360 put more effort in releasing here, they had a big 360 bus that came along and let people have a try at there games, sony how ever probly arnt gona do that except some kiosks
