Wii launches in US

Wii News | Nintendo's latest to make worldwide debut today.

In just a few hours time, our cousins across the pond will be able to pick up Nintendo's new Wii console, and hopefully without getting shot/mugged/stabbed/held up at gunpoint in the process. Over in the US, the launch of Ninty's new machine trails that of the PlayStation 3 by two days, though Nintendo will be shipping a significantly higher number of Wii units than Sony could manage for the PS3. Here's hoping the wider availability of Wii will restore some sanity to the process of buying a console.

As for little old Australia and Europe, our own Wii launches are closing in fast, with the unique console set to launch on 7th December and 8th December respectively.

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20 Comments

Echo

3 years ago

Yay. Time to go and read all the game reviews from america. Mainly Zelda...

rodvcpetrie

3 years ago

Well, I'm off with my band of thieves to the US to make off with some consoles

Nah, I'm going to wait and buy it like normal, sane people do.

chriharr

3 years ago

I been reading the U.S Wii Instruction Manual all morning

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/WiiOpMn_setup.pdf

Im reading it now, so I don't have to on Dec 7th

I turns out the Nintendo WiFi USB connector can be used with Wii with no upgrades needed at all to software, which is cool for people who use it with their DS's

Lord Halo Nerd

3 years ago

Hooray instruction manual

ret the roman

3 years ago

change the name of this thread to"Nintendo lauches Wii at US"
then you have a story.

littlemo

3 years ago

Anyone here importing from the US? - Anyone using Burn Direct?

admeister

3 years ago

It's an exciting time for sure.

It's a mark that it won't be too long till the Wii will be in Oz.

El Taco

3 years ago

Man, I can't wait to see sales figures

Crestfallen

3 years ago

retroman wrote

change the name of this thread to"Nintendo lauches Wii at US"
then you have a story.

anyway hopefully once the wii ships fanboyism on the net will decrease for a while...

admeister

3 years ago

Ships where?

Having the Wii being released today in the U.S, coupled with playing the Wii quite a lot at eGames, has only increased my enthusiasm!

I think the Wii is going to give the X360 serious competition.

Kaiden

3 years ago

The favourite comment for this picture :

He should have brought his dog dressed as a nunchuck leashed to him.

mantra79

3 years ago

Did someone say burn direct? avoid them i dont know how they are still in business.

Ellegarden

3 years ago

Why did they launched at US first and not Japan?

admeister

3 years ago

There's a lot more consumers in the U.S. That market is where they really need to sell their console, the Japanese will be all over it. Japan still gets the Wii before us anyway.

Lord Halo Nerd

3 years ago

But still Japan+Videogames=Nintendo not USA+Videogames=A Cheap Compnay (maybe not Bungie)

Ellegarden

3 years ago

admeister wrote

There's a lot more consumers in the U.S. That market is where they really need to sell their console, the Japanese will be all over it. Japan still gets the Wii before us anyway.

Thats what I hate, we're always last for anything or get nothing at all. Well I'm not so sure about Japan, I expect people like me to wait and see the really great games before buying.

David

3 years ago

UmbrellaCEO wrote

admeister wrote

There's a lot more consumers in the U.S. That market is where they really need to sell their console, the Japanese will be all over it. Japan still gets the Wii before us anyway.

Thats what I hate, we're always last for anything or get nothing at all. Well I'm not so sure about Japan, I expect people like me to wait and see the really great games before buying.

Erm - we're getting the Wii one day before Europe, and got the DS lite a few weeks before America.. Australia's one quite well recently.

Ellegarden

3 years ago

David wrote

UmbrellaCEO wrote

admeister wrote

There's a lot more consumers in the U.S. That market is where they really need to sell their console, the Japanese will be all over it. Japan still gets the Wii before us anyway.

Thats what I hate, we're always last for anything or get nothing at all. Well I'm not so sure about Japan, I expect people like me to wait and see the really great games before buying.

Erm - we're getting the Wii one day before Europe, and got the DS lite a few weeks before America.. Australia's one quite well recently.

I just find it alittle unfair that US gets two launches first, while the rest seem to get them last, pricing isnt great either.

The Plague

3 years ago

The US got it first because of Thanksgiving. Nintendo knew that releasing it after Turkey Day would be suicide. Also, they knew that they'd have to fight Sony in the US, whereas in Japan there weren't going to be many units.