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No sooner than Nintendo’s London conference began yesterday afternoon did Nintendo Australia announce the launch date of the Wii for that region. In a surprise move, the Aussies will be receiving their Wii’s on a day before us Brits, on December 7th, 2006. In a similar configuration to Europe, the console will launch with a [...]
Capcom Europe have confirmed that plot and gameplay outlines for the upcoming Biohazard: Umbrella Chronicles are in fact true. Previously reported in a Hong Kong magazine, and then later various sources throughout the internet, the game will take place during events from Biohazard 1, 2, 3: Nemesis and of course, 4. The Wii-mote will be [...]
Now that the manic events of today’s press conference are over, we are happy to provide viewers with a slightly more coherant set of details from today’s Wii goings-on. At the company’s European press conference held in London today, Nintendo announced that the Wii will be launched in PAL territories on December 8th, 2006 for [...]
It seems that Nintendo are jumping the Gamecube ship altogether now, if reports are anything to go. Not content with moving Mario’s next 2D outing in Super Paper Mario over to the new Wii console, it appears Donkey Kong has also received the same treatment. In a list released yesterday by Nintendo of Japan, Donkey [...]
Following Nintendo’s press conference today in New York City, more information has surfaced detailing the launch of the Wii in North America. First and foremost, NOA’s Perrin Kaplan confirmed that the console will not support DVD playback. According to Kaplan, Nintendo opted to remove this functionality, which has yet to feature in a Nintendo console, [...]