EU Nintendo Direct Wii U preview - 3PM UK Time, Thu 13th Sep
Just been confirmed. (Same time as the NYC conference.)
So, bizarrely, that leaves Japan as the only place without any Wii U info.
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/nintendo_direct_47764.html
So, bizarrely, that leaves Japan as the only place without any Wii U info.
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/nintendo_direct_47764.html
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Hopefully wrong, but not looking too likely getting one for Xmas in Europe.
Just have to wait till this afternoon to find out now.
There's a basic model and a premium model announced.
The "premium" pack comes in black only and includes one gamepad, stands, docks, 32GB of memory and "Nintendo Network Premium". It costs ¥31500 (£250).
Hmmm.... I have a horrible feeling it will be more like £350 and £400.
That should mean UK prices of £199 and £249 ...but we know UK retailers will add and extra £30 - £50 on the initial price...and then knock down closer to launch.
So at best expect to see £229 and £279 as the "rrp" retailers will impose....but we should see that drop to the fairer £199 and £249 as retailers start to compete (although they may try and sting us if supply is limited).
I'd say the worst case scenario for Europe would be 299 and 349 euros.
Which would likely mean a £279/£329 rrp ...with "price cuts to £249 and £299 (worst case scenario would be £299 and £349 rrps...as UK retailers tried to screw us with a direct euro to pound conversion for the 3DSXL at first).
I'm surprised they are releasing extra "gamepad" controllers initially (as it will likely cause confusion as no games that use more than one have been announced yet:D) ..
...they'd be better off just pushing the fact that other players can just use the far cheaper wii remote/nunchuk combo..or the likely £39/£49 priced pro controller.
True, true. What this does strike me as is a bit of a jumbled machine, trying to emulate tablets, trying to be a console and I'm left not entirely sure who it's aimed at.
Still, I have enough consoles and controllers cluttering up the house without one bearing a controller the size of an iPad. So unless it has some must play game on it, again, I'm out with this one which saddens me a little.:(
Expensive for what it is. Can get fully fledged Chinese tablets for almost half that.
Impressed by system RAM, less so by game RAM. Lack of storage a giant mistake. Perhaps not for now, but for the future - they'll have to make a new SKU if we move toward downloads being more popular than physical in the years to come, as predicted.
As an indication, the games are priced at 6000 and 5000 yen, which is about 10% higher than we pay RRP for games.
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(no one else watching the preview?)
The link https://www.facebook.com/WiiU/app_196454093821812 if you have facebook.
I was started watching the US stream so missed alot of what was shown on the Europe stream.
That was a real coup, a great announcement. Zombi U just keeps looking better and better also. But STILL no price reveal, that 'Due to different retalers setting different prices we can't give you a figure' was such a cop out, theres nothing stopping them telling their suggested RRP
you're kidding right? it's easily the best ever launch lineup of a Ninty console.
From DS
Seriously surprised at no Metal Gear Rising though, with the Xbox 360 version being canceled in Japan, and with how similar Hardware design is on the Wii U to the Xbox 360, I did seriously think they would use this as a jumping point to quickly convert the code and use the resources to make a Wii U version of the game instead.
Does our Premium version get ALL the stuff that the US Deluxe version gets?
Finally MH for the 3DS and the Wii U is big!!!
http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/browse/campaign/Wii-U-Campaign12/?icid=GamesHome_Wii-U-Campaign12_Static1