Meh. I figure I'll already buy at least 1 extra controller at launch. If they force me to buy games, I'll wait and see if they give me a choice or, if not, what games they force on me. If they're trying to bundle anything I wouldn't already buy, I'll cancel and do an overnighter at Best Buy.

Is there going to be a lack of licensed sporting games for Wii? Other than Madden I haven't seen anything about the new EA or 2K games coming out for Wii...or Gamecube for that matter. The Wii will be the 1st Nintendo system I own. Is the lack of licensed sports games typical for Nintendo? If so, that will suck. I'm borrowing a Gamecube and love the Mario & Zelda games that N produces, but I have to get my sports fix too. I wanted to sell my XBOX for extra money, but if there is going to be a lack of new sports games I'll have to keep it. I'd even settle for new sports game on the Cube, if I was confident that next year's games would be out on Wii.

You mean WiiSports won't cut it? EA seems to be the only one so far with Madden, Tiger, SSX & NFS on slate for Wii. That's a start, I guess. Nintendo has been pretty notorious for lacking sports franchises. Usually they are just lackluster ports.

I think the biggest reason there hasn't been many announcements about sports games is that everything will be out of season when the Wii releases. Although EA almost always has a new Madden for every launch.

Well, Sega did put their 2K sports lineup on the GameCube, but they pulled the plug after 2K3 (2002) because they didn't sell well at all. Maybe they'll try again for the Wii, but the system may really have to take off for them to do that. You'd think they would at least put baseball on there because they have the MLB license.

The Cube had an issue where the early memory cards weren't large enough to save a franchise. Even Madden (which took an entire card) didn't save all the stats that the other versions saved. So the system didn't catch on with sports gamers.

Yeah, the memory cards were killer. I recently bought the GC version of the Fifa World Cup game as reviews said the PS2 and X-box versions had slowdown, while the GC did not, and had to buy a bigger mem card as I only had 2 of the original 59 block cards. Finally got a 1019 card and just copied all of my saves on to it.

It appears the lik-sang.com is taking wii preorders with no money down. Below are the preorder conditions.

Special Pre-Order Terms & Conditions:
1. Your pre-order is not binding and you can cancel at any time.
2. Once release details are known, you will receive an email that you need to confirm.
3. Should you decide to confirm, you will keep your position in the pre-order list.
4. Unit price and features are not confirmed and can change at any time.
5. Release date is not confirmed and might change.
6. The product is listed with a dummy price - your credit card is NOT charged.
7. All special pre-orders are limited to a maximum of 1 unit.
8. Depending on release schedule, you will be offered choice between European, US or Japanese.
9. Choices and changes are also allowed if several editions/colors are made available.
10. Once games and accessories are confirmed, you will be able to add them to your order.

[thought bubble](what the heck is lik-sang.com?)[/thought bubble]

Lik-sang is one of the best online game import stores.

Just in case you haven't subscribed to the newest PS3 thread, Lik-Sang is also taking preorders for the PS3.

Chris

Does Lik-sang.com charge more than the actual price of the item? If so, about how much? No price is listed.

Also, does the price fluctuate at time goes on? Basically, will they decide a week before the item is released to force a bundle or up the price?

I am just not familiar of the companies past habits and would like to know.

Thanks!

For those that want to get a jump on their Wii expenditures, BB has a 2GB SD card for $50 after a $20 MIR. Could be cheaper in Oct., but breaking up the purchases around release time eases the burden on the wallet.

2.0 GB SD Card

Rebate info: Offer expires on 7/29, form must be submitted within 30 days.

And they have been since April or May. At this point, I'm sure any pre-orders are well into the thousands.

Lik-Sang.com has done that since E3, I already subscribed to the list. Waiting to hear something from them.

Has anyone heard anything about color or color choices? Will there be only one color at launch (like the DS) and then colors be released after a few months?

We probably won't know until after the Leipzig (sp?) show in August. A Nintendo Europe rep has said that final launch details will be announced then.

This is one of the first pictures Nintendo released (at or around E3?).



US 10/1

cool tidbit on Rayman:

I love Ancel's enthusiasm (and support) for the Wii. I just hope it leads to getting Beyond Good & Evil 2 made for it.

I just noticed that in screenshot here it looks like there's a picture of a calendar with a date of "1" on it.

October 1st is a Sunday as well. (insert X-Files theme)

While the US 101 thing and 10/1 being nice and coincidental, I'll hold out hope that this was intentional. However, I'm pretty sure the "1" on the wall was a rep counter from the video. Sure, that doesn't account for this being a screenshot instead of a video with the exception of, once again, coincidence. Sign me up for 10/1 though

wow and I used to live on 101

it was State Route 101 though

Wow. When was this pic released? The way Nintendo is trying to be unique and forward thinking, I can totally buy this being a release date slip/clue. US 10/1. Very cool.

Oh no, don't mistake me.. I'm not holding on to this or anything. I ripped the US 101 catch from another site and then I just noticed what appears to be a calendar on the same picture. Though, I think it's safe to say that with the last press release though, that Nintendo intends to play games with people on the subject so people are trying their damnedest to "work it out."

Here's another (notice though, that all of these are pointing to 10/1 or 10/2.. whether it's on purpose or just that coincidental..):

Wii -> V V I I -> 5 + 5, 1 + 1 -> 10/2

It was either the day the new name was announced or during E3. It's been around for a while.