So Square's finally going to reveal DQX for Wii U ? It would be splendid if Square could get the game out for Wii U this year or even Q1-Q2 2013, but I think it will be the latter.
These were the big announcements made at Wii's September 2006 Conference just to get an idea of what we may expect from Wii U's conference:
- Wii price & release date and launch color announced.
- Wii console box contents: Wii Sports, cables, sensor bar, 1 Wii remote & nunchuck controller
- $4 million Wiis expected to be sold by December 31st
- More than two dozen games were shown off, including titles that look very different from what was presented at E3
- Wii Sports also revealed the remaining sports that were not announced at E3 (bowling and boxing).
- Twilight Princess and Excite Truck confirmed for launch day release
- Nintendo reveals third-party partial list of launch/launch-window game including Red Steel, Fary Cry: Vengeance, Trauma Center, Tony Hawk, Call of Duty 3, Metal Slug Anthology, Barnyard Cards, Blazing Angels, Need for Speed: Carbon, Elebits, and Avatar
- Confirmation of $49 standard retail price for Wii software
- Expected amount of launch titles is 30
- Wii Main Menu screen shown off with Wii's Disc Channel, Wii Shop Channel, Mii Channel (live demo) and Photo Channel (live demo). Confirmation of extra room for future channels to be added to Wii main menu screen. Internet Channel, Weather and News Channels also discussed. Wii Message board can send messages to others even to PC and cellphone users. Can also leave messages on Wii calender board. Internet Channel also included. Wii Channel system is instantly available due to lack of boot-up process
- Confirmation of SD card support
- Wii Connect 24 ability to send updates and messages and downloadable new game releases to Wii users
- Ability to transfer your Mii to the Wii remote and use it on someone else's Wii
- VC games that are stored in system memory receive their own channel on the Wii main menu screen
- From launch day to end of calender year, Nintendo plans to release 30 virtual console titles. Next year, 10 new titles a month will be added. Wii Shop pricing structure announced for VC titles based on each home console platform. Wii Points card can be bought for $20
- Wii classic controller mentioned
Q&A session:
- Wii controller pricing
- Twilight Princess GameCube release date
- Wii has Wi-Fi and Ethernet. Internet is free to use
- "All first-party, most if not all, content is widescreen
- DS and Wii connectivy to be discussed in the future
- Wii point pricing for Canada
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/14/live-at-nintendos-nyc-wii-press-conference/