Yes, it's that time again, a super duper nintendo speculation thread that leads up to an event. This one is devoted to the September 14 event where Nintendo will finally be lifting the cover off the Nintendo Wii and unveiling almost everything (I'll assume they'll never mention the specs).
Here are the logistics behind the invitation-only events.
Live Countdown: http://thursdayton.com/
EDT = Eastern Daylight Time (what the US is in right now)
PDT = Pacific Daylight Time (what the US is in right now)
GMT/UTC = Greenwich Meridian Time/Universal Time Coordinated
BST = British Summer Time (What the UK is in right now)
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Japan Event first:
GMT:Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 01:00:00
TOKYO: Thu 10:00 AM
PDT: Wed 6:00 PM
EDT: Wed 9:00 PM
US Event comes second:
10:00AM (Thursday) - 4:00PM (Thursday) EDT
7:00AM (Thursday) - 1:00PM (Thursday) PDT
2:00PM (Thursday) - 8:00PM (Thursday) GMT/UTC
3:00PM (Thursday) - 9:00PM (Thursday) BST
11:00PM (Thursday) - 5:00AM (Friday) Japan Time
Finally the Europe event comes third:
8:00AM (Friday) - 2:00PM (Friday) EDT
5:00AM (Friday) - 11:00AM (Friday) PDT
11:00AM (Friday) - 5:00PM (Friday) GMT/UTC
12:00PM (Friday) - 6:00PM (Friday) BST
10:00PM (Friday) - 4:00AM (Saturday) Japan Time
Due to the timezone differences, the Japan event actually does take place before the North America one so that's the one you should have an eye out on. i'm assuming Iwata will host the first, Reggie the second and whomever is in charge of Europe now the third.
Sample of the NA invitation:
Sample of the Europe invitation:
Things we're expecting to hear about:
- Price (Rumored to be between $169.99 and $229.99)
- Release Date (Rumored to be between October 2nd and November 19.. November 2 seems to be a pretty popular date. It is NOT coming out in September, repeat that with me)
- Launch Titles (Rumored to be from 20 to 30+ games.. a more realistic number would be about 15)
- Bundles?
- Virtual Console details. Princing, Game availability (Tecmo on board?) etc
- WiiConnect 24 details
- New games are expected to be shown (Hereos? RE Wii? Diet Training? Wii aerobics?)
- Purpose of the 6KB in the controller
P.S To make it easier for people to read without having to go through the entire thread, I'll update the main thread with any info/news/rumors and also include the post number where that news item starts.
News/ Updates / Rumors / etc (all updates go below here, mods, if you update please link to the post that starts the discussion)
Post #448: Matt hints over at IGN that the Wii will come out on October 27.
Post #741 EGM's October Issue has an update on Metroid Prime 3. It's a launch title.
Post #797 Guy from ViewAskew is getting a Wii in "a couple of weeks" cause his wife works at NOA.
Post #814 Packaging of the Wii starts soon, employees for packaging hired on Sept 11.
Here are the logistics behind the invitation-only events.
Live Countdown: http://thursdayton.com/
EDT = Eastern Daylight Time (what the US is in right now)
PDT = Pacific Daylight Time (what the US is in right now)
GMT/UTC = Greenwich Meridian Time/Universal Time Coordinated
BST = British Summer Time (What the UK is in right now)
-----
Japan Event first:
GMT:Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 01:00:00
TOKYO: Thu 10:00 AM
PDT: Wed 6:00 PM
EDT: Wed 9:00 PM
US Event comes second:
10:00AM (Thursday) - 4:00PM (Thursday) EDT
7:00AM (Thursday) - 1:00PM (Thursday) PDT
2:00PM (Thursday) - 8:00PM (Thursday) GMT/UTC
3:00PM (Thursday) - 9:00PM (Thursday) BST
11:00PM (Thursday) - 5:00AM (Friday) Japan Time
Finally the Europe event comes third:
8:00AM (Friday) - 2:00PM (Friday) EDT
5:00AM (Friday) - 11:00AM (Friday) PDT
11:00AM (Friday) - 5:00PM (Friday) GMT/UTC
12:00PM (Friday) - 6:00PM (Friday) BST
10:00PM (Friday) - 4:00AM (Saturday) Japan Time
Due to the timezone differences, the Japan event actually does take place before the North America one so that's the one you should have an eye out on. i'm assuming Iwata will host the first, Reggie the second and whomever is in charge of Europe now the third.
Sample of the NA invitation:
Sample of the Europe invitation:
Things we're expecting to hear about:
- Price (Rumored to be between $169.99 and $229.99)
- Release Date (Rumored to be between October 2nd and November 19.. November 2 seems to be a pretty popular date. It is NOT coming out in September, repeat that with me)
- Launch Titles (Rumored to be from 20 to 30+ games.. a more realistic number would be about 15)
- Bundles?
- Virtual Console details. Princing, Game availability (Tecmo on board?) etc
- WiiConnect 24 details
- New games are expected to be shown (Hereos? RE Wii? Diet Training? Wii aerobics?)
- Purpose of the 6KB in the controller
P.S To make it easier for people to read without having to go through the entire thread, I'll update the main thread with any info/news/rumors and also include the post number where that news item starts.
News/ Updates / Rumors / etc (all updates go below here, mods, if you update please link to the post that starts the discussion)
Post #448: Matt hints over at IGN that the Wii will come out on October 27.
Post #741 EGM's October Issue has an update on Metroid Prime 3. It's a launch title.
Post #797 Guy from ViewAskew is getting a Wii in "a couple of weeks" cause his wife works at NOA.
Post #814 Packaging of the Wii starts soon, employees for packaging hired on Sept 11.