Conference Updates! Let the Updates Begin! More Updates!!

We are about an hour out from the American Wii conference! We had awesome coverage and we ask that you stay put and hit refresh because we will be updating ALL DAY! Let's have fun!


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Update #1- Reggie says date, price, how many units, and title information is all on the way. Exciting times my friend exciting times!

Update #2- A staggering 4 million units worldwide with the US being biggest shipment

Included in the box: Harware, cables, sensor bar, 1 Wii remote, 1 nunchuck controller.

Wii Boxing, Wii Bowling, Golf, Baseball, and Tennis all on one - Wii Sports packed into Wii box! When was the last time this happened.

The Legend of Zelda TP & Excite Truck on launch day!! Excited truck is a nice surprise.

Activisions launch titles: Trauma Center at launch, Madden 07 NFS:Carbon at launch, Elebits, Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz, Metal Slug Anthology, RRR, Red Steel - All launch titles…more on that list as well. (IGN).

Quick News before Wii Conference - People who are unsure about Capcom's dedication to the Nintendo Wii should take notice. The company has now confirmed that its immensely popular Sengoku Basara / Devil Kings series is coming to the new platform. (cubed3)

Update #3- There are different "channels" associated with Wii. Some are related to weather, message boards ETC. Below is a report from Gonintendo:

Mii channel shown in which you create character profiles. Bill Trinen is creating Samuel L Jackson. Mii characters can be transferred to Wiimote so you can take them with you. Wii games can use character profiles, such as Wii Sports.

Wii Photo channel shown - Take your SD card and plug into your Wii. Massive amounts of thumbnails shown. NoA slideshow being run. Fun things to do with photos, puzzle scramble, doodle, and more.

Wii Weather Wii News Wii Messageboard quickly discussed. Send messages to pc users, cellphones through Wii Messageboard channel.

Is anyone else freaking out?!?!?!?

Update #4- Wiimote and nunchuck sold seperatly. Wiimote- 39.99, Nunchuck- 19.99.

**More Updates**- Zelda on day 1 for Wii, in December for Gamecube. The Nintendo Wii will connect online via wireless or wired connection.

Update #5- Nintendo is putting a strong emphasis on the Wii channels. They want the user to use these channels every day. I cannot wait to see this stuff in action!

Update #6- Metroid Prime 3 is now a 2007 title

The first online game in Japan is Pokemon Battle Revolution - in Japan at launch - US shortly after. I cannot wait to play my first Pokemon ONLINE!

Wii will only be available in White initially.

And that's all she wrote! Conference Done, pictures to follow.

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