Wii U Release Date Announced

By Stephen Crane

During a live press conference today, the Wii U's release date was officially announced!

The Wii U goes on sale November 18th and will have two options available. For $299.99 you can get the basic pack that just has a white GamePad, AC adapters, HDMI cable, and a sensor bar. The basic set will only have 8GB of memory. The Deluxe Set for $349.99 will include all of that in black plus Nintendo Land, the console stand, a GamePad cradle, and 32GB of memory. 

The press conference included previews of such games as Black Ops 2 using the gamepad as a split screen to play on. Other launch titles include ZombiU, Game & Wario, Project P-100, Nintendo Land,and Pikmin 3. Between the release and March, we will see a total of 50 titles including NBA 2k13, Mass Effect 3, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, FIFA 13, Epic Mickey 2, Rayman Legends, Skylanders Giants, New Super Maro Bros U, Scribblenauts Unlimited, The Wonderful 101, LEGO City: Undercover,Wipeout 3, 007 Legends, Transformers Prime,  Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition, Bayonetta 2, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, Darksiders II, and Assassin's Creed III. 

Another interesting feature for the Wii U is the Nintento TVii. It's a free ap-based video service for the Wii U and it includea YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, and TiVo support. Further, the GamePad will allow video chat again at no extra cost.

As a side note, look at Reggie. Right in this video. He hates himself. Just look at that self loathing. Why? He was just talking to two guys in Mario and Luigi mascot outfits. I bet he goes home at night and cries. Then wipes his eyes with $100 bills because of all the money we will inevitably throw at Nintendo.

 

Comments

[Mashood]

We bought our Wii in 2007- my huabsnd went down to Best Buy in the middle of the night and waited on a line that snaked around the building in the hopes of maybe scoring one of these elusive consoles. He DID score one, and we've been playing almost daily (which is pretty amazing for a console and games that are more than three years old!) since then. A snap to set up, incredibly easy to use. The Wii-mote is a game control like no other- simply wave it like a magic wand and the sensor bar, which comes with the console, picks up the signal and communicates your position and movement to the Wii so that you can twirl, swoop, smash, lunge, jump your heart away as you play. Our whole family has gotten a lot out of this console. I'm 36, female, and NOT a gamer, and I've found myself gravitating towards puzzle games, fishing (!!), the Endless Ocean series, brain teasers, and the Wii Sports Franchise, my daughter (who was a little over one year old when the Wii arrived) has always been able to play along and now is addicted to the many games out for preschoolers (Dora/Diego, the different Disney games- especially Princess and the Frog, Carnival Games, Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort) and my huabsnd, in his 40 s, does everything from Zelda to playing poker on the Wii. We spent a significant amount of time playing together, but we also play alone. I think, in many ways, the Wii has become our family board game . It's a life saver in summer and during Florida Hurricane Season, when it's rainy and too hot to go outside. We can all gather together and get our mind off the gloomy weather for a bit. I've always had game consoles since I was a little kid- everything from Atari 2600 (which I MOURNED until the Wii came into my life), Super Nintendo, Xbox. The Wii has not only shocked me with how much use it's getting, but the fact it's STILL getting so much use- it's novelty has NOT worn off at all, which is rare for any technology, especially game consoles. I can't recommend this enough. Definitely a GREAT investment- instead of spending $20-50 for each member of your family on a toy/gadget that loses it's luster, get the Wii and make everyone happy for a long time. And you will be more than ready to go with both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. Even though we've had both games for a while (we've had Wii Sports forever since it came with our Wii), they are still the games my family always goes back to.