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- Nintendo announced the next-gen console Wii will launch in America on November 19, 2006 for $250 and in Japan on December 2, for 25,000 yen (US$212). Wii will be packaged with the Wii Sports, which includes a compilation of sports game such as baseball, bowling, golf, tennis and boxing. There will be over 25 launch titles in America and 16 in Japan. First party games will be priced at US$50 and 4800 yen. Nintendo plans to ship 4 million units of Wii worldwide by the end of 2006.

- For the Virtual Console, classic NES, SNES, and N64 titles can be purchased using Wii points, a 2000 Wii Points card is $20. Approximately 30 titles will be available at launch, including Nintendo's classic Donkey Kong, Zelda and Mario series. A total of 60 titles will be available by the end of the year. Here's the price list:

* NES / Famicom - 500 Wii points
* SNES / Super Famicom - 800 Wii points
* Nintendo 64 - 1,000 Wii points

- Nintendo's flagship title The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be available at launch; and the GameCube version has been pushed back until December 2006.

- Wii will have a set of built-in multimedia functions called Wii Channels, which allow users to play DVD videos, browser and edit photos from SD memory cards. If Wii is connected online, you can also access the Wii Channels, which offers weather, news, messaging, photo sharing services. There is also a Mii Channel, which allows players to create custom avatars for use in various games.

- In order to access the Internet, you have to purchase the Opera Browser from Wii's Internet Channel. The Opera Browser will support Adobe Flash.

- Here is a list of Wii titles which will be available in 2006:

Launch titles (Dec 2, 2006)
# Elebits (Konami)
# Ennichi no Tatsujin (Namco Bandai)
# Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii (Nintendo)
# Kororinpa (Hudson)
# Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
# Machi-Kuru Domino (Success)
# Necro-Nesia (Spike)
# Red Steel (Ubisoft)
# SD Gundam Revolution (Namco Bandai)
# Super Monkey Ball: Ukiuki Party Daisuugou (Sega)
# Swing Golf Pangya (Tecmo)
# Tamagotchi no Pikapika Daitouryou (Namco Bandai)
# Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Atlus)
# Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
# Wii Sports (Nintendo)
# Wing Island (Hudson)

Available in December 2006
# Cooking Mama: Minna to Issho ni Oryouri Taikai! (Taito)
# Crayon Shin-chan (Banpresto)
# Furifuri (tentative) (Taito)
# Mahjong Wii (tentative) (Koei)
# Need For Speed: Carbon (EA)
# Pokemon Battle Revolution (Pokemon/Nintendo)
# Rayman (tentative) (UBI soft)
# Sengoku Musou Wave (Koei)
# Sudoku (Hudson)
# Tsuri Master (tentative) (Hudson)

- Nintendo's first person shooter Metroid Prime 3 has been pushed back until 2007. The battle game Pokemon Battle Revolution will be the first Wii online title.

- Here is the price of various Wii accessories:

* Wii remotes - $39.99 (3800 yen)
* Wii nunchuk - $19.99 (1800 yen)
* Classic controller - $15 (1800 yen)

- Capcom announced the company is working on a new installment of Sengoku Basara [Devil King] for both Wii and PS2, in future the Sengoku Basara series will be hitting both consoles.

- Capcom revealed new details on its Wii action game Biohazard: Umbrella Chronicles:

* Four chapters will be available, each chapter will have 2 playable characters
* Chapter 1 - BH1 Mansion - Jill and Chris
* Chapter 2 - BH2 RPD - Claire and Leon
* Chapter 3 - BH3 Racoon City - Jill and Carlos
* Chapter 4 - BH4 Village - Leon and Ada
* Additional characters can be unlocked by playing the game, such as Rebecca Chambers, Hunk and Albert Wesker
* The gameplay will be similar to BH4, use the Wiimote to trigger the over-the-shoulder view, use the nunchuk to fire
* All characters will have different weapons and melee attacks like in BH4, you can find additional weapons in the stage
* Each character can only carry 2 weapons, such as Chris' pistol and shotgun, and Jill's pistol and grenade launcher
* The main game Scenario Mode will have in-game cutscenes, each chapter will have new contents which link to Umbrella's status
* There is an Arcade Mode which plays like the BH4 Mercenaries mini game

- Yasumi Matsuno, former director of Final Fantasy XII, announced that he is developing a new title for Wii, the game will be published by another studio. Matsuno has left Square Enix after a mental breakdown during the FFXII development.