Iwata Announces New Pokemon Wii Title
Wii ship date to be announced in September, plus loads more inside.
Nintendo’s President Satoru Iwata announced in a media briefing in Tokyo earlier today that the company will officially announce the release date and price for the Wii by September.
Mr Iwata went on to also outline plans to supply between 2 and 2.2 million Nintendo DS handhelds per month worldwide over the coming year, which is a truly impressive and (in SPOnG’s opinion) achievable target, especially if the company’s Touch! Generations campaigns take off in the US and the UK.
In terms of Wii hardware sales, the plan is to shift a cool six million consoles globally before April 1, 2007, which will be sold at a marginal loss.
Talking about the noticeably lower specs on the Wii in comparison with the PS3 and the Xbox 360, Iwata said: "When the size of the hardware increases, the sound of the fan gets annoying and the development costs soar…Services like Wii Connect 24 cannot be developed. In short, I think the balance is important."
He outlined more details about the Virtual Console, announcing that downloadable games from Nintendo’s immense back catalogue would cost users between 500 yen and 1,000 yen (approximately US$4 and US$8).
Speaking about aspects of DS-Wii connectivity, Iwata said this would include features utilising a "touch-screen" controller, so the DS will act as a touch-screen Wii controller and will also be able to download demos from the Wii.
Last but by no means least, a new Wii Pokemon game called Pokemon Revolution was announced, and will be available this winter. Plus, in more good news for fans of the collect-em-all kiddy-crack series, Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl for DS will both be released this coming autumn/fall, both making use of the DS's voice chat functions.
Mr Iwata went on to also outline plans to supply between 2 and 2.2 million Nintendo DS handhelds per month worldwide over the coming year, which is a truly impressive and (in SPOnG’s opinion) achievable target, especially if the company’s Touch! Generations campaigns take off in the US and the UK.
In terms of Wii hardware sales, the plan is to shift a cool six million consoles globally before April 1, 2007, which will be sold at a marginal loss.
Talking about the noticeably lower specs on the Wii in comparison with the PS3 and the Xbox 360, Iwata said: "When the size of the hardware increases, the sound of the fan gets annoying and the development costs soar…Services like Wii Connect 24 cannot be developed. In short, I think the balance is important."
He outlined more details about the Virtual Console, announcing that downloadable games from Nintendo’s immense back catalogue would cost users between 500 yen and 1,000 yen (approximately US$4 and US$8).
Speaking about aspects of DS-Wii connectivity, Iwata said this would include features utilising a "touch-screen" controller, so the DS will act as a touch-screen Wii controller and will also be able to download demos from the Wii.
Last but by no means least, a new Wii Pokemon game called Pokemon Revolution was announced, and will be available this winter. Plus, in more good news for fans of the collect-em-all kiddy-crack series, Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl for DS will both be released this coming autumn/fall, both making use of the DS's voice chat functions.
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ozfunghi 7 Jun 2006 16:58
1/3
And if the screenshot Famitsu has is real-time, graphics are looking pretty decent.
Let's just hope we get a real RPG, and not some crappy spin-off.
Let's just hope we get a real RPG, and not some crappy spin-off.
crs117 7 Jun 2006 17:11
2/3
If japan is going to be paying the roughly $4-8 in yen for VC (virtual Console games), then i would expect that to be $5-10 in US. Hopefully you will be able purchase classic collections because it will be hard for me to pay $5 for some old nes games regardless how much i loved them. I am hoping to see an 8 bit collection that perhaps sells for $25-30 that would include 10 games or so...perhaps of our choosing.
Especially considering that I already physically own a functioning nes and over 120 nes titles (not including my snes or n64 collection).
Especially considering that I already physically own a functioning nes and over 120 nes titles (not including my snes or n64 collection).
HarryHatMan 8 Jun 2006 08:18
3/3
Thanks for the screen, what is interesting is the fact the battle is 2v2 with some of the most popular Pokemon, meaning its more than likely a multiplayer shot, meaning some kind of 'stadium mode' will still be around.
Also, with this announcment stating the DS-REV combatilibility again, we can see the mirrored by the Pokemon games, though hopefully a bit more intergrated.
Also, with this announcment stating the DS-REV combatilibility again, we can see the mirrored by the Pokemon games, though hopefully a bit more intergrated.