Nintendo apparently confirmed the suspected $199.99 price point on a retailer conference call.
Sunday, September 27th is supposedly when the new Wii price point comes into effect according to Nintendojo. The pricing and date was apparently given out at a recent retail conference where Nintendo disclosed the information.
After the alleged Toys R Us Wii price drop advertisment along comes another courtesy of Best Buy.
Best Buy appear to be gearing up for a price drop for the Wii as an advertisement has surfaced showcasing the console at an entry-level $199.99 price point.
The fabled Kid Icarus could be coming to Nintendo Wii according to Reggie Fils Aime.
When questioned about the current lack of mature first party games, Reggie responded “We do Mario, we do Donkey Kong, Zelda, and Kid Icarus. That’s what we do. That’s the type of products we bring to life. It’s always been the third party licensees that push the edge, …not necessarily by Nintendo.”
President and CEO of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aime, has reiterated again that Nintendo haven’t been ignoring the needs of the ‘core’ gamer.
“…But I think it’s a mistake to say that we’ve ignored the gamer or that we don’t have products for the core gamer. I mean, New Super Mario Bros. has every gamer excited. Just the little tidbits that we’ve shown about the new Zelda for Wii has gamers tremendously excited. We’re going to continue to bring great content both to that experienced player as well as the brand new player, and that’s what we do really well.”
- Reggie Fils-Aime
The eagerly awaited Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is set to arrive in stores Monday, December 7th.
Spirit Tracks will feature a magical locomotive, which hero Link uses to travel around an equally magical island. Railway-based gameplay will consist of blowing up powder kegs on the tracks and shooing wild animals away with a horn blast. The game will also have numerous puzzles and dungeons.
Toys R Us are have leaked an advert showcasing an impending $50 price drop for Nintendo’s Wii console.
The advertisement in question prominently displays a “Wii Price Cut” message and a price tag of $199.99. The add is supposedly set to run in the last week of September so expect some confirmation from Nintendo themselves around that time.
Konami is hard at work bringing a WiiWare version of Castlevania the Adventure which was originally for the Nintendo Gameboy.
The game has already been rated and verified by the ESRB and has subsequently been given a teen rating. It’ll certainly be interesting to see how this game finally translates to Nintendo WiiWare.
Nintendo have no more special gaming announcements to make this year, according to Denise Kaigler.
Nintendo of America’s vice president of corporate affairs, Denise Kaigler, doesn’t believe Nintendo need to host a North American Media Summit as consumers are well aware of what Nintendo has to offer gamers this year.
Nintendo Wii sales have noticeably dwindled by as much as 50% in the last five months.
Michael Pachter, games industry analyst at Wedbush Morgan, is calling for Nintendo to drop the recommended retail price of the Nintendo Wii in response to news that sales of the console have dwindled by 50% these past five months.
“With the core PS3 and Xbox 360 models priced only $50 higher than the Wii, we expect year-over-year sales of Wii hardware to continue their annual declines until the company either changes its bundle or lowers price”.”Wii unit sales are 50% below last year’s level over the last five months, and we think that September sales will repeat the pattern.”
- Michael Pachter, Wedbush Morgan
Nintendo have announced that there teaming up with Oscar-winning animation studio, Aardman.
Aardman, the animation team behind the critically acclaimed Wallace and Gromit, will help produce 12 short animations using nothing but Flipnote Studio, the free animation tool available for Nintendo DSi.
