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  1. 08-06-2006, 09:31 AM #1
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    Date for Wii launch announcement and pricing uncovered

    The date for the final pricing and announcement of the launch date has been narrowed down.

    Iwata reveals pricing for downloadable titles.

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  2. 08-06-2006, 10:00 AM #2
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    Woo! at least the pricing of retro games isn't too bad - but won't people just download them as roms from the net and put them on a memory card (since Wii has an SD slot does it not?).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiternoise
    Woo! at least the pricing of retro games isn't too bad - but won't people just download them as roms from the net and put them on a memory card (since Wii has an SD slot does it not?).
    Im sure they will try and find a way around this, then again the people that haxxors will also find a way around that hehe

    cant really complain with the price of the "retro" games I'm really lookin forward to living the good ol' days of Megaman
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  4. 09-06-2006, 05:50 PM #4
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    thats a rediculous rip off for retro games......
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  5. 09-06-2006, 05:56 PM #5
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    apparently that's the price for new games via WiiConnect24, not retro games
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    "Yesterday Satoru Iwata also revealed the pricing for Wii's downloadable retro games. Games will range from between $4.50 and $8.99 in the U.S and 500 to 1,000 yen in Japan."

    Surely that implies retro games, i can't imagine Ninty pricing new games that cheaply?
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  7. 11-06-2006, 10:28 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiternoise
    "Yesterday Satoru Iwata also revealed the pricing for Wii's downloadable retro games. Games will range from between $4.50 and $8.99 in the U.S and 500 to 1,000 yen in Japan."

    Surely that implies retro games, i can't imagine Ninty pricing new games that cheaply?
    Iwata made the announcement in japanese. most games news sites followed the same mistransaltion
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    Ah ok, well whatever the translation - it'll be cheap
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    so the release date will be revieled in september. Damn i heard that it was coming out around then....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Merlin4458
    so the release date will be revieled in september. Damn i heard that it was coming out around then....
    it may be a short wait. the official release date for the gamecube was made shortly before the actual release - after EA let slip, by announcing the release dates for its launch-day titles
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