The Nintendo Wii will launch in Europe on December 8 at an estimated retail price of 249 Euros acording to Satoru Iwata, Global President of Nintend.

The Wii will include one wireless Wii Remote (39 Euros), one Nunchuk (19 Euros), and Wii Sports. The console’s launch will also be accompanied by the the Classic Controller (19 Euros).

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The central menu of the Nintendo Wii, is not more than simple, smooth, and intuitive variable menu in that we can sail between the channels available. Its a variable menu because it is personalizeable

Now Lets see The Wii Channels:
Disk Drive Channel
Go here to start up Wii and GameCube games.
Wii Disk Channel Video

Picture Channel
Access the pictures that are stored away on your SD Memory Card. The Wiimote is used to shrink and enarge pictures by moving the controller away and towards the screen. You also have access to image modification tools including paint brushes and paint buckets, and can view your images as a slide show.
WiiPhoto Video

Internet Channel
Go here to access the Opera internet browser. In addition to supporting flash (making this a step up from the DS browser), the browser uses the Wiimote to zoom in and out. The browser will normally cost money, but Nintendo will make it available for free download until June of 2007.
Wii Internet Channel Video

Weather Channel
This free weather service requires an internet connection. In addition to daily weather based on region, you also have access to a weekly forecast. The service gives you a view of the Earth, which you can rotate to access different regions.
WiiWeather Video
News Channel
The latest news is automatically updated and viewable through this free service, which also requires an internet connection. The new channel is said to have “functions indicative of a game machine.” Users can also change the font size for easy viewing.
WiiNews Channel Video
Avatar Channel
In this channel, you create your own avatar, which is referred to as a “Mii.” Your Mii is used in Wii games (as in Wii Sports) and can be transferred to your Wiimote and used on other Wii consoles. Nintendo chief software producer Shigeru Miyamoto commented at Nintendo’s Japanese Wii press conference that this is a feature he’s always wanted to have.
MiiChannel Video

Virtual Console Channel
The unloaded classic games for the Virtual Console are in the main menu of Wii
Virtual Console Channel Video

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The Nintendo Wii Web Browser in North America is downlodable for FREE UNTIL June 2007

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As we reported before Nintendo Wii will be Region Free!

During the 12 Sep Nintendo conference they announced that Wii is now confirmed to be REGION FREE on First-Party, Third-party it is up to them to lock or not.

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Wiiphoto: Another functionality offered by Wii and interesting for some, the manager of photographs. Apparently very complete, functional and fluid, it seems really intuitive and to even propose some advanced functions, like work in copies at the time of the edition of photographs.

The system also makes it possible to automatically create slideshows.
You will have the possibility of sending your creations to your close relations having to them-also Wii via WiiConnect24.

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The price of the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console Games where revealed during today conference:

• NES games  USD $5
• SNES games  USD $8
• N64 games  USD $10

    

The Nintendo Wii Sell box contents where revealed. it will ship with:

• Wii Harware
• Wii cables
• Wii sensor bar
• 1 Wii remote
• 1 nunchuck controller

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November 19 is when Nintendo Wii will “debut” the Wii worldwide. It will appear in 25,000 retail locations with an Wii price of  $249.99. There is one price, one configuration and one color.

Nintendo intends on shipping 4 million Wii consoles in the 43 days before the calendar year ends. The United States, Fils-Aime states, will get the majority of these consoles.

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Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has announced the Nintendo Wii release date, and it will be November 19

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This is an awesome video of how IBM manufactures the Nintendo Wii Processor Chip (Broadway)

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