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Instead of redirecting to Nintendo.com, Wii.com now features a teaser page. Though I can’t be sure, I’m guessing this page will be updated as soon as any promising news breaks during the expected press conferences currently being held in Japan and NYC tomorrow. [Update: The site is now live for your browsing goodness, contains videos of Wii interface!]

Wii will launch November 19 for $250 in the US bundling Wii Sports in addition to over 25 titles available at launch. WiiConnect24 will also stream photos, news, and weather, and all games have been confirmed at $50, with virtual console games selling between $5-10. The company plans to sell 6 million units by the end of 2006. Was it all you thought it would be? [Update: The sourced NYT story was ...

This week’s Famitsu magazine reveals a few more Resident Evil Wii details. The game is currently going by the title Biohazard: Umbrella Chronicles (Biohazard is the name the series goes by in the wacky and oh so loveable land of Japan). The game’s story and characters have yet to be revealed, but the title seems to indicate that recent rumors about the game delving into Umbrella’...

Anytime Square Enix reveals games for a Nintendo system it is good news. The latest issue of Shounen Jump in Japan unveiled two new RPG’s for the DS from Square Enix: A new IP called It’s A Wonderful World, and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. Hopefully this news tidbit will tide you over until Nintendo hosts its conferences tomorrow. Not likely…

Short post, but here’s a site that is liveblogging the conference. Simply hit refresh every few minutes to see the updates. Come back here to share your thoughts in the comment section. UPDATE1: This is it so far: “10:20 AM: The press are all inside now. There’s a LOT of buzz in the air. If Nintendo don’t announce date and price today, I think the Internet may implode. Stay...

Wii fanboy noticed today that Wii Sports is no longer listed on GameStop in-store preorder lists (but is still on the web site, apparently with the WRONG price of $60), and lacks box art/etc. that titles like Red Steel have had for a while. It’s T-minus roughly 3 hours until the Japanese event begins in earnest — could we find out then that one of the big secrets to hit the Wii scene i...

My love-hate relationship with EGM sometimes yields unexpected surprises, like this news from Hudson, where the house that Master Higgins built says it will soon release 30 titles for the Wii Virtual Console. In May Hudson promised 100 titles in all, so it would appear as though they are taking the Nintendo approach by releasing titles in small batches so as not to tire out the nostalgia of the re...

Do I live on an island? Is the DS really selling and pushing software as much as Japanese and NPD data imply? Am I so enthusiastic about Nintendo gaming that I wrongfully assume the DS is the best platform (not just handheld) in terms of its software offering at the moment? It sure feels like it when I walk into retail game stores. Have you seen how paltry the in-store offering is? The DS only get...

Say what? Yes, I’m not jesting; I went out, bought an Xbox 360 and have been losing track of the hours I’ve spent on it. Here’s a take on the Xbox 360 from a confessed Nintendo fanboy. (If you’re too disgusted to read on, I was impressed.) It’s sleek design is marred only by a few slight flaws. Take for instance the great look of the console and controller, and match ...

Thanks to an intrepid Nintendo fan over at Nintendo Buddy, we have an hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute, up-to-date schedule for all of the Nintendo events that are set to start on Thursday. Remember, for those of you in North America, things officially get going at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday and then will progress at a lighting pace from there as bloggers and journos live at the scene ...

Want to be the first to preorder the Nintendo Wii console? Online retailer Lik-Sang is now taking preorders for the console, with no money down! So if you want to brag to your friends about being the first one to preorder a Wii and don’t mind pretending you can read the Japanese instruction manual that will come packed in the box, then click on the source link now. The other option would be ...

Who here enjoys spending $60 for a game that might suck? Hmm… no hands raised. Game prices for the XBox 360 and PS3 are for the most part set in stone for the “next generation,” clocking in somewhere between $59.99 to $69/$79 for “premium versions” that have unfortunately cropped up in stores. And aside from a Nintendo promise that Wii 1rst party titles will be $50, t...