Nintendo released their launch dates, cost, and various other Wii-specific information today. The units will run you $250USD and will be hitting shelves on November 19th in the US and December 2nd in Japan.

The Wii will not be without its drawbacks, however. Like the fact that it will not be supporting DVD playback. While this doesn’t matter to many people, if you were planning on using it as a DVD player as well as a gaming console, think again. Another down side is the fact that it will be shipping with only one controller and an extra controller will run you about $60.

They also released a list of third party games that will be launching along side the Wii until March 31, 2007. Those games are…

Activision
• Call of Duty 3
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
• Rapala Tournament Fishing
• Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam
• World Series of Poker

Atari
• Dragon Ball Z Budokai: Tenkaichi 2

Atlus
• Trauma Center: Second Opinion

Buena Vista Games
• Chicken Little: Ace in Action
• Disney’s Meet the Robinsons

Codemasters
• Dance Factory
• Sidewinder

Electronic Arts
• The Godfather
• Madden NFL 07
• Need for Speed: Carbon
• SSX
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour

Konami
• Elebits

Majesco
• Bust-a-Move Revolution

Midway
• The Ant Bully
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
• Happy Feet
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
• Rampage: Total Destruction

Sega
• Sonic and the Secret Rings
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz

SNK
• Metal Slug Collection

THQ
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Barnyard
• Cars
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab

Ubisoft
• Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
• Far Cry: Vengeance
• GT Pro Series
• Monster 4×4: World Circuit
• Open Season
• Prince of Persia
• Rayman: Raving Rabbids
• Red Steel
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Vivendi
• Ice Age 2

EDIT: The region-free status of the Wii was falsely reported and has since been retracted

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2 Comments »

1. 
   Devin de Gruyl
   September 16, 2006 at 12:04 pm

   I hate to bring this up, but some comments made yesterday have officially debunked the reports that Wii will be region-free.

   Link: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/15/wii-not-even-remotely-region-free/

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2. 
   Migo
   September 16, 2006 at 12:44 pm

   Taken care of, thanks. I hadn’t had a chance to run through my news feeds yet today.

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