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Title: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Daan on September 13, 2012, 03:29:58 AM

Iwata makes sure Japan is first to know the juicy details on Wii U!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31661

During the Wii U Launch Presentation in Japan, it was revealed that the Wii U will release on December 8 and will come in two different SKUs called Basic and Premium.

The basic white model will retail for 26,250 yen, while the premium black model will set you back 31,500 yen. The premium model will also include perks as stands for the Wii U GamePad and a service called Nintendo Network Premium, which will provide 10% of the price back on digital purchases. Another difference and the most notable difference between the two SKUs is that the basic model will only have 8GB of memory, while the premium model will get you 32GB of usuable space.

In just seven hours from now, we will know the same details for North America and Europe, be sure to keep your RSS feeds updated until then for more Wii U news nuggets.

Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Ras on September 13, 2012, 03:46:32 AM
Assuming it comes to the US, black, premium, easy.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: LandStalkerNigel on September 13, 2012, 04:08:46 AM
Agreed with Ras.  I'd rather have a ton of room for downloads and if i went the cheaper route, id end up buying a bigger hard drive sometime down the road anyway
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: famicomplicated on September 13, 2012, 04:22:40 AM

So it will probably be:

White/Basic = $250
Black/Premium = $300


Weird how you get 2 GamePad stands (charger version and plain "game stand' version) AND a system stand with the premium version, yet nothing for basic!
it's like an extreme version of the 3DS XL situation - take out all unnecessary pieces of plastic to cut costs!
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: broodwars on September 13, 2012, 04:47:13 AM
As mentioned before, 8 GB of flash memory is nothing when it comes to modern gaming, and 32 GB is not much more in the grand scheme of things.  I'll be curious to see what kind of file size limits Nintendo will impose this time, as well as what kind of options you'll have for storage expansion.  You're certainly not downloading full Wii U games with that pitiful amount of storage.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Kairon on September 13, 2012, 05:01:40 AM
Quote from: broodwars on September 13, 2012, 04:47:13 AM
You're certainly not downloading full Wii U games with that pitiful amount of storage.

You are. Just... two of them.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: azeke on September 13, 2012, 05:15:12 AM
Quote from: famicomplicated on September 13, 2012, 04:22:40 AM
White/Basic = $250
Black/Premium = $300
Premium doesn't do much for me.
32 Gb? When i have a spare 1Tb USB hard drive laying around?
Nintendo Network Premium program? How's that different from club nintendo rewards we already have? At first i thought it's gonna be like discount for DD titles, but no -- you just get points for buying games that you waste on MORE games.
Additonal plastic stuff? I'd pay to get rid of that.
250 Euro package -- here i come.
It's a shame that there are no wiimote+ (which means you can kills support for IR aiming in shooters goodbye) and sensor bar in any package. I wanted to keep my old wii on my old CRT in other room.
I can get cheapo third party sensor bar for that i guess...
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Crimm on September 13, 2012, 07:02:46 AM
It's convoluted but as I read it it's like having a reusable 10% refund on every game forever.


In 10 games (roughly) it pays for itself...not that you can fit 5 games on 32GB.


32GB isn't really that much.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Disco Stu on September 13, 2012, 07:40:27 AM
I'm not going to complain about the storage, I've been planning on using an external hard drive with the Wii U since it was announced.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on September 13, 2012, 07:54:01 AM
Premium bundle, here I come. Not long now until NA details revealed!
Having the black in only premium is genius.


Dec 8 launch date is very disappointing. Probably not what they wanted. I assume NA will be no earlier.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Adrock on September 13, 2012, 07:54:25 AM
So, the premium model is black? Well played, Nintendo.

I would consider using Nintendo Network Premium if I had it already by just getting the black model. There are a few games I've been eyeing. Does that include DLC? That would be a nice perk for people who consistently buy it.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Glad0s on September 13, 2012, 08:27:26 AM
It seems like everyone's ignoring the real mystery here.....December 8th?!?!?
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Adrock on September 13, 2012, 08:29:11 AM
What makes that a mystery? It's a set date.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: geo on September 13, 2012, 08:45:55 AM
Quote from: Adrock on September 13, 2012, 08:29:11 AM
What makes that a mystery? It's a set date.

The mystery is why it's so late.  Everyone anticipated november.

I plan on using the 32GB for eshop titles, and my external drive for disc-based titles.  32GB should be enough for digital-only games.  All of my XBLA games dont even add up to 32GB.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Adrock on September 13, 2012, 09:01:15 AM
Ehh, I don't really see that as a mystery because almost anything can be a mystery in that case. Nintendo has launched in December in the past. Wii U is launching almost 8 years to the day of the original DS in Japan. Expectations vs reality don't make something mysterious. Weren't there rumors that Nintendo ran into some GamePad manufacturing snafus? That could have something to do with it. Perhaps Nintendo is allocating more units to North America. We'll find out later.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: TJ Spyke on September 13, 2012, 09:03:23 AM
Everyone anticipated November for North America. Remember that the Wii launched in Japan on December 2, but it came out November 19 (Sunday before Black Friday) in North America. I expect that to happen with Wii U too.

And complaining about getting free credit when you buy download games? Really?

As for internal memory, I wish it was more but you can use SD cards and external hard drives too.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 13, 2012, 09:29:10 AM
Premium, hands down. 32GB will probably be enough storage *for a while* and 10% off purchases is a nice bonus.
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: StrawHousePig on September 13, 2012, 09:45:48 AM
Quote from: azeke on September 13, 2012, 05:15:12 AM
It's a shame that there are no wiimote+ (which means you can kills support for IR aiming in shooters goodbye) and sensor bar in any package.
Wait, WTF? BOOOO!  >:(
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: TJ Spyke on September 13, 2012, 04:24:06 PM
Actually, the sensor bar was already confirmed to be in it. The Wii RemotePlus is not included because no Wii U games require one (yes I know many support it for multiplayer or as a optional control, but you don't need one to actually play any Wii U game).
Title: Re: Wii U Price and Date Announced for Japan
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on September 13, 2012, 05:26:16 PM
Quote from: Fatty_The_Hutt on September 13, 2012, 07:54:01 AM
Dec 8 launch date is very disappointing. Probably not what they wanted. I assume NA will be no earlier.
I am delighted to have been incorrect!