Author Topic: Nintendo Event September 14th (Read 50159 times)

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #150 on:** September 10, 2006, 06:30:26 PM »

Quote
Originally posted by: UncleBob
Geeze people all this hype over nothing. The press conference is probably just going to be Nintendo saying that they received the shipment of IBM chips via FedEx Wednesday Evening.

No way, they will at least show the chip to everyone and say "Stay tuned until October 28th when we reveal more of what Wii and this little chip can do!"

Ceric · « **Reply #151 on:** September 10, 2006, 06:32:00 PM »

Confirmation that Nintendo uses FedEx. News indeed. Actually I was wondering if there is a place actually assembling Wii's here in the States. I mean all that shipping just to ship it back sounds silly and costly. I mean that's pretty centralized between Europe and Japan. Well more so then Japan is to Europe and the United States.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #152 on:** September 11, 2006, 03:01:19 AM »

So... What happens if they don't reveal price and launch date? Do we riot in the streets?

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #153 on:** September 11, 2006, 03:58:54 AM »

There aren't know crazy Nintendo fans to even attract the media with a street riot...besides real rioters may get offended and beat us down because of our horrible performance.

MaryJane · « **Reply #154 on:** September 11, 2006, 04:27:02 AM »

When does the event in japan start for EST? I want to know what time i have to start checking PGC every 2 minutes for news.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #155 on:** September 11, 2006, 04:49:10 AM »

Quote
Originally posted by: Dirk Temporo
So... What happens if they don't reveal price and launch date? Do we riot in the streets?

The way I see it, Nintendo must know that they can't hold the information any longer and they MUST spill the beans, especially with the launch near. If they keep holding the launch details back it will be a VERY stupid move.

Ceric · « **Reply #156 on:** September 11, 2006, 04:55:12 AM »

We won't riot. We will make pinpoint precision hits on Nintendo until the information is ares.

Iwata: Where is my Stapler?
Iwata: Hey their is a note.
Note: If you want to see you stapler again release Wii game details. This is only the beginning.
Iwata: But that was my rare limitted Mario Vs Brain Training Edition stapler.

Information Get. Stapler Returned.

Mario · « **Reply #157 on:** September 11, 2006, 05:23:10 AM »

There is no exact time for the Japanese event yet I think, which is the first one. All that's known is Thursday. A fair guess would be between 10am and 2pm Japan time. For the US that would be sometime around Wednesday night.

Caliban · « **Reply #158 on:** September 11, 2006, 05:41:20 AM »

Quote
Originally posted by: Ceric
Actually I was wondering if there is a place actually assembling Wii's here in the States.

They have a packaging plant in North Bend (WA) so I'm guessing they also have an assembling plant nearby or in the same plant altogether.

Btw, I've been reading on the IGNinsider Wii forums, about this guy that posted something about that plant posting a job offer for 100 or so people to package the Wii, $11 per hour, several people even found links of proof of these job offers. Alot of speculation is being made that we will see an early release, but not so early as October 2nd, I'm guessing for a early November release if not late October then.

UncleBob · « **Reply #159 on:** September 11, 2006, 06:36:06 AM »

Quote
Originally posted by: Caliban
Btw, I've been reading on the IGNinsider Wii forums, about this guy that posted something about that plant posting a job offer for 100 or so people to package the Wii, $11 per hour, several people even found links of proof of these job offers. Alot of speculation is being made that we will see an early release, but not so early as October 2nd, I'm guessing for a early November release if not late October then.

One Piece at a Time

JonLeung · « **Reply #160 on:** September 11, 2006, 06:46:25 AM »

You know, I haven't heard them officially say that they will announce the date and price....so maybe they won't.

You'd think that with all this Wii hype and everyone expecting them to say the date and price now, they would call it "The Nintendo Wii Relase Date and Price Revelation Press Conference" to hype it up a bit more, if they're going to reveal such details.

Then again, maybe they could be revealing a lot more than just a release date and price... o_0

UncleBob · « **Reply #161 on:** September 11, 2006, 07:08:30 AM »

They should call it "The Nintendo Wii Release Date and Price Press Conference Revelation Press Conference" and, on Thursday, simply announce when they're going to announce the exact release date and price.

wandering · « **Reply #162 on:** September 11, 2006, 07:42:47 AM »

...now watch it happen.

Quote
When does the event in japan start for EST? I want to know what time i have to start checking PGC every 2 minutes for news.

No offence to PGC, but I expect things to go something like this:

-Japanese price and launch date announced.
-five hours pass with no update to the main site.
-PGC puts up a press release.

Oh, but you probably meant the forums.

JonLeung · « **Reply #163 on:** September 11, 2006, 08:48:20 AM »

I've heard of European and Australian prices (of games, consoles, and related things) sometimes being higher than North American prices (after conversion).

Of course, my memory could be wrong, but aren't Japanese prices, after conversion, much closer to American/Canadian prices (at least closer than European and Australian prices are)?

So this may be stating the obvious, but the Japanese price, if revealed before the North American price, would lead us to some very close estimates.

I seem to remember the GameCube was cheaper here in Canada when it first came out (at least in some places), even including the 7% GST at the time. Now our GST is 6%, and the dollar is something like 0.90 US, or at least closer than it was in 2001, so if it turns out to be $149.99 US, for example, they may make it $149.99 Canadian instead of $167.67. Then again they may more likely make it $174.99 Canadian, which would be more...but not by much...but still...

wandering · « **Reply #164 on:** September 11, 2006, 08:51:03 AM »

I think the Japanese price is generally a little lower.

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #165 on:** September 11, 2006, 09:08:04 AM »

Japanese prices are usually lower and European prices are higher than US' prices....

and obviously, prices over here are simply absurd

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #166 on:** September 11, 2006, 09:30:46 AM »

Do we know what time the event is?

Rhoq · « **Reply #167 on:** September 11, 2006, 09:53:32 AM »

Quote
Originally posted by: Dirk Temporo
Do we know what time the event is?

The North American press conference is from 10 AM-4 PM on Thursday (September 14th) in NYC.

UncleBob · « **Reply #168 on:** September 11, 2006, 10:24:16 AM »

Quote
Originally posted by: Dirk Temporo
Do we know what time the event is?

For up-to-the-post details of the timing of the event, please see This Thread

KDR_11k · « **Reply #169 on:** September 11, 2006, 10:34:27 AM »

Can we introduce a policy of starting a new thread when an event actually happens? It's annoying having to sift through pages upon pages of people "anticipating" the event.

Plugabugz · « **Reply #170 on:** September 11, 2006, 10:39:02 AM »

Agreed with a dash of BBQ sauce.

wandering · « **Reply #171 on:** September 11, 2006, 10:47:49 AM »

Quote
Can we introduce a policy of starting a new thread when an event actually happens? It's annoying having to sift through pages upon pages of people "anticipating" the event.

You just say that because you have animated gifs disabled.

Anyway, Donut could just add "real discussion starts on page ..." to the topic title...

Caliban · « **Reply #172 on:** September 11, 2006, 11:51:28 AM »

Quote
Originally posted by: UncleBob
Quote
Originally posted by: Caliban
Btw, I've been reading on the IGNinsider Wii forums, about this guy that posted something about that plant posting a job offer for 100 or so people to package the Wii, $11 per hour, several people even found links of proof of these job offers. Alot of speculation is being made that we will see an early release, but not so early as October 2nd, I'm guessing for a early November release if not late October then.

One Piece at a Time

I'm dumb enough to not understand what you meant.

UncleBob · « **Reply #173 on:** September 11, 2006, 12:36:44 PM »

"One Piece at a Time" is a classic Country song by Johnny Cash. The story is that, while working at a factory assembling Cadillacs, "he" (not Johnny Cash, but the person in the song) got the idea to steal him a Cadillac - one piece at a time - and put it together at his home, getting himself a free Cadillac.

The reference was that someone should get hired on for this job and steal them a Wii, one piece at a time, from the factory.

Caliban · « **Reply #174 on:** September 11, 2006, 12:38:13 PM »

LOL, maybe there will be some truth to that song, hahaha!

News:

Author Topic: Nintendo Event September 14th (Read 50159 times)