Nintendo Australia talks Wii Kiosks, Tours and Supply
According to an interview done by CNET with Nintendo Australias spokesman Vispi Bhopti, the Wii in Australia may be hard to find and NAL (Nintendo Australia Limited) are warning customers to pre-order as they may not be able to guarantee total supply.
The interview also reveals that Aussies will not receive the GameCube version of Twilight Princess until 2007.
Wii Game Pricing, Region Free and Wii Tour news all inside.
In the interview with Vispi Bhopti, CNET touched on many of the thing us hardcore games want to know about the Wii, but in typical Nintendo fashion, they left many things under the rug. Well dot point them for you now.
– Nintendo Australia are guaranteeing youll get a Wii, but only if you pre-order, if you dont you may miss out. Nintendo dont know how hyped the Wii will be before launch and thus cant guarantee. The Xbox360 suffered delays in Australia because of shortages and with a world wide launch it might be even hardware for Nintendo.
– Nintendo Australia say that said final pricing for games, accessories and virtual console titles was still being finalised for Australia, how ever, Australian prices would be “”relative to overseas pricing.”” In the US, first party Wii titles will retail for US$50. Read between the lines and Wii games will be $99 dollars in Australia.
– The Number of launch day titles are still being confirmed, however The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Pincess will be an Australian Wii launch title where as the GameCube version will have to wait till Early 2007
– You won’t be able to play overseas games on an Australian unit,
– Nintendo is planning a national Roadshow to promote the Wii in the weeks leading up to launch, the shows will be in similar vein to DS Connection Tours and youll be able to get your hands on the Wii during these tours
– Wii in-store demo kiosks will not be part of the Wii marketing plan due to the wireless controllers, citing that you can bolt it down, but playing it wirelessly is the best way to play it.
– When they do have in store demonstrations they will be manned.
It sounds like Nintendo is prepared for the launch in a good way, however the real test of the Wii will be the time after launch, the GameCube launched well in Australia, but fell off the map after a few years. Nintendo needs to remain consistent to keep the Wii going strong.
