Wii Updates.

[_skitzo_]

Thanks alot to the guys over at kotaku for taking this video, break down of what Wii Channels will look like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZQ5JAQ-RrE&eurl=

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Originally Posted by _skitzo_

"According to the Argos website â€" probably best described as a sort of UK and Irish Wal-Mart where you order everything by catalogue and then sit on your ass for half an hour, waiting for it to emerge from the warehouse â€" the Wii release date is going to be March, 2007.

Just a few days ago, though, the banner apparently read 'Winter, 2006'.

Just to let you know, the banner has reverted to "Winter 2006". [Link]

[_skitzo_]

The following is from Gamesindustry.biz

"Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz in London this afternoon, a spokesperson admitted, "We are region-locked," and said the US arm of the company had made a mistake in saying otherwise.

Earlier we reported on a piece by Wired News, which spoke to Nintendo vice president of marketing Perrin Kaplan during yesterday's showcase event in New York, during which they were told that Nintendo would not impose regional restrictions on game software.

That situation would have been comparable to that of Xbox 360, where some games are region-free but others are not, and gamers are generally left to find out for themselves whether an import is viable.

Nintendo also admitted yesterday that it had ruled out the idea of including DVD playback functionality, contradicting earlier announcements.

"Because the price of DVD players has dropped so much and they have become so commonplace, Nintendo saw no need to create extra hardware options that would drive up the cost for consumers," a representative for the company told GameSpot.

Previously Nintendo had said it would release an attachment for the Wii console that enabled DVD playback.

Games on the system will be sold on single- or double-layered 12-centimetre optical discs, while it will also be compatible with 8-centimetre GameCube discs"

There you have it, some games will still be locked down....
Odd they have ruled out the idea of dvd play back, yet might release something enabling DVD playback?