“A very strong line up of games for Wii”

The Wii will come packaged with Wii Sports, so that’s five sports games right there: Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Boxing, and Baseball. Plus, there will be “a very strong line up of games for Wii suiting all tastes” according to a Nintendo UK press release.

Yes, the graphics are nowhere near as “realistic” as the PS3’s Virtua Tennis 3, but Monopoly, the best-selling commercial board game in the world doesn’t have any computer graphics at all. Point: Nintendo isn’t building a Wii empire on pixels – Nintendo’s counting on play.

And what is there to play? Well, according to the same Nintendo UK press release, at the time of the UK launch (December 8) you’ll already have the following choices:

• Wii Sports, Wii Play, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (all from Nintendo) – have you seen the Zelda videos or gotten into the discussion?

• Red Steel (Ubisoft) – the YouTube vid above is the October 26 multiplayer trailer
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (SEGA)
• Need For Speed: Carbon (Electronic Arts)
• Madden 07 (EA) – the Wii version has unique gameplay features not present in other versions (watch the video to find out)
• GT Pro Series (Gameloft/Ubisoft)

Wii will launch in the UK on December 8 for around £ 179.99 or € 249 – about US$ 316 to 340 (depends on which bank you’re talking to). Software will be available at selected retailers at the estimated retail price of £ 34.99 or £39.99, depending on the specific title – about US$ 65 (give or take a couple bucks).

The Wii will come packaged with Wii Sports, so that’s five sports games right there: Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Boxing, and Baseball. Plus, there will be “a very strong line up of games for Wii suiting all tastes” according to a Nintendo UK press release.

Yes, the graphics are nowhere near as “realistic” as the PS3’s Virtua Tennis 3, but Monopoly, the best-selling commercial board game in the world doesn’t have any computer graphics at all. Point: Nintendo isn’t building a Wii empire on pixels – Nintendo’s counting on play.

And what is there to play? Well, according to the same Nintendo UK press release, at the time of the UK launch (December 8) you’ll already have the following choices:

• Wii Sports, Wii Play, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (all from Nintendo) – have you seen the Zelda videos or gotten into the discussion?

• Red Steel (Ubisoft) – the YouTube vid above is the October 26 multiplayer trailer
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (SEGA)
• Need For Speed: Carbon (Electronic Arts)
• Madden 07 (EA) – the Wii version has unique gameplay features not present in other versions (watch the video to find out)
• GT Pro Series (Gameloft/Ubisoft)

Wii will launch in the UK on December 8 for around £ 179.99 or € 249 – about US$ 316 to 340 (depends on which bank you’re talking to). Software will be available at selected retailers at the estimated retail price of £ 34.99 or £39.99, depending on the specific title – about US$ 65 (give or take a couple bucks).