Nintendo Wii U press conference
Nintendo will unveil new details about its upcoming game console, the Wii U.
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Good morning everyone, and welcome.by Rich Brown
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CNET editors Jeff Bakalar, Roger cheng, and Dan Ackerman will be covering the event live from inside Nintendo's press conference here in New York City.by Rich Brown
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We will have a chat session here for about 30 minutes prior to the 10 am ET conference start time.by Rich Brown
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For those who didn't see it, Nintendo announced the Japanese launch date and pricing for the Wii U last night.by Rich Brown
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It's due out there on December 8th, with two different bundles.by Rich Brown
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A basic bundle gets you the console with 8GB of storage, a gamepad, HDMI, and AC adapter cables.by Rich Brown
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The premium bundle has all of those accessories, 32GB of storage, stands for the console and game pad, a gamepad charging station, and a free subscription to Nintendo's new Network Premium service, which offers a variety of discounts and points towards digital content purchases.by Rich Brown
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wow a console that comes with hdmi cordsby Bobby A
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Crazy, right?by Rich Brown
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yeah the black is 32by charles crowley
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Wow, they're not giving that away O_O $400 some dollars? I think I'll pass on the expensive bundle.by Jeph
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I expect those prices in Japan won't be the same here in the U.S.by Rich Brown
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Yeah but it supports USB flash memory so it could be cheaper just to use a memory stick for the extra memory.by LSU
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How much u think gamepad will costby manny2783
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Gamepad will be roughly $175 if you convert from the yen. I'm guessing U.S. pricing will be more like $149by Rich Brown
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Prices should be about 20% cheaper in the U.S.by LSU
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I'm praying the release date is different for us.... I'll be out of the country on the 8th...by The Steve
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Not sure I care about the 5% off digital purchases...if I buy a physical game copy and eventually sell it on amazon trade in for 20-25 bucks....its a better dealby Benicio
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Hard to believe this wouldn't come out until
December. Wouldn't Nintendo want to cash in on Black Friday shopping in the US?by Mick -
The remotes are rechargeable? Great, no more looking for batteries!by Benjamin Glass
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how much do you think the wii u will be in the usaby charles crowley
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We were guessing at pricing yesterday in the office. Consensus seems to be $249 for the basic bundle in the U.S.by Rich Brown
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Again, just a guessby Rich Brown
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i thought the show started at 930am? is it just the comments that started at 930?by Matthew Blankenship
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Comments from 9:30 to 10, show itself at 10by Rich Brown
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Is that a charging stand on the premium? :)by lobmo
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yupby Rich Brown
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Is there going to be live video available for the press release in new york?by ForeverandAGame
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Live video link is above in the scorecard. Nintendo hasn't made an embeddable stream available to the press.by Rich Brown
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@MICK, they won't have any available on black friday...I have a feeling this is going to be just like the wii. Mom's chasing the UPS guy and thinking they know what the boxes look like. #wiiUby TouchedArtist
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Hello all. After a bit of a delay, the CNET team is settling into its seats at the event.by Roger Cheng
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Rich - Thoughts on Premium Service? other than 5% off digital purchasesby Benicio
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Seems kind of skippable, but I'm service averse. Don't even have Xbox Live Gold.by Rich Brown
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@Rich Brown Do you think European price and release will be announced today?by AP
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The event is being held at Center 548, on the west side of Manhattan. It's the same space as the Nokia event from week.by Roger Cheng
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I don't expect European pricing today, but who knows.by Rich Brown
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I Think the Premium Bundlein the States will come with Nintendo Land, as Wii Sports with the original Wiiby Sebastian R.
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It's 10% off digital from what we've heard.by LSU
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I'd rather wait a few months, Nintendo's launching the Wii U at a very high price point, it is average for a newly released console however... Also it's coming without many of the legacy launch titles, heck we haven't heard any news from Samus or Zelda!by Omar Hazar
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Points for Nintendo for showing East Coast some love for once, unlike all the other big companys lolby i think the only thing that...
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Any insight from japan as to cost of normal xbox style controller?by Benicio
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If you mean a controller without the built-in screen, I don't believe Nintendo mentioned anything to that effect yesterday.by Rich Brown
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Zelda should be complete in 2014. They were aiming for a late '13 release to compete with other consoles but it just isn't feasible.by LSU
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Do u think they will show better games then what they been showing for the last few monthsby manny2783
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I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo also made a big first-party game announcement today.by Rich Brown
