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manasecret · 09-14-2006, 12:10 PM

Hmmm Dyne might be right about the Wii launching for $212 in Japan. Look at this picture recap page of the Japanese conference video.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics...tation/13.html

The last three pictures at the bottom give what I guess is the Japanese release date and the launch price of the Wii and the Wiimote. So that's Wii launching on December 2nd, 2006 (like was said) for 25,000 yen. The Wiimote is 3,800 yen, and the nunchunk and the VC controller (look on the next page) are each 1,800 yen.

So? Well according to the conversions from XE.com...

25,000 yen = $213
3,800 yen = $32
1,800 yen = $15

So what the hell is going on? I assume XE.com's conversion ratios are updated. That seems a helluva lot cheaper than what every other source has said.

Note that the video recap page I linked above comes straight from IGN article's here. http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732669p1.html They link to it in (currently) the last paragraph.

EDIT: Hah, those are the same yen numbers in the IGN article. I saw the difference in conversion price and got excited. So why are IGN's conversions from yen to USD so different?

09-14-2006, 12:10 PM	#14
manasecret aka George Washington manasecret is offline Location: New Orleans, LA/Houston, TX Now Playing: CSS Posts: 2,670	Re: Wii Launch and Price Revealed Hmmm Dyne might be right about the Wii launching for $212 in Japan. Look at this picture recap page of the Japanese conference video. http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics...tation/13.html The last three pictures at the bottom give what I guess is the Japanese release date and the launch price of the Wii and the Wiimote. So that's Wii launching on December 2nd, 2006 (like was said) for 25,000 yen. The Wiimote is 3,800 yen, and the nunchunk and the VC controller (look on the next page) are each 1,800 yen. So? Well according to the conversions from XE.com... 25,000 yen = $213 3,800 yen = $32 1,800 yen = $15 So what the hell is going on? I assume XE.com's conversion ratios are updated. That seems a helluva lot cheaper than what every other source has said. Note that the video recap page I linked above comes straight from IGN article's here. http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732669p1.html They link to it in (currently) the last paragraph. EDIT: Hah, those are the same yen numbers in the IGN article. I saw the difference in conversion price and got excited. So why are IGN's conversions from yen to USD so different? __________________ d^_^b Last edited by manasecret : 09-14-2006 at 12:16 PM.