7th May 2006, 4:55 PM
I'm also inclined to say that it's a stockpiling for demand, but it could be both. A stockpiling and an early release. There was a headline a little whil ago that the Nintendo World Store will be broadcasting the keynote speech live. I'm willing to bet that Nintendo is going to pull a major, major stunt. It could be anything from releasing info about a special pre-order package, where you pre-order a Wii and get a game for free, or even something as incredible as announcing that either Wii/DS Lite/Zelda: TP or NSMB is being shipped that day/week to stores. I feel it in my gut, but we'll see. There's gotta be a reason for showing the keynote speech in the nintendo store.
1.) *truckload of salt* Nintendo will show off new technology that will involve 3-D glasses used with special games, metroid prime 3 (launch title) might be the flagship title to use such a peripheral. the glasses will not work with every game. Nintendo mentions that it works with IMAX 3-D movies and future releases as well.
2.) Wii is 5.1 surround right out of the box.
3.) Nintendo announces a hard disk drive and/or larger internal cache.
4.) Lucas Arts shows off a game that uses the wiimote as a lightsabre.
1.) *truckload of salt* Nintendo will show off new technology that will involve 3-D glasses used with special games, metroid prime 3 (launch title) might be the flagship title to use such a peripheral. the glasses will not work with every game. Nintendo mentions that it works with IMAX 3-D movies and future releases as well.
2.) Wii is 5.1 surround right out of the box.
3.) Nintendo announces a hard disk drive and/or larger internal cache.
4.) Lucas Arts shows off a game that uses the wiimote as a lightsabre.