Wii U information

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Release Date
Japan - December 8
North America - November 18
Europe - November 30

Price
Basic:
- White Wii U + Wii Pad
- 8GB internal storage
- AC adapter, HDMI cable
- $299 / £210 / 299€ / 25000 yen

Deluxe:
- Black Wii U + Wii Pad
- 32GB internal storage
- Wii U stand, WiiPad dock and stand, HDMI cable, AC adapter
- Nintendo Land (Excludes Japan)
- Nintendo Digital Premium (10% coin loyalty scheme)
- $349 / £250 / 349€ / 30000 yen

Accessories:
Wii U Stand (300 yen)
Wii Pad (12800 yen)
Wii Pad Dock (1800 yen)
Wii U Pro Controller (4800 yen)

* Price for Japan and North America excludes sales tax.
* Price for EU includes VAT. Price may varies across retailers in UK
as there are no MSRP.

Wii U Preview Event:
Japan - Sep 13 3AM EDT http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/index.html
North America - Sep 13 10AM EDT http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu
Europe - Sep 13 10AM EDT/4PM CET http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/new
... 47764.html

Hardware Spec (rumor is italicized)
- 3x enhanced Broadway CPU core (Wii has one)
- GPU is some Radeon derivative that supports DX 10.1
- 1GB RAM for game, 1GB RAM for OS, 32MB Embedded RAM
- 8GB or 32GB flash memory, supports SD card and USB storage
- Use some variant of Blu ray disc, 25GB storage
- WIFI b/g/n, 4 USB port
- Supports two Wii Pad, but framerate (on the WiiPad) will drop to
30fps when two are in used due to bandwidth
- Also supports Wii controllers

TVii
- Search across several content providers (Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon
Instant, and cable TV)
- Also connects to your TiVo DVR
- Comment on portions of episodes and episodes and sports games on the
fly
- Recommend episodes and TV shows
- Show everyone what you're watching, and update your thoughts to all
your social networks
- Universal remote
- US and Canada only for now

Launch window games (known exclusive bolded):

007 Legends (Activision)
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Sega)
Assassin's Creed 3 (Ubisoft)
Avengers: Battle for Earth (Ubisoft)
Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition (WB Games)
Ben 10: Omniverse (D3 Publisher)
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 (Activision)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision)
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (Disney Interactive)
Darksiders 2 (THQ)
Family Party: 30 Great games Obstacle Arcade (D3 Publisher)
FIFA Soccer 13 (EA)
Funky Barn (505 Games)
Game & Wario (Nintendo)
Game Party Champions (WB Games)
Jeft Tailfin (Maximum Games)
Jeopardy (THQ)
Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
LEGO City: Undercover (Nintendo)
Madden NFL 13 (EA)
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth (Ubisoft)
Mass Effect 3 (EA)
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Capcom)
Nano Assault Neo (Shin'En)
NBA 2K13 (2K Sports)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii U (Nintendo)
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge (Nintendo)
Nintendo Land (Nintendo)
Pikmin 3 (Nintendo)
Rabbids Land (Ubisoft)
Rapala Pro Bass Fishing (Activision)
Rayman Legends (Ubisoft)
Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game (D3 Publisher)
Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Gaijin Games)
Scribblenauts Unlimited (WB Games)
Sing Party (Nintendo)
Skylanders Giants (Activision)
Sonic & Sega All-Stars: Racing Transformed (Sega)
Sports Connection (Ubisoft)
Tank! Tank! Tank! (Namco)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Namco)
The Wonderful 101 (Nintendo)
Toki Tori 2 (two tribes)
Transformers Prime (Activision)
Trine 2: Director's Cut (Frozenbyte)
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 (Ubisoft)
WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Hyper (Tecmo Koei)
Wii Fit U (Nintendo)
Wipeout 3 (Activision)
Wheel of Fortune (THQ)
ZombiU (Ubisoft)
Zumba Fitness (Majesco)

Other Known Games:

Bayonetta 2
Dragon Quest X
Mutant Mudds Deluxe (Renegade Kid)

[Botolo]

Who is going to buy it? Anyone?