Nintendo Wii-Mini leaked

[Ziggy]

Some answers as to the Wii Mini's Canadian exclusivity:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/201 ... -in-canada

For those that don't wanna click the link, or read the entire article, the main two points the above linked article made were this: Perhaps the Wii is doing well enough in the USA that Nintendo doesn't feel they should release the Mini here. At least, not yet. Wii sales in the US seem good, and it's the holiday season. And two: The Wii not having an internet connection doesn't seem as important in Canada as it is in the USA. Apparently 25% of NetFlix users use the Wii to stream. NetFlix is apparently not big at all in Canada.

[BurningDoom]

This is typical Nintendo, if you think back. Both the top-loader NES and the Model 2 SNES were released quite late in their lifespans.

[samsonlonghair]

The question is not "Why Canada" or "Why not the US"; the question is, "Will it play in Peoria?"

A test market, in the field of business and marketing, is a geographic region or demographic group used to gauge the viability of a product or service in the mass market prior to a wide scale roll-out. The criteria used to judge the acceptability of a test market region or group include:
-a population that is demographically similar to the proposed target market; and
-relative isolation from densely populated media markets so that advertising to the test audience can be efficient and economical.

If this is a big success in Canada, Nintendo may choose to market it in the Unites States; if not, the test market minimized the risk. This is a sound business move.

[BurningDoom]

I think it's a good idea, actually. Not everyone can afford the latest cutting-edge consoles. But they still want to game. Wii Mini is the perfect solution for those gamers. Same way PS2, PS1, NES, and even Atari 2600 were for years.

[Jamisonia]

This thing will be worse just like every Nintendo late iteration has been.

[gtmtnbiker]

Saw this article where they did a teardown of the mini. They determined that you can only get composite video (no 480p) from the mini:

Remarkably, the unwarranted cutbacks don't end there. Going back to the GameCube era, Nintendo hardware has supported analogue component output with a 480p progressive scan option. For reasons best known to itself, the platform holder hasn't just removed the 480p functionality but has totally removed any kind of support for the component cable itself. Standard RCA AV inputs are - thankfully - fast becoming a relic of the last decade, if not the last century, but in the here and now, that murky composite picture is the best you're going to get from the Wii Mini.

In addition, the article says that there's no support for TCP/IP connectivity using the USB adapter.

[isiolia]

That's terrible.

Wonder if it's actually intended for distribution in "developing nations" in the long term.

[Jamisonia]

This is totally typical of later Nintendo home console iterations. They are never better. SNES Mini video chip not withstanding.

[CD AGES]

Review.


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/df-ha ... ini-review

[gtmtnbiker]

Review.


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/df-ha ... ini-review

Already posted this earlier in the thread.