The Wii code cracked? Release date found?
by trekkerguy on Comments
"Rumor: Wii Releasing October 2? --- Jul 25th 5:15 pm CDTposted by AndrewNardi
In today's press release, announcing their fall handheld lineup, Nintendo teased that the release date for Wii may be hidden somewhere in the text. Already, this is causing widespread speculation on gaming sites and forums all over the place.
Nintendo's press release reads: "Perhaps the secret to the launch information for Wii is somehow encoded in the text of this news item. You might want to pore over it for a few hours before staying up all night to debate phraseology and comma placement with your friends online.
Or maybe it's all just a scam to get you to read the other games we have launching this fall. One of the two."While it could, and most likely is, Nintendo just screwing with our poor information-needing souls, it's worth taking a look.
Take a look for yourself and see if you can decode anything from it. What we can tell after a good thirty seconds or so of scrutiny is that a game is releasing every Monday except October 2, November 20, and November 27. Nintendo has hinted that the Wii would launch sooner than later, so that points to... October 2nd?Most speculation is being led by the fact that there is at least one game releasing every Monday except October 2, November 20, and November 27, with many people believing October 2 to be the most likely.Why is this? For a few reasons.
First off, Nintendo has hinted that Wii will launch sooner than later, with some reports saying they may even launch it right after the Tokyo Game Show at the end of September. Second of all, most people don't believe Nintendo would want to launch Wii after Black Friday, meaning November 27 is out of the question, or directly after PlayStation 3, which would rule out November 20. This leaves October 2 as the only choice. So did Nintendo really leave us a hint as to when Wii will launch, and will it be October 2 if that is the case? Or did they just pull a sneaky move on the fans and journalists to get them talking about the upcoming DS lineup?We'll find out in September, when Nintendo officially announces when Wii will launch."
EDIT: I also liked enjoyed this bit of speculation by a poster: "This may be reading in a little too much but a possible reason they chose James Bond is J & B. These of course are the 10th and 2nd letters of the alphabet...ergo the release date is 10/2."
WOW! Isn't that amazing? If it's true or not this is all over the net and spreading fast, apparently the Nintendo guys have got their heads on straight when it comes to marketing this Phenom because it is making people everywhere talk Wii. Hope it's true though so I know it's time to make my reservation. Thanks for the good times as always Ninty. TTYL.
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