Wii Warm Up: So where is our September surprise?

by Alisha Karabinus { Sep 28th 2007 at 9:00AM }

Maybe when Reggie said we could expect something good by the end of September, he meant the actual end. That means he's got until Sunday, but he's cutting things quite close. Maybe sometime today we'll hear something ... or do you think it's silly to get our hopes up? A lot of people have been speculating that it has something to do with recent forum closures or the changes in store for Nintendo Power, but unless we're getting that content in channel form (a possibility, to be sure), then that's probably not it, since Reggie was talking about channels and WiiConnect24 at the time.

So what -- and where -- is it? We've been very good, and we deserve a surprise.

Tags: Reggie-Fils-Aime, ReggieFils-Aime, September, surprise

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mark richardson @ Sep 28th 2007 9:07AM

is it just for the USA!?!?!?

what about us here in europe, we need something to a surprise considering we are lagging behind all you on games i mean we still have a month till metroid hits our shores then over another month till mario galaxy. and with lots of other games we are all anticipating being pushed back till next year i think we all deserve a nice surprise dont you.

Neal @ Sep 28th 2007 9:12AM

I was saying the EXACT same thing to my girlfriend, last night (she was VERY interested....no not really). I really hope we're not being set up for a letdown.

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Sep 28th 2007 9:15AM

I don't think anything's coming at this point.

Oh well. Probably would've been a letdown anyway.

Mr Khan @ Sep 28th 2007 9:18AM

I was wondering if Reggie didn't mean all the kickass VC games that Europe got, then i recalled that Reggie was NOA President, and wouldn't herald something like that

This is a mystery, but my bets would be on a free Nintendo Media channel with forums, videos, and news, to supplant all the official stuff they're selling/destroying

Either that that i listed above, or there won't be a surprise at all, one or the other

Sonic_13 @ Sep 28th 2007 9:36AM

Wasn't Reggie talking about the Check Mii Out Channel in the interview in which he said that?

ZagZagovich @ Sep 28th 2007 9:45AM

I think it was the announcement of online mode in Brawl.

troy @ Sep 28th 2007 9:51AM

It hasn't happened yet: i do not think it was online in brawl or anything like that. There will be a blue light in our Wii and it will probably happen sunday.

danny. @ Sep 28th 2007 9:58AM

I'm going to go with nothing. Whatever it was it got pushed back. NOA has bigger things to deal with than bonuses for its installed wii owners.

Tesche @ Sep 28th 2007 10:07AM

At the time I thoght it would be an announcment of NEO GEO games on the VC, and that is exactly what I think it is/was.

Anaris82 @ Sep 28th 2007 10:09AM

I bet it's Superman 64 on the VC.

Jeremy @ Sep 28th 2007 10:13AM

Maybe we will get the limited edition Super Mario Bro. the lost levels that the PAL regions recently got. I doubt it will be the Check Mii Out Channel, since we have been expecting that it wouldn't really be a surprise. All we can be sure about is that it will be in the form of a channel if we even get the surprise. I still would like to see a free VC title on your birthday but that is wishful thinking. Now that I think of it I believe all of our surprises so far have been on a weekend or early AM on a Monday. So if we get something new we should have it by the time we wake up Monday morning.

Jonathan Tran @ Sep 28th 2007 10:16AM

I bet it's this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9nTx0nLX8U

Sensai @ Sep 28th 2007 10:18AM

I'm pretty damn sure that Nintendo has shafted us, again. In the same manner that they always do.

'Online out of the box! Smash Bros. as a launch title with online! WOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo!'

Shenanigans.

vidGuy @ Sep 28th 2007 10:33AM

Haven't both Smash online and Link's Crossbow Training been announced this month?

If there's still an announcement coming, I'd say it's about a firmware update to allow USB storage and to run VC games off of both USB and SD media. Or at least I hope it is :|

reggie2 @ Sep 28th 2007 11:12AM

There's no surprise.

Surprise!

flyingbananaskin @ Sep 28th 2007 11:35AM

I also think it'll be either nothing or something of nothing.

Nintendo seem to be quietly enjoying their success ATM and not too bothered about giving us anything much new in the way of news or exciting new prospects.

I can't really see any new announcements until next spring(although I'd like to be proved wrong), I'd hoped it could be an announcement of a headset, maybe even a chat channel to make the current WiFi games voice enabled among registered friends. Of course I know I'm being extremely over ambitious there.

similian @ Sep 28th 2007 11:36AM

Wow ! I am surprised...

Anyway it was the Brawl online thingy ... i think its the best thing eva ... be happy !

sn1per420 @ Sep 28th 2007 11:52AM

free demos in the shop channel? of course, that would require some sort of external storage too...

Covarr @ Sep 28th 2007 1:20PM

It probably has to do with channels AND the closed-down forums AND the website revamp. I think they're making a new channel that integrates into their website.

Matt @ Sep 28th 2007 1:42PM

It does make me wonder...they DID just "indefinitely" shut down the NSider forums, didn't they? Maybe a reformatting, to make them more Wii-friendly? I mean...I don't know if that's all that great anyway, but it's possible? Who knows, maybe I'm way off, but it's just one thing I thought of...

GenoBaby @ Sep 28th 2007 2:20PM

I honestly believe that it was the Link's Crossbow training... I think they were hoping that that would be huge news.

troy @ Sep 28th 2007 3:11PM

Reggie wouldn't mention that in such a way as to make it sound like Wii channel or WiiConnect24 feature, and he also would have made a big deal about how that was the surprise when they announced it.

krd1979 @ Sep 28th 2007 6:19PM

I'm pretty sure the "surprise" has come and gone with either the Zelda/zapper pack-in or SSBB online mode. I would really love to be proven wrong though and wake up to a flashing blue light tomorrow.

Mr Khan @ Sep 28th 2007 7:55PM

Honestly though, if it was one of those cool things that did happen this month (Brawl online, crossbow training) i would like to see someone ASK reggie as to what the surpise was

Case Boyle @ Sep 28th 2007 8:09PM

Definitely agreeing with most on here, the US is getting effed in the ay. (if ya know what I mean). Japan and Europe might be getting everything special cause they got the Wii later? I dunno about everyone else, but the absence of a lot of these special events and awesome VC games is kind of ticking me off as a Wii owner, as well as most other Wii owners I know.

Also, yes, Smash not being at launch like it was claimed somewhat ticked me off, considering that it was a major factor that made me get the Wii.

I just hope it's not some pointless channel or website integration. Unless by website integration they mean "HAY NO MORE CHILD-SAFE LINES OF NUMBERS TO PROTECT CHILDRENS". I'd like to see some Xbox-Live type of service finally. I'm tired of asking people for numbers for EVERY game.

Alex @ Sep 28th 2007 8:19PM

It's gotta be big. The forums are gone for a while. We haven't had a update for about 2 months now I think. Nothing big except the Wii Clock, at least. But my guess would be an Nsider page more sutible for the Wii or an Nsider Channel, where everything is more accesible than the regular Nsider. But it's still unclear. It could be storage, Media Channel, Demo Channel, anything. I just hope I wake up to a blue light tomorrow. :)

mian @ Sep 28th 2007 10:20PM

Yeah, I think it was Brawl being online. They were non-committal on that for a long time.

Jeremy @ Sep 28th 2007 10:35PM

If we see the blue light any this weekend it will be when we wake up Monday morning. It has been that way for the past four updates. Check your Wii between 12 and 3 AM Eastern time Monday morning and if there is something then it should be there by then. I for one am hoping that USB flash drive support comes soon my Wii is out of memory and a flash drive that acts like a hard drive would be heaven. Also if you have been following the news of GH3 then you will know that it has downloadable content but it will not be used on the Wii version until it has some kind of mass storage.

Here are some reasons the wii will be getting mass storage support soon.

-guitar Hero 3 download content
-Civilization Revolution map downloads
-Over the next six months the Wii will get many more online games each with the possibility of providing downloadable content.
-larger VC games coming soon

Sensai @ Sep 28th 2007 11:02PM

@ Jeremy:

Civ Rev map downloads...have you ever played a Civilization? It doesn't really work like that...unless this is different from all the other Civ games, in which case I humbly apologize.

And it would really REALLY piss me off if the 'surprise' was that a game we KNEW was online and was PROMISED at launch to be online was online...a year late.

Jeremy @ Sep 29th 2007 9:06AM

The wikipedia page of Civilization Revolution states that the game will have downloadable content. I just made the assumption that it could be maps but still any game that offers downloadable content needs plenty of memory on the system for that content.

Zach @ Sep 30th 2007 7:50PM

Oh, how I hope for something good tomorrow. I'll be checking first thing in the morning.

starsucker @ Oct 1st 2007 2:44AM

Hei guys,

it's 8:35AM here in Austria. I checked my wii minutes ago but it was a big disappointment. Nothing new, not even a message on the pinboard.

This sucks!

wii @ Oct 1st 2007 8:31AM

they were just kidding...
Why does my wii don`t glow blue!!!

Jeremy @ Oct 1st 2007 9:12AM

Hey nothing new today. Which sucks. I did go and read closely to the message that is posted on the NSider page. It has a lot about the Wii and the DS. Almost sounds like there could be something on down the road for Wii and DS owners to communicate in an easy manner. I personally would still like to see some form of mass storage for the Wii. Use of the SD card or a USB flash drive as expanded memory or even a hard drive would give developers more to work with and we could see downloadable content in games such as maps and expansion packs.