Wii Jets off to Korea

Almost 18 months ago, way back in 2006, the Nintendo Wii made its debut in the US, Japan, Europe and Australia and has since gone on to see phenomenal success and break every record in it’s path. South Korea has finally received the news it has been waiting for, as Nintendo of Korea have announced that the Wii will go on sale on April 26.

The Wii will cost 220,000 won (AUD$241, USD$224) while games will cost between 38,000 won (AUD$41) to 48,000 won (AUD$52). Launch titles will include Wii Sports (not included with console), Wii Play, Zack and Wiki, Fifa 2008, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, Elebits, Namco Museum Remix, and Pangya Golf 2nd Shot, while Guitar Hero III will be available in May.

Those lucky South Korean gamers will get its own version of the Virtual console, they will only get NES, SNES, and Nintendo 64 games but will get reduced prices. That’s right they get their retro games cheaper only having to pay 400 points for a NES game, 600 points for a SNES title and 800 points for N64 games.

Nintendo of Korea has teamed up with Korean actor Won Bin to promote the Wii as seen in the picture above with Nintendo President Satoru Iwata