Nintendo Wii release date is October 2nd, according to cryptologist

A few weeks ago we wrote about people speculating the Nintendo Wii release date to be October 2nd, by way of analyzing one of Nintendo’s press releases, filling in the missing information and reading between the lines.

Now, we seem to have more “proof” that the Nintendo Wii release date will be indeed October 2nd. Cryptologists have cracked the “Wii” code and give us the following information:

In the word “Wii” the letter W is actually made up of two V letters. As we all know, the V is the number 5 in Roman Numerals. There are two V letters, so naturally we add 5 + 5 and we have the first part of our answer, “10″, which is the month of the release.

Next, following the same logic we take the two remaining letters of the word “Wii” the “ii”. The letter “i” can also be represented as the number 1 in Roman Numerals. We have two “i” letters, so we add 1 + 1 together to get the last part of the answer which is “2″.

Now, we know that the “10″ is the first part which is the month, and we also know that the “2″ is the last part which is the day. Our answer? 10-2, or October 2nd.

Bam! There you have it. The problem has been solved, the code has been cracked, and now we have the real release date of the Nintendo Wii.

(Thanks Mike)

It is really amazing how far people will go to find the answer they want, or believe is really true.

Rumors: Nintendo Wii Development Kit under $2000; 3rd party games $40

Lets add this to the rumors page. According to a post at the wiivolution forums, Wii 3rd party games will be sold for $40. Also, more interestingly, it seems that the Nintendo Wii Development Kit will be priced under $2000

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata along with the Board of Directors answered many questions at a corporate management policy briefing held last week which revealed that the price of the Wii development kits would now cost as low as $1,732. Iwata expects to increase funding for research and development to prepare for launch.

No real solid information available yet, so take this as you may.

(Via: Digg)