BKK2 on 18 July 2008
Wii launched in Latin America around the same time as NA.
In a recent games convention held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, an executive of Lamatel (distributor of Nintendo products in Latin America) revealed that the Wii will head on to the Brazilian shores on the first week of December.
While this may be a cause for celebration for our Carnival-loving friends, the euphoria might be cut short by the expected price point. The next-gen console is said to cost between 1,400 and 1,500 Reais. In greenback, that's between $640 and $690. With such exorbitant price, we think that the Wii wouldn't be too appealing to Brazilian gamers. But for sure, hardcore Ninty fans wouldn't mind the steep price point. There's still the import option - if our Brazilian friends are willing to shoulder high import tax, that is. No matter what option they choose, they'd still end up with a very expensive console.
We're not quite sure if this will cheer you up, but Lamatel also confirmed that Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess will be a launch title. The problem is it's the only launch title confirmed for the Brazilian release. We're hoping there'll be more.
While this may be a cause for celebration for our Carnival-loving friends, the euphoria might be cut short by the expected price point. The next-gen console is said to cost between 1,400 and 1,500 Reais. In greenback, that's between $640 and $690. With such exorbitant price, we think that the Wii wouldn't be too appealing to Brazilian gamers. But for sure, hardcore Ninty fans wouldn't mind the steep price point. There's still the import option - if our Brazilian friends are willing to shoulder high import tax, that is. No matter what option they choose, they'd still end up with a very expensive console.
We're not quite sure if this will cheer you up, but Lamatel also confirmed that Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess will be a launch title. The problem is it's the only launch title confirmed for the Brazilian release. We're hoping there'll be more.
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According to Wikipedia it also launched in Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, and Chile at the same time. It's Wikipedia, so I wouldn't take it as gospel that Wii launched in all of those countries, but it's reasonable to assume it probably did in at least some of them.
As for 360, you can see which countries Microsoft supports here.
Latin American countries are:
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.
I thought PS3 launched officially in Mexico last August, and it's available from Sony Style there, but I now think this was some kind of semi-offical launch as Mexico was never added to the list of selectable countries available when setting up a PSN account. Everytime PS3 has previously launched in a new country that country has been added to PSN set up, but this wasn't the case for Mexico.
I think the local Sony Style has just imported their PS3 stock directly from US themselves rather than it being a real official release. There is no support for Mexico on the PlayStation site either.
