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First-party Wii and DS games will be available in India

As the Nintendo Wii begins to quietly make its way into stores across India with ninja-like stealth in readiness for its September 30 launch date along with the DS Lite, we caught up with Mahesh Toshniwal of Samurai Games India Pvt Ltd, official distributors of the Wii and DS in India, to confirm to us the news that surfaced recently and to give us answers to some questions that many of you may have had on your minds.

Firstly, can you tell us a bit about Samurai India; its history and current operations?
Samurai introduced 8-bit Nintendo video games in India in 1987 and was instrumental in bringing Nintendo Home Video Games to India. Samurai is an authorised reseller of Active Boeki K. K. of Kobe, Japan, who is the distributor for Nintendo in South-East Asia, the Middle East and India. Incidentally, Active Boeki’s chief is an Indian from Ajmer - Mr Suresh K. Lal.

What is the release date for the Wii and DS in India?
Release date for Wii and DS Lite is 30th September, 2008.

How much will the Wii and DS be priced at?
The MRP for the Wii is Rs 19,990 and the DS Lite is priced at Rs 7,990 inclusive of all taxes.

Will the Wii come bundled with Wii Sports?
Yes, the Wii will come bundled with Wii Sports and with an original 220 Volts Nintendo AC adapter.

Will you also bring Wii and DS first-party titles to India and what will be the price range for Wii and DS games?
Yes, we will bring first-party as well as licensee software to India and prices will depend on the individual titles.

What is the role of HCL in bringing the Wii and DS to India?
We have tied up with HCL to sell the Wii and DS through 20 stores across Mumbai and Delhi. Based on the success of the operation, these arrangements may change over time.

Will the Wii in India be PAL or NTSC-U/C?
The Wii will be NTSC.

Besides Nintendo, which publishers’ games will you distribute?
We have already tied up with a few publishers and negotiations with others are underway.*

Hit the jump for the rest of the interview

The NTSC-U/C Wii is available for Rs 16,000 in the grey market. What is the advantage of buying a genuine Wii for Rs 20,000 supplied by your company?
The Wii available in the grey market is without bill and warranty and comes with a duplicate 220 Volts adapter. The grey market Wii brought in from America has a 110 Volts adapter, which is replaced with China-made 220 Volts adapter and passed off as original. Entry to the Fun Club and Loyalty programme will also be restricted to buyers with bill.

Since there isn’t any marketing campaign undertaken yet, how do you aim to inform the consumers about the Wii and its potential?
We have 20 years of experience in marketing video games and we feel that hands-on experience is the best way to spread gaming fever. The Nintendo Wii has been developed for a casual gamer and we will promote it as a family game. The Wii will provide a platform for parents and children to interact with each other everyday, which is something that has become a very rare sight these days.

How do you aim to curb Wii and DS piracy as well as fake Wii accessories?
Pirated software and accessories are a pain and we hope to educate people to fight piracy as, apart from being illegal, these products are of poor quality, some of these games are incomplete, and you get no after-sales service or upgrades.

Will first party accessories for the Wii and DS be sold here?
Yes, in time, we will go for first party as well as licensed accessories.

*There is an indication that Samurai will distribute EA games in India for Nintendo platforms, although we have no official confirmation of this.

SOurce:

http://www.gamingindians.com/2008/09/first-party-wii-and-ds-games-will-be-available-in-india/

First-party Wii and DS games will be available in India

As the Nintendo Wii begins to quietly make its way into stores across India with ninja-like stealth in readiness for its September 30 launch date along with the DS Lite, we caught up with Mahesh Toshniwal of Samurai Games India Pvt Ltd, official distributors of the Wii and DS in India, to confirm to us the news that surfaced recently and to give us answers to some questions that many of you may have had on your minds.

Firstly, can you tell us a bit about Samurai India; its history and current operations?
Samurai introduced 8-bit Nintendo video games in India in 1987 and was instrumental in bringing Nintendo Home Video Games to India. Samurai is an authorised reseller of Active Boeki K. K. of Kobe, Japan, who is the distributor for Nintendo in South-East Asia, the Middle East and India. Incidentally, Active Boeki’s chief is an Indian from Ajmer - Mr Suresh K. Lal.

What is the release date for the Wii and DS in India?
Release date for Wii and DS Lite is 30th September, 2008.

How much will the Wii and DS be priced at?
The MRP for the Wii is Rs 19,990 and the DS Lite is priced at Rs 7,990 inclusive of all taxes.

Will the Wii come bundled with Wii Sports?
Yes, the Wii will come bundled with Wii Sports and with an original 220 Volts Nintendo AC adapter.

Will you also bring Wii and DS first-party titles to India and what will be the price range for Wii and DS games?
Yes, we will bring first-party as well as licensee software to India and prices will depend on the individual titles.

What is the role of HCL in bringing the Wii and DS to India?
We have tied up with HCL to sell the Wii and DS through 20 stores across Mumbai and Delhi. Based on the success of the operation, these arrangements may change over time.

Will the Wii in India be PAL or NTSC-U/C?
The Wii will be NTSC.

Besides Nintendo, which publishers’ games will you distribute?
We have already tied up with a few publishers and negotiations with others are underway.*

The NTSC-U/C Wii is available for Rs 16,000 in the grey market. What is the advantage of buying a genuine Wii for Rs 20,000 supplied by your company?
The Wii available in the grey market is without bill and warranty and comes with a duplicate 220 Volts adapter. The grey market Wii brought in from America has a 110 Volts adapter, which is replaced with China-made 220 Volts adapter and passed off as original. Entry to the Fun Club and Loyalty programme will also be restricted to buyers with bill.

Since there isn’t any marketing campaign undertaken yet, how do you aim to inform the consumers about the Wii and its potential?
We have 20 years of experience in marketing video games and we feel that hands-on experience is the best way to spread gaming fever. The Nintendo Wii has been developed for a casual gamer and we will promote it as a family game. The Wii will provide a platform for parents and children to interact with each other everyday, which is something that has become a very rare sight these days.

How do you aim to curb Wii and DS piracy as well as fake Wii accessories?
Pirated software and accessories are a pain and we hope to educate people to fight piracy as, apart from being illegal, these products are of poor quality, some of these games are incomplete, and you get no after-sales service or upgrades.

Will first party accessories for the Wii and DS be sold here?
Yes, in time, we will go for first party as well as licensed accessories.

*There is an indication that Samurai will distribute EA games in India for Nintendo platforms, although we have no official confirmation of this.

Thanks to “HundredProofSam” from GamingIndians..

Source:

http://www.gamingindians.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5585

Nintendo Wii and DS set to launch to India

Nintendo, who left Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 shitfaced as it raced into the lead in the console race with the Wii, is finally showing India some love. TheANGRYPixel reports that the Wii is launching in India on September 30 and it will be distributed by Samurai-India, in association with HCL. There have been rumblings in the industry of the Wii launching in India some time this month. Rumours of HCL bringing the Wii to India surfaced a few months ago; then there were rumours of Nintendo bringing in the Wii through regional distributors.

So it looks like it’s a combination of the two and we hear that HCL will predominantly handle the Nintendo’s DS handheld, which will also release simultaneously. A price tag of Rs 19,990 may be a little steep for a console like the Wii, but it will also be interesting to see how the Wii, still largely unknown in these parts, is marketed here. The DS, however, seems more reasonably priced for a handheld (Rs 7,990) and will be looking to eat into a serious chunk of the sizeable PSP market in India.

We can rest assured that with the impending release of the Wii, software for the console, from third-party publishers at least, will make its way to India, with Milestone Interactive and E-Xpress Games already bringing in Wii titles. How the first-party software distribution will work, however, remains unclear. EA too will release Wii games in India once the console launches officially, says Ajay Khanna, Country Manager, EA India:

The beauty of EA is that we create games for all platforms. So when the Wii does launch in India, you can rest assured that the best EA has to offer for the Wii will be available in India.

A more serious issue, however, is this - what region will the Wii adopt in India? When the rumours first surfaced, we were told it would be an NTSC-U/C console, the same region as in the US and in contradiction to India’s long-held PAL billing. We, too, are getting strong signals from people in the industry, who have been speaking with Nintendo, that in keeping with the company’s Asia and Middle-East strategy, the NTSC-U/C Wii will be launched here. Even distributors, who’ve brought Wii games to India, brought in NTSC versions, although that was probably to meet the demands of the predominantly-NTSC grey market consoles. But if an NTSC Wii is launched in India, and with India being a PAL region, would publishers be willing to supply NTSC games to India for the Wii, when games for all other formats come here in PAL format? Jayant Sharma, Chairman and CEO of Milestone Interactive has his reservations:

I think the biggest problem that we foresee is that if the launch is of NTSC machines, the demand will be for NTSC software. But since we are a PAL market, and all the publishers we deal with are suppliers of PAL games and if they continue to insist on supplying PAL games, then you’re going to have a big miss-match. I see that as the biggest source of confusion for Nintendo, because customers largely don’t understand this and if at launch there’s going to be such confusion, that won’t be good for them.

So, we’ll just have to wait and watch and hopefully all our doubts will be cleared once we have an official announcement. In the meantime, here’s a list of Wii and DS games already in stores in India and the prices for the same.

Wii:
MX vs ATV Untamed – Rs 1,499
SpongeBob’s Atlantis SquarePantis – Rs 1,499
Wall-E – Rs 2,199
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 – Rs 1,499
Alone In The Dark – Rs 2,499

DS:
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - Rs 999
Ratatouille: Food Frenzy - Rs 999
SpongeBob’s Atlantis SquarePantis – Rs 999
WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2008 - Rs 999
Wall-E - Rs 1499
Zoo Tycoon – Rs 1499

You can also look forward to Activision’s catalogue of Wii titles, releasing in India soon, as well as THQ’s de Blob.

Source:

http://www.gamingindians.com/2008/09/nintendo-wii-ds-coming-to-india/

Wii, DS Officially Arriving in India on 30th Sep '08

For all those who have been lamenting about the non-availability of Nintendo Wii in India, well, here is some good news. After a couple of false starts and rumors, we can confirm that the Wii is about to be officially launched in India! Making the news even more sweeter is the fact that even the DS will be launched in tandem with the Wii!!

Samurai-India, in partnership with HCL, will be officially launching the Wii and DS on 30th September 2008. In fact, they have already unofficially started supplying the consoles to all the major electronic chains and it's only a matter of time before we start seeing them on the store shelves. The Nintendo Wii will be priced at INR 19,990 while the Nintendo DS will be available for INR 7,990.

Samurai-India's website is still under construction but the presence of Nintendo in the URL is more then enough to tell us that we are on the right trail. Keep watching this space as more and more information trickles in.

Source:

http://theangrypixel.com/blog/2008/09/09/wii-ds-officially-arriving-in-india-on-30th-sep-08/