Wii Release Finally Confirmed.

Thanks to the recent Nintendo Media Event we now have an official release date and price for the Wii.

The newest Nintendo console will be hitting American shores and shelves on November 19th with the budget price tag of $250 and come bundled with a copy of the game Wii Sports.

There is a purported 25 titles for release in the US while Japan is scheduled to only see 16. This is quite interesting, especially when you add the fact that we will be getting the console itself about two weeks prior to them (their release is December 2nd).

They have also established the pricing for the downloadable classic games (downloadable via WiiConnect24). NES games will sell for 500 Yen (3 euro / GBP 2), SNES - 800 Yen (5 euro / GBP 4) and N64 - 1000 Yen (7 euro / GBP 5).

The games will be paid for via either credit card or pre-paid points cards.

The classic controller being released (used to play NES and SNES games) will be bundled early on with a purchase of a 5000 pre-paid points card.

All I can say after this is booya, I'm going to reserve my copy today. And if you know what's good for you you'll do the same. :p

\\drew