A release date and price point has finally been announced for the Wii, Nintendo's unique step into the next generation. It seems the US is going to get the console first on November 19, followed by Japan on December 2. Europe will not be far behind with a December 8 launch date.
The price points are set with Japan having the console for 25,000 yen ($213), the US at $250 and the UK at £179 ($337). I've converted everything to US$ so you can see just how stupid the UK price is. Nintendo tell us that this is because of individual country's import taxes, and they're probably right. Being in the Nintendo homeland, we're getting the best price here in Japan, but we also feel a little let-down by the fact that the console is going to be released in the US first. Nintendo are very clever though and have obviously realised that this is where the money's at, as they learnt from the original DS launch.
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