The Wii on the way

Yay! Nintendo has provided a release date for the Wii. December 7! And that's the Aussie release date - not far behind the US on Nov 19 or Japan on Dec 2 and well ahead of the PS3 launch in March sometime.

Price wise, it comes in at A$400 which is a damn sight cheaper than the XBox 360 at $650. And that price includes Wii Sports - 5 games that make use of the one-hand controller (a nunchuk controller is included as well). Release titles include the new Zelda game, Metroid Prime 3 and Brain Academy - a Wii version of the DS Brain Training game

The Wii also has "channels" for non-gaming activities such as photo browsing and web surfing.

I know what I want for Christmas - time to start saving some clams!!

Update: Here's a TV news article about the release - the bowling demo is pretty cool :-)