U.S. Launch for Nintendo Wii.

The excruciatingly long wait has ended: The Nintendo Wii will be released in the U.S. for $249.99 on November 19th, 2006.

This announcement is a few days old since I'm lazy. I learned this from checking the WiiReleaseDate.com countdown multiple times a week, but mainly from the breaking news at Nintendorks.

You can also check out the hilarious tongue-in-cheek "Wii Fact Sheet" from Nintendorks. It's purposely unhelpful and more than likely purposely funny. Nintendorks updates promptly whenever it's necessary (translation: infrequently). They truly are the best source for half-serious Nintendo news out there. In the same vein, here's a list of the Wii's potential launch titles, cut-and-pasted lovingly (see also: stolen) straight from Nintendorks.com:


First Party (* denotes temporary name)

• Battalion Wars II
• Big Brain Academy*
• Excite Truck
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Mario Strikers Charged
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (alternate title: File Can't Be Found)
• Super Mario Galaxy*
• WarioWare: Smooth Moves (alternate title: Uncomfortable Touching)
• Wii Sports

Third Party

• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action
• Dragon Ball Z Budokai: Tenkaichi 2 (alternate title: Do You Still Care About DBZ?)
• Madden NFL 07
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (alternate title: Post-Penultimate Confederacy)
• Rayman Raving Rabbids (alternate title: Everybody Loves Rayman)
• Red Steel
• Sonic and the Secret Rings (alternate title: Sonic and His Three Wives)
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz
• Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (alternate title: Tony Hawk's Obligatory Wii Game)
• Elebits
• Trauma Center Second Opinion (alternate title: Yes, You Do Have a Brain Hemorrhage)

I was seriously hoping that Nintendo would rush to put Animal Crossing Wii through as a launch title, like as a lovely little surprise bonus for the AC fans out there, but alas it is still scheduled for a 2007 release in Japan, and I can't seem to even find a US date.

More Nintendo updates if and when I feel like it!