Nintendo Wii Preview

I’m pretty excited about the Nintendo Wii, and that excitement hasn’t lessened over the months since the LA based gaming show. I had another chance to get my hands on the Wii hardware back in July, which only confirmed my initial impression, that Nintendo was onto a serious winner. Now I’m sitting on a train heading home from the Nintendo European Press Conference for the Wii and once again, I have a big smile on my face.

This was the event that most journalists had been waiting for, especially since the day before Nintendo had announced pricing and launch details for the Wii in the Japanese and US territories. So, let’s get the big news out of the way – the Wii will hit Europe in time for Christmas 2006, although not as quickly as the US or Japan. With a European release date of 8th December 2006, the Yanks will be getting their hands on that superb controller a couple of weeks before us, while the Japanese will only get the jump on us by a few days…

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