Nintendo Wii in the US, November 19th, $249.99 at over 25,000 distribution points. Hardware, cables, sensor bar, 1 Wii remote and 1 nunchuck controller in the box.

Wii bowling, Wii Boxing, Wii Golf, Wii Baseball, Wii Tennis = Wii Sports which will be packed into the Wii box. Legend of Zelda and Excite Truck as part of the 30 planned Wii titles for Nintendo’s launch window (about half on launch day, rest following through 2006), software pricing to remain consistent with Gamecube ($49.99 for first-party titles).

Trauma Center, Madden 07, Need for Speed: Carbon, Elebits, Super Monkey Ball, Metal Slug Anthology, Red Steel, RRR all part of planned launch titles. Metroid Prime 3 coming in 2007.

Wii channels menu, news, weather, software shop, photo and others. 10 Virtual Console / Channel titles per month, including Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Super Mario 64, Super Mario World and more.

Wii points can be purchased online or at retailers, 2000 points = $20, purchased title available forever to re-download after purchase. Virtual Console / Channel games to cost $5-$10 each. No word on indie game developers actually getting a chance to develop VC titles.

Wii Photo channel the iPhoto of gaming? Take your SD card from your camera and plug it into your Wii. Scamble, doodle and more over your photos.

Messaging channel allows sending messages to PC users (chat?), cellphones (sms?) and to other Wii messaging users.

4 million Wii units by Dec 31st worldwide, 6 million by end of fiscal year (March 2007). US to get bulk of units, no word on if EU gets Wii this holiday season. :(

First online game in Japan at launch, Pokemon Battle Revolution, US version following shortly. Guaranteed million seller in japan.

WHEW!