In what seems to be a slap in the face for Nintendo's homeland of Japan, today The New York Times newspaper decided to dish the dirt a little earlier than Nintendo had wanted to - it looks like the US will get the Wii complete with WiiSports for $250 (which is about £130) on the 19th of November. Games will retail at around $10 cheaper than your average Xbox 360 title, and classics from the virtual console set to be in the region of $5-$10 per game.

In Japan, the console will be released on the 3rd of December without WiiSports for 25, 000 Yen which is about $215. We'll hear if Europe get hold of the smelly end of the stick in a days time, but hopefully we'll have the Wii in European homes a week after the US get it. Wii are very excited!

NOTE: It seems as if a fellow blogger has beaten me to this exciting news, seen below. But I'll leave this here, in case you want to compare the Japanese dates!