Japan is the next lucky country to get ahold of the Wii, with the muchly-craved console going on sale tomorrow, the 2nd of December. Only 400,000 consoles will be available, with prices listed here. (Via BBC News)
EA currently have muchos love for the Wii, as they’ve just purchased a development studio in Salt Lake City, exclusively for producing Wii titles. Quite a change of heart for the huge gaming corp, after their previous dismissal of the GameCube. (Via Tom’s Hardware Guide)
Yahoo (remember them?) recently launched a gaming portal gathering Wii-centric Flickr photos, del.icio.us links, Yahoo Games, and plenty of others together for the avid Wii consumer. Just don’t forget little ol’ us, m’kay? (Via Wired Blogs)
Specifically for the geriatric gamer, Retrozone will be selling adapters early next year, allowing us to use dusty-but-not-forgotten NES and SNES controllers through the GameCube slot on the Wii. Authentic retro gaming, indeed. (Via Nintendic)
It has been confirmed the Wii is region locked, which means contrary to original belief, we won’t be able to play those quirky exclusive-to-Japan software and games on our foreign consoles. Let’s all blame our Western-dwelling parents! (Via Play-Asia.com)
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