Good news for anyone gunning for a Wii U, as we can now tell you when you can get your hands on it. Unless you’re Australian, in which case, yeah, you guys always get the short end of the stick.
Bad news for anyone gunning for a Wii U, as if you’re not based in North America, you have longer to wait. Although not as long as Australia, because yeah, those guys always get the short end of the stick.

If you’re based in North America, you need only wait until November 18th to get your hands at the upcoming future-device. The base cost for the console will be $299.99. This will include precisely the console itself, the gamepad and a HDMI. If you want any Wii Remote Pluses for multiplayer games, then you’d best have some ready from that two week Wii excursion you put yourself through last year, or be willing to buy some with your new console, because Nintendo aren’t providing anything there. The console will have 8 GB of storage.  If you shell out a little more cash and spend $349.99, you can buy the premium Wii U package which gives you a black Wii U with 32 GB of storage, a game pad stand and a charging cradle for the gamepad, as well as the coveted Nintendo Land software. I couldn’t honestly tell you if that last statement was sarcastic.

European audiences will be treated to the new console release on November 30th and Japan gets super screwed over this time, with a December 8th release (which is my Dad’s birthday, so now if only we were Japanese, that might mean…something.) There’s no explicit confirmation of prices in those markets, but expect them to be slightly pricier than an exact currency conversion based on the U.S. prices to fit a more rounded number…that’s usually how it works.

So, now that you know when you can get a Wii U, are you planning to? Or are you hoping to be part of the revolution that abstains from purchasing a Wii U, inevitably bringing down the power-house of Nintendo? Or do you just not particularly care? Comments! Below! You know the business.