UK gets countdown clocks to Wii launch

Originally posted in the Wii Chat forums, there was supposedly a memo sent out where it was revealed that select UK Virgin megastores would be receiving countdown clocks, set to count down to the launch of the Wii. The memo says that Nintendo would be contacting the following stores from today onward about when to expect their clock's arrival:

• Megastore
• Piccadilly
• Liverpool
• Cribbs Causeway
• Kings Road
• Bournemouth
• Leeds
• Meadowhall
• Birmingham

Over at Joystiq, Ross brings up a good point. With Nintendo's keynote at this month's Leipzig Games Convention, it's a natural venue for them to announce the date, which would see these stores having their clocks installed and functional on that date of August 23rd. While we'll chalk this one up to rumor at the moment, consider it an unusually interesting one.

[Note: The graphic does not convey a believed release date. It is entirely made up on our part.]

[Via Joystiq]