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Hey guys,
I thought I'd report this to you guys regarding the US Wii release date. I've been following Nintendo's release patterns for a LONG time and can say this I've narrowed down the release date of the Wii. Here's how.

-Since the early release of Nintendo 64 (which came out Thursday, Sept. 27, 1996 unofficially and on Sunday, Sept. 30, 1996), Nintendo has traditionally released hardware on a Sunday. Now I was too young to go back any further than that (can anyone help on SNES, NES?)

-Gamestop recently posted a new release date of Marvel Alliance for the Wii for Tuesday, Oct. 24. Companies tend to release new hardware launch games the week before a new system comes out (not to say some companies have released games sooner than that, but the norm is the week before). Also, Oct. 24 is pretty specific. (Update: Upon further investigation, all the other versions of the same game are coming out that day, except for the XBox 360 version, so it's possible that Gamestop just generalized that date when Activision announced the release date.)

-Nintendo has been good to Europe lately with releases.

-EA Europe has a Need For Speed Carbon release date set for Nov. 3. This coming from Gaming Age Forums.

-Nintendo's will of course release the Nintendo Wii in the US ahead of Europe.

-This all seems to point to an October 29 release date in the US.

We shall see soon enough.