Well if you haven't went out and got your Wii preorder today you might be out of luck, but for the EB Games out there that still have some left (if there are any) you will have three different bundles to choose from: the Core Pack, the Starter Pack and the Premium Pack. The team over at Kotaku got the list from some people that got their preorders today as they were leaving.

The Wii looks to be in very high demand this holiday season and hopefully, with so many units being shipped, no one will have to go without it if they have been wanting one. Don't worry if you didn't get to pre order one today we feel your pain too, we've been stuck at work all day so it looks like we're gonna have to find another way to pick one up as well even if it comes down to camping out at a store over night. Anyway go ahead and check below to see what EB's bundles are if you happen to pick one up from them.

Core Pack

• Wii System
• Remote/Nun Chuck Controller
• Wii Sports
• Reservation: $50
• Total: $249.99

Starter Pack

• Wii System
• Remote/Nun Chuck Controller
• Wii Sports
• Additional Remote Controller
• Nintendo 512 MB Memory Card
• Reservation: $70
• Total: $329.92
  

Premium Pack

• Wii System
• Remote/Nun Chuck Controller
• Wii Sports
• Wii Classic Controller
• Nintendo Wii 1GB Memory Card
• Wii 200 Points Card
• Additional Wii Remote Controller
• Additional Nun Chuck Controller
• Reservation: $100
• Total: $409.94
  

Just a few days ago, we saw a trailer for Spike's upcoming survival horror game Necro-Nesia. Today, IGN posted some screenshots of the Wii game. As of now, there's not much info on the game, except that there's going to be a lot of creepy crawlies in it.

Although the screens are pretty small, you can see a little of what is to come, such as the characters that you will be interacting with, and some of the freakishly huge bugs you'll have to put down. Even though there is no release date for the game yet, go ahead and check out the screenshots by clicking on the thumbnails below. We'll be sure to keep you informed once we get our hands on more updates, so stay tuned.

    
    

   

A user from the NeoGAF forums by the name of Mrbob has posted a supposed copy of Best Buy's Strategic planning calender from their Planning Seminar for Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and PSP. The Playstation 3 and Wii section of the slide mentions the dates that the Kiosks will be in stores as well as dates for marketing strategies. So IF this is true the Playstation 3 kiosk should be rolled out on October 20th following with the Wii 's kiosk on October 29th.

It also looks like that when the PS3 and Wii hit it will make the 360 get "pushed" back to shelf display although they are adding an HD-DVD drive to the display. The only text that sticks out for the PSP is the start of the "Play Beyond" wireless marketing campaign. Just a reminder that this is in no way official and the only way to find out if it is true is to wait until the dates listed above. So go ahead and check out the image above by clicking the thumbnail and when the dates come in late October check your local Best Buy to see if the kiosks are there.

Well pictures of the Wii DVD game cases have finally surfaced over at DarkZero and they look exactly like DVD cases can you believe it? The only main difference is that they have that slick white look of the DS. Nintendo has been known for having a place to put your memory card alongside with your game in their Gamecube game cases and even Sony picked up the idea later on with their PS2 game cases after they saw how handy it was to store the memory cards, but according to the pictures it is no longer there.

It looks like you might have to have the SD memory card rattling around with no place to go because the extra storage spot is gone. Who knows though, maybe they'll end up putting it back into the cases before launch. So if your interested in seeing the game cases in all their glory go ahead and check out the images by clicking on the thumbnails below and let us know what you think of their simple yet effective design.

  

The launch date for the Wii and for Red Steel keeps getting closer and closer as the days go by, and to help with the wait IGN has posted a few new screenshots of Ubisoft's upcoming first person shooter. For those that don't know about Red Steel the story unfolds as you learn that your fiancée has been kidnapped and her father, who is a Japanese mafia kingpin was murdered by a rival gang.

The game will take you on a journey from Los Angeles to Japan and confront the Tokyo underworld with the help of guns as well as a katana. Last week we ran an article about a fake Red Steel box art picture, but it looks as if the real box art picture is finally up so you can check out what it will look like on the shelf when it hits on November 19th so go ahead and check out the box art and new screens by clicking on the thumbnails below.

  

SNK Playmore is bringing Metal Slug Anthology to the Wii and the PSP this November for some good old school arcade action. The collection of Metal Slug games includes Metal Slug one through six and Metal Slug X for seven arcade perfect ports of SNK's side scrolling shooter. The Metal Slug storyline starts from the beginning of the era of modern-day terrorism, set in the near-future of 2028.

There are two militant factions that struggle for power: the Rebellion and the Regular Army. The Regular Army is a well-equipped, modern-day force run by various nations around the world. The Rebellion, however, is comprised of various small yet organized militant groups, ranging from terrorists to splinter groups of military forces driven by a hunger for power. The PSP version will have 2 player ad-hoc mode while the Wii version have unique controller functionality and online capabilities. So go ahead and check all the massive amount of new screenshots by clicking on "Full Article" below.

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For those that haven't been paying too much attention to Atlus' surgeon sim Trauma Center they have released two announcements regarding the franchise. Atlus announced that Trauma Center: Second Opinion will in fact be a launch title for the Nintendo Wii some time before the end of the year.

According to them the game will be a "robust Wii-make of Under The Knife" after all instead of a completely new game, but it will feature new surgical implements and operation types, multiple difficulty modes, a revived control scheme as well as a second playable character with all new missions.

The second announcement is that Trauma Center: Under the Knife will receive a second re-release to retail in mid-August because of the launch of the DS Lite for all you gamers out there that still can't get find a copy of the awesome game. So make sure to check it out if you haven't already and be prepared for Trauma Center's second coming on the Wii later this year.

Today EA announced the in game soundtrack to Madden NFL 07. Madden will be hitting all the current consoles, such as Xbox 360 and PSP as well as the systems that are coming out this fall, the PS3 and Wii. The football game will be hitting stores for the current systems of August 22nd. The soundtrack from the game has a variety of music including rock, punk, ska and hip hop. The full list is as follows:

• 30 Seconds To Mars- Battle Of One
• AFI- Summer Shudder
• Al Fatz- Came Down
• Anti Flag- This Is The End (For You My Friend)
• Atreyu- Ex's And Oh's
• Audioslave- Revelations
• Bishop LaMont feat. Chevy Jones- The Best
• Cartel- Say Anything (Else)
• Cord- Go Either Way
• Damone- Out Here All Night
• Dashboard Confessional- Reason To Believe
• Dynamite MC- Bounce
• Feezy 350- Playa What
• Glasses Malone- Right Now
• Hit The Lights- Until We Get Caught
• Keane- Is It Any Wonder?
• Less Than Jake- Still Life Franchise
• Lupe Fiasco feat. Jonah Matranga- The Instrumental
• Matchbook Romance- Monsters
• Omnisoul- Not Giving Up
• Rise Against- Drones
• Riverboat Gamblers- On Again Off Again
• Saves The Day- Head For The Hills
• Shorty Da Kid- Get Loose
• Spank Rock- Backyard Betty
• Sparta- Future Needs
• Taking Back Sunday- Spin
• The Panic Channel- Teahouse Of The Spirits
• The Pink Spiders- Easy Way Out
• The Rapture- WAYUH
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- In Fates Hands
• The Sleeping- Don't Hold Back
• Trae- Real Talk
• Underoath- Ever So Inviting
• Wolfmother- Woman

NEC Electronics today announced that Nintendo Co., Ltd. has selected NEC Electronics' 90-nanometer CMOS-compatible embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology for the Wii. Designed to provide advanced graphics functions for this new gaming platform, the new system LSI chips with eDRAM will be manufactured using advanced technologies on NEC Yamagata's 300-millimeter production lines.

Embedded DRAM technology integrates DRAM on the same chip with logic circuits, and is viewed as an optimal solution for three-dimensional graphics acceleration systems and other applications that need to process high bandwidth data using low power. The adoption of these eDRAM ASICs for Nintendo's new game console is a clear vote of confidence in NEC Electronics' eDRAM technology and hopefully will help out the Wii when it comes out this fall.

According to Webpronews a recently approved patent for Nintendo could lead to lawsuits against other game console manufacturers. The patent was originally filed in 2000 and is for a videogame instant messaging system. The patent covers a chat system that involves a remotely stored buddy list, allows for multiple statuses, and could broadcast information about gaming activities. It would also display alerts when new e-mail is received, enable the transmission of player preferences, and allow for communication through either voice or text messages.

Two aging products, the Nintendo64 and the Game Boy Color, are mentioned in the patent, but there is speculation that the system could be implemented in the upcoming Wii. It may also serve as a bartering chip against software giant Microsoft. It looks as though Microsoft's Xbox Live system may infringe upon Nintendo's new patent.

If so, Nintendo could try to reach a cross-licensing deal that would allow it to delve into areas covered by some of Microsoft's patents. Sony is another potential target if Nintendo tries to pursue the matter. It's possible that nothing will come of this. It's also possible that we'll see a voice chat-enabled Wii, and a huge court battle between Nintendo and Microsoft. Of course, there are a few likelihoods that fall between those potential outcomes.

If anyone does cause a dispute out of this it would be very weird for Microsoft as being a member of Xbox Live since it first came out I know that the messaging system that Microsoft has in place is one of the best things the Xbox and the 360 has going for it and I couldn't imagine Xbox Live without it. Hopefully all the online gaming systems will have their own "Xbox Live" and be just as great. Go ahead and give us your thoughts about these rumors by commenting after the jump.