Wii U launching November 30 in Australia

Nintendo really ripped everyone off with the Portable handhelds and every single little upgrade they made to each Nintendo Portable charging nearly the same amount.. 

I think we get ripped off for how much we have to pay for games. The Wii U games are now on par with the PS3 and X360 games. I will be importing them like I do for PS3 and X360. Theres no reason we should have to pay 110 when in the US and UK they are around 60.

Pretty sure there will be pre-order deals coming close to launch from stores like DickSmith/BigW/JBHifi ...if its anything like 3DS you could probably get as much as $50 off the rrp when pre-order. Just gotta be on the look out . :)

gimmie one now! cant wait! hurry up november 30. good price i need a new toy till the new xbox and playstation 4

Seems very reasonably priced to me. It's pretty much just over half a weeks take home pay in Australia compared to well over a weeks take home pay in the UK.

The only thing putting me off is the lack of must have launch day games, but I'll probably get one on launch day if Nintendo Land & ZombieU get some very good reviews 

Has it been confirmed as to whether the Wii U and its games will be region locked?

Good news for Nintendo fans, enjoy :)

One year of supremacy and then five of technological lag ?I am sure, what Sony\Microsoft next consoles will be way more powerfull, Nintendo is always in a hurry to release to the prejudice of the development of normal hardware.But price its seems fair enough - i am not sold of the system (not impressed by starting library and graphics as well its gimmick "pad"- joystick is really annoy me ), but yes, Sony\Microsoft consoles will be much more expensive, no doubt.

Was thinking about it, but (as usual) Australia gets screwed on pricing. $299 in the US, vs $349 here. Sorry Nintendo, but I don't think you'll be getting any more of my money.

32 gig? joke much

420 With all those Launch titles... is heaven. For a brand new Xbox 360 with 250 gig its 450.00 A brand new system, which is superior hardware wise, whether you like it or not, is sweet.

wii U games are region locked.

not wise to get a console here in australia, as the new release game price are usually 99 or 108.

Definitely waiting until both the price, and the library, are better.

What a joke. How the mighty have fallen...

Wait people are gonna pay $420 bucks for this thing when the already superior compitition machines are half that price? LOL.... Damn talk about stupid consumers.

I don't know if I can hold it in until November 30, when I can have one. I'll have to cut down on liquids!

this is great cant wait for it!!

does anyone know if it plays old wii games on it or does it have no backwards compatibility?

hang on, the premium set comes with the gamepad charge cradle but the basic doesnt? That seems a bit fooked. I probably wont buy the console but damn. You buy the basic package and already have to shell out more for a charging cradle for the tablet/gamepad which should come by default in both packages. nintendo, EA wants their marketing back. 

Price is ok. It couldn't have been any better. Pretty sure I paid $399 for the Wii so $349 is almost quite palatable.

 @AyatollaofRnR You can use external hard drives, although I don't think they've quite explained how open their system is. It's perhaps possible that you'll only be able to use certain Nintendo hard drives, but I doubt it. So if you can use any USB hard drive then the size of the internal memory shouldn't matter. I think. I wonder if using an external hard drive will open the door to pirating.

50 games for the launch window (up until March) is very strong, but let's be accurate. Some of those games are PSN/Xbox Live type games - such as Trine 2. Most of those games are not exclusive and will be released on PS3/360. Sure, perhaps the Wii U will have the best Black Ops 2 / AC3, (although I doubt multiplayer would be as good given the lack of user base), but will exisiting PS3/360 owners be tempted to buy the Wii U because of that? No. Will non current gen console owners be tempted to buy the Wii U because of that? Probably not in the face of price cuts for the PS3/360 which surely must be inevtibale and impending.

Some of the 50 games are ports of games that have already been available on PS3/360 (Darksiders 2, Mass Effect 3) and have even been reduced in price. Why buy ME3 on Wii U at full price, when you can get it at a reduced price on PS3/360.

The Wii U is a new toy. New toys are good. It has a good price. It will have the best Nintendo type, kiddy type games out there. There wil be some exclusive adult titles too. It will work with HDTVs nicely. It has the new gamepad thingy, which will offer some novelty. And best of all, it will work with pre-existing Wii accesories. These are all good things.

They're not quite great things though.

In all likelihood, I'll be waiting a while before I get one. That's a lot of money they're asking, and all of the announced titles either don't interest me enough to justify a new console for them, or are re-releases of games I already have on 360/PS3.

Bayonetta 2? Not bad. The 8GB and 32gb seem a little inadequate for dlc and downloadable games though.

Cant say I will buy this over priced system that is not much more powerful then what we currently got out and a list of games that are focused on kids mostly and the ones that arent have been out for quite awhile on current systems except a few very very few. On top of that the WAY high price for another controller is just a rip off. The AUD is about the same as the USD yet we are charged50 to 100 more for the system and get nothing extra for the inflated cost...Nintendo is on the parth of joining failing companies like EA and Capcom etc on the GREED front.. Not good.