Within just 12 hours of going on sale, the much anticipated launch of the Nintendo Wii console has reached new heights of success with 50,000 units sold. The figure translates to one unit sold throughout the UK every second, since the very first sale at the star-studded midnight store opening at HMV on London’s Oxford Street.

David Yarnton, General Manager, Nintendo UK says; “We are delighted with the amazing response to Wii and that people of all ages and gaming experience are embracing the way that we are turning the industry on its head. With so many units sold it is great to see that people will be enjoying Wii with their families this Christmas. We are doing everything we can do to meet demand throughout Christmas and the New Year period.”

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Wii games available from 8th December 2006

Wii Sports - includes Tennis, Golf, Boxing, Baseball and Bowling (Included with each Wii console) (Nintendo).
The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
Wii Play (including Wii Remote) (Nintendo)
Call of Duty® 3 (Activision)
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam(Activision)
Madden NFL 07 (EA)
Need For Speed Carbon (EA)
Happy Feet (Midway Games)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega)
Disney/ Pixar’s Cars (THQ)
Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (THQ)
GT Pro Series (Ubisoft)
Monster 4x4 World Circuit (Ubisoft)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
Red Steel (Ubisoft)

Wii titles available by end December 2006

MarvelTM: Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
Gottlieb Pinball Classics (System 3)
Super Fruit Fall (System 3)
Avatar: The Legend of Aang (THQ)
Barnyard (THQ)
Far Cry Vengeance (Ubisoft)
Open Season(Ubisoft)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Ubisoft)
Ice Age 2 (Vivendi)

**Virtual Console games available from 8th December 2006:
Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)
F-Zero TM, Donkey Kong Country (Super Nintendo)
Mario Bros. , The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong and Wario's Woods (NES)
Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, Golden Axe and Ecco the Dolphin (SEGA MEGA DRIVE)
Bonk’s Adventure, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, Bomberman’93 and Dungeon Explorer (Turbografx (PC Engine))

Virtual Console games available from 15th December 2006:

Urban Champion , Solomon's Key and Pinball (NES)
Columns , Gunstar Heroes , Ristar , Dr. Robotonik’s Mean Bean Machine (SEGA MEGA DRIVE)
Alien Crush (Turbografx (PC Engine))

Virtual Console games available from 22nd December 2006:

Donkey Kong Jr. , Soccer and Tennis (NES)
Space Harrier II and Toe Jam & Earl (SEGA MEGA DRIVE)
Military Madness (Turbografx (PC Engine))


Virtual Console games available from 29th December 2006:
SimCity , Super Probotector and Super Castlevania IV (Super Nintendo)
Baseball and Ice Hockey (NES)
R-TYPE (Turbografx (PC Engine)