My Wii pre-order with Gameplay was confirmed a couple of days ago, making me a very happy chappy indeed. According to them, it's going to be delivered on the 8th, so I'm taking their word for it (after all, they've not let me down yet) and taking the day off. My first ever launch-day console and I'm excited.

I've only ordered Twilight Princess and an extra remote and nunchuk to go with the console. I put in an order for the RGB SCART lead as well, but I won't hold my breath for that one after reading about the shortage of component cables in the States.

The rest of the EU lineup is looking so damn mediocre. We're not getting Trauma Center or Metal Slug Anthology for ages. Excite Truck even seems to be a non-starter, but maybe that's not such a great loss. So as far as extra full-price games go, it's either Rayman or Monkey Ball for me. I'm giving the first round of FPS games a miss, despite what I've written in the past about the console being made for them. It seems that the developers aren't giving us enough options for control configuration just yet as far as FPS games go. I'm sure things will clear up soon, and I imagine Metroid Prime: Corruption will be the first decent shooter.

All the recent talk of Gears of War is making me want a 360 more and more. I can't afford it, and I have to keep telling myself that. I'm waiting for the first price drop on the 360 before I snag one. I'll talk myself into it eventually, as I want to take a look at the XNA Game Studio stuff, and the ability to make games for Live is becoming more and more interesting by the minute.

I can't afford it though, right?