Everyone was going on about HD in college today, i dont see the big thing tbh, maybe its because I dont have a HD TV that im not bothered, but id rather take good, novel, intuative gameplay over high def.

Things are dam nice In Hd it so makes a game feel even more emersive, get some nice sound in 5.1 and you cant beat it tbh, its dam sweet. Graphics dont make a game but if your playing a good game and it looks the dogs with HD it is sooo much more.

Wifi is an addon for the wii I believe.  Wired controller is no biggie, super long cables on the controllers, no worries with batteries running out  (like on my car keyfob today, GRRRR!).

There are plenty of free games to download on Live, having said that you would need some way to save them.  

Does the Wii still have memory card reader or is it just SD reader?

Well, I pre-ordered my Wii from play.com at 15:15 so hopefully I got in there early.  My mates are surprised I have gone for one.  It will be something to take round to my mates with his young kids and for playing at drinking sessions at my other mates.

the Wiimote is wireless.  11g may be an additional item though

Yes you can at Play.com.

just went into town and preordered mine (midnight openings you see).

Also Im applying for a job the place i ordered it from, maybe discounts if i get it! haha

Add another £50-£60 for wireless adapter, for core 360.

Apparently its not region free, but there is some confusion whether its region locked or not.

WiFi is included and the WiiConnect 24 is free. Opera will be free till June 2007.

Its like the DS at the start, everyone was thinking Nintendo went crazy because of the dual screens and touchscreen capability. There wasnt any worthwhile games to get and no one wanted to buy a DS. Then on the second year the DS games or non-games were excellent and most of the public bought a DS because of it.(Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! FTW!!)
Im hoping this will happen to the Wii and any other console like PS3.

Nintendo reckon there will be no shortage of wiis, a million being shipped to Europe, I dunno, im still glad I got an early preorder.

NoA Say Wii is region free, but NoE explicitly said NoA was wrong, and it will be region locked (strange them arguing like that?)

Either way im not importing, just in case.