Nintendo’s next console might be arriving this November, according to a recent report out of Japan. Â The report comes from an internal email out of Japan’s “Media Land” retailer. Â In the internal memo, the retailer puts the release date for Nintendo’s Wii U on Sunday, November 18th of 2012. Â The release date is set for North America with a Japanese release coming one week after.
Nintendo has not announced the release date for the upcoming console, but has confirmed that the Wii U will arrive at some point in 2012. Â A fall release would make sense for the console, Â as Nintendo’s Wii launched on November 19th, 2006.
Since the internal memo doesn’t mention whether this is a firm committment from Nintendo, or just a target date by the company, it’s hard to tell if this is a concrete release date or not. Â Nintendo will probably reveal the official release date this summer at E3 2012, but its safe to assume that the console won’t release much later than that target date.
