It launched with just those two games in the U.S., too.  I had to wait a few weeks to get Wave Race, the third game of the "launch window".  In fact, I had to order it and wait for it to release.

Wow... I don't remember their older consoles being so cheap (for the time IDK but I'm talking about modern pricing)!

Would be good if someone could do a table with the dollar adjusted to the inflation and also the yen exchange rate at the time. Both factors are so important that the dollar amount on its own means next to nothing if not taken into account.

As a "basic" system packaged with a single game $300 is a good price for the Wii U, if they want to do a "family pack" (which would possibly be a good idea) some additional accessories and a second game for $400 would be a good option, but I don't see much need to create a SKU without a game and sell it for less.

Yeah, when you're 10 years old, $199 may as well be a million dollars.

My parents bought me everything except the Wii... which took me a long time to save for, but I got it launch day!