Well, you heard WRONG. Both packages in America and Europe have the sensor bar included. And you are missing the Nintendo Land game in the Deluxe package in the openning.

Only Japan is getting the short end of the stick but they are also paying less, so one thing for the other.

No second gamepad used in ANY of the announced games, so the accessory was not mentioned for America or Europe. Is also possible that is not sold without the console (except as a replacement if you manage to damage the one that comes in your console), to avoid the stupidity of some people that will think is an accessory for their Wii and that they don't need to buy the console itself.

Well all things are relative. Sure by the time a product hits the market there's better stuff in the pipe. What I meant is the Wii U isn't the step up many would expect. The PS3 and Xbox 360 were huge improvements on the PS2 and Xbox. That's the kind of generational leap people like to see. The Wii U is definitely more powerful than the PS3 and 360, but it's more like the difference between the Wii and Gamecube. It worked with the Wii because the whole motion controls fad went mainstream. I'm not sure people are going to be fighting over Wii U's this Christmas while MS and Sony will most certainly launch true next generation hardware within a year. The Wii U will seem like a huge leap forward to people who only had a Wii this gen, but to those still playing all the new games on their PS3's and Xbox 360's it will seem like noticeable yet marginal improvement.

I'm going to get a Wii U because I always get every Nintendo console to play Mario, Zelda, and Metroid. I'm just going to wait for those gems before I spend my money. I'm one of those Nintendo fans that doesn't really care how powerful the hardware is becuase Mario, Zelda, and Metroid are always great. But it's not fans like me that Nintendo has to convince. Nintendo has to get all the PS3 and Xbox 360 users to switch because all those soccer moms and grandparents who played Wii Fit and Wii Sports aren't coming back. That fad has died. Now Nintendo has to convince PS360 players to abandon their achievements and trophies and switch to a machine they expect to be made obsolete by the next machines that will have their achievements and trophies.

Man, it's like you guys don't know about inflation. How do you guys not know the dollar is depreciating in value? I regret clicking on this thread as now I am aware of the average intelligence of the people who frequent these boards.
299 is good for me.

$299 is decent price no matter how late they are in the generation and is on par with PS3 and 360. I guess Nintendo has $50-80 in hand per console to reduce the price if needed just like 3DS.

With that outrageous price of the tablet controller, I see my nephews fighting for the sole tablet controller in the future. Not good.

Honestly, I don't think the Wii U is as innovative in its hardware as it is with its software this time around.  Its hardware is what seems to be really pushing software usage and it seems pretty obvious by the fact that they have actually confirmed the Wii U has 2 GB of RAM, 1 GB of RAM being reserved for the operating system.  That's a lot.  

$349 for the entry level could have been already acceptable, $299 is good.

The funny thing is, that Fatty ding dong got banned for pretty much the same "hyperbole" post but regarding the Wii-U, whereas i am sure you will have nothing to fear, since you only make fun of Sony.

Time for Sony to release PS3 "True" Slim and a bundle of it with PSV?

I think that the price is a perfect balance between affordability and profitability. That standalone gamepad though is outrages!!! much more than the 100$ I was expecting or the 80$ I was hoping :/

I don't think we'll ever have to worry about Nintendo being a software only company. Even during their lowest selling years (N64/Gamecube) they made substantially more profit than Sony, though it is very likely this was due to their handhelds more than their consoles. From my perspective, Nintendo has the most loyal fanbase (perhaps not as vocal as Sony's over the years, but likely much more loyal). I don't mind Nintendo making profit on their consoles (in fact, I wish Sony would take a similar approach instead of their compulsion for bleeding money) I just wish they would give more back to their fanbase in some manner, whether that comes in the form of price cuts on their system or games, new ips, fostering better relations with third parties (even if it means funding their dev costs, it's not like they can't afford it) or anything really besides letting their system die an early death.