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I expect the standard thing to do here is to remark that Yoshi's Island was the most astounding, mesmerising, stunningly inventive 2D platform game of its generation, and then go on to talk about how Yoshi's Island DS does the same things with a few more additions and is therefore also excellent.

As you're reading this, the dreams of 17 year old Marwan Elgamal from Wembley are coming true. A lifelong Zelda fan, he's finally getting the chance to play Twilight Princess on his shiny new Wii.

Following the launch of the Wii across Europe at Midnight last night, Nintendo UK has reported that 50,000 units of the console were sold in just 12 hours.

Wii owners in the UK will soon be able to put any "Stars" they have collected on Nintendo's official website toward the cost of Wii Points - the currency used to buy Virtual Console games.

Those of you gaping in horror at some of the early second-hand prices for Wii hardware on eBay might want to hold fire - Amazon says it's managed to get hold of some more consoles.

Epic Games' Mark Rein hopes we'll see a little "housekeeping" patch for Gears of War before the end of the year.

Ubisoft has detailed what people can expect from a Rainbow Six: Vegas patch due out in the near future.

Electronic Arts has unveiled Burnout Dominator for PlayStation 2 and PSP, due out in 2007.

Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz' widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial is a weekly dissection of one of the issues weighing on the minds of the people at the top of the games business. It appears on Eurogamer a day after it goes out to GI.biz newsletter subscribers.

Just when you thought no power in the 'verse could bring it back, a company called, er, Multiverse is set to take charge of a massively multiplayer game based on Joss Whedon's Firefly.

Reports yesterday suggested that the Nintendo Wii queue outside London's Oxford Street HMV - venue of the official launch event - first sprang up on Tuesday. We couldn't quite believe this. What manner of creature, for goodness sake?

Nintendo Wii launches in Europe today, with widespread predictions of a sell-out following "bedlam" at launch events in London.

The plot for this, the ninety trillionth Scooby Doo game to slip past you unnoticed, finds the integrity of the Scooby Gang challenged by snooty rival mystery solvers GSI (Ghost Scene Investigators). This hi-tech group believes that using an anthropomorphic Great Dane to find clues is sub-par detective work, as they rely on the far more down-to-earth services of a robot cat. Clearly the Hanna Barbera universe isn't big enough for two dubiously qualified supernatural investigators, and thus the gauntlet is thrown down for a televised spook-off, with both teams trying to solve a bunch of mysteries and find favour with the viewing public.

With much delayed PC first-person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. set for release next year, publisher THQ is moving into promotional overdrive with a series of developer diaries from GSC Game World accompanied by trailers and new screenshots.

Nintendo UK has responded to claims that it will be near impossible to get hold of a Wii before next year if you haven't pre-ordered.

"Cuh," you're thinking. "Guild Wars: Nightfall again? I'm sure it's lovely, but haven't we heard enough?"

Guild Wars is the MMO that doesn't require a subscription. What it does require is that you buy its regular standalone offerings, like Nightfall, if you want to enjoy fresh GW adventures. That ongoing experience is one of numerous instanced missions that you can play through with a handful of friends, or on your own as part of an NPC party. Opening up new regions and introducing its own new features, Nightfall ushers in another swathe of cleverly-instanced quests for Guild Wars' online adventures. This time the story-driven action takes place on a new continent, which is tinged with African folklore and populated by a lavish cast of African and Arabian characters. The new lands are, once again, exquisitely beautiful, with large, open areas and inspired African architecture. This is a large and impressive single-player expansion for Guild Wars, and it really concentrates on delivering an interesting story just as much as the last pack, Factions, concentrated on making changes to PvP.

A senior examiner for the British Board of Film Classification has defended the organisation's decision to award Canis Canem Edit a 15 certificate.

Nintendo is working on ways to try and help people not accidentally lob their Wii remote controls into expensive objects/other people's faces.

Oblivion's PC owning fans can now buy and download the Knights of the Nine expansion pack from developer Bethesda Softworks' website.

Sony has released another compulsory update for PlayStation 3, bringing the system software up to version 1.30.

Apple's move into the console hardware market is 'a distinct possibility' according to Prudential analyst Jesse Tortora.

Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has issued a statement on the developer's behalf explaining why hotly tipped PC first-person shooter Crysis has been delayed.

Ahead of the European launch of Nintendo's Wii, retailers have told GamesIndustry.biz that consumers without pre-orders are unlikely to secure a unit until the new year.

There's no point in beating around the bush - the first attempt at bringing FM to the Xbox 360 was a proverbial 'game of two halves' of such extremes it was almost impossible to attribute an accurate rating to it.

EA has officially unveiled its SSX game for Nintendo Wii, five months after we first heard about it.

Early reports from Japan suggest that Nintendo sold 371,936 Wii consoles during its first two days on sale.

Some people who count Internets have reported that Xbox Live usage went up 80 per cent in the US after the release of Viva Piñata.

Those of you playing Resistance: Fall of Man online in the UK (hi Rob) will be pleased to hear that Insomniac's working on a patch to spruce up a few things.

Microsoft's chief financial officer, Christopher Liddell, has declared that the company is still on track to sell 10 million Xbox 360 units by 2007.