Nintendo Touring the UK with the Wii

Beginning on November 10 at Toys 4 Big Boys in Dublin, gamers and non-gamers will be able to experience exactly what the Wii is all about. Nintendo hopes to have put the unique Wii controller into the hands of more than a million people before the console goes on sale across the UK on December 8.

Nintendo’s whole Wii campaign is targeted at expanding the gaming population, appealing to people who have never thought about picking up a video games console before. With that in mind, Nintendo will be focusing its tour on key mainstream family events and destinations, including Bluewater Shopping Centre, Birmingham Bullring, Sheffield’s Meadow Hall, The Good Food Show, Ideal Home Exhibition and Glasgow’s Irn Bru Carnival.

Full dates and locations for the tour can be found at the official Wii website, and it’s worth checking for any changes to the schedule. As it stands now, here is the UK Tour schedule:

Toys 4 Big Boys, Dublin – 10th-12th November

Good Food Show, London – 10th-12th November

Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent (A) – 16th-18th November

Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow – 16th-18th November

Bullring, Birmingham – 16th-18th November

Churchill Square, Brighton – 16th-18th November

Good Food Show, Birmingham NEC – 22nd-26th November

Lakeside, Essex – 23rd-25th November

UK Golf Show, Birmingham NEC – 24th-26th November

Meadowhall, Sheffield – 30th November-2nd December

Cribbs Causeway, Bristol – 30th November-2nd December

The Oracle, Reading – 30th November-2nd December

Clotheshow Live 2006, Birmingham NEC – 1st-6th December

Luton Airport (A) – 4th-10th December

Gatwick North (A) – 4th-10th December

Manchester Metropolitan University – 6th December

UCD, Dublin University – 6th December

Arndale Centre, Manchester – 7th-9th December

Mahon Point, Cork – 7th-10th December

Gatwick South (A) – 11th-17th December

Stansted Airport (A) – 11th-17th December

Centre MK, Milton Keynes (A) – 18th-24th December

Irn Bru Carnival, Glasgow SECC – 23rd December – 14th January

The Liberty, Romford – 2nd-7th January

White Rose, Leeds – 2nd-7th January

Castlecourt, Belfast – 2nd-7th January

Brent Cross Shopping Centre, London – 9th-14th January

The Gyle, Edinburgh – 9th-14th January

West Quay Centre, Southampton – 9th-14th January

Bristol University – 17th January

St David’s Centre, Cardiff – 18th-21st January

Nottingham Trent University – 24th January

The Shires, Leicester – 25th-27th January

Sheffield Hallam University – 31st January

Glasgow University – 31st January

Trinity College Dublin – 31st January

Luton Airport (B) – 5th – 11th Feb

Gatwick South (B) – 5th-18th Feb

Xscape, Braehead – 17th-18th Feb

The Victoria Centre, Nottingham – 19th-25th Feb

Gatwick North (B) – 19th-25th Feb

Stansted Airport (B) – 19th Feb – 4th March

Xscape, Castleford Leeds – 24th-25th Feb

Centre MK, Milton Keynes (B) – 28th Feb – 3rd march

Braehead Shopping Centre, Glasgow – 5th-11th March

Crufts 2007, Birmingham NEC – 8th-11th March

Ideal Home Show, Earl’s Court London – 9th March – 1st April

Quad Show, Birmingham NEC – 16th-18th March

Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent (B) – 16th-18th March

Vitality Show, London Olympia – 29th March – 1st April

Memorabilia Show, Birmingham NEC – 31st March – 1st April