After all the mischief and mayhem (but sadly, not soap) of the Japanese PlayStation 3 launch due to such scarce supplies of less than 90,000 units, Nintendo hopes to bring love and peace by providing between four to five times the number of Wiis compared to Sony's launch numbers.

BBC News heard from Nintendo that Japan will be getting 400,000 Wiis on launch day on December 2. There's no definite report on the North American numbers just yet, but we do know that Nintendo plans on having four million Wiis worldwide by the end of this year.

The Japan launch date of the Wii marks an anomaly for the Japanese gaming market. Typically, Japanese gaming companies such as Nintendo and Sony launch its hardware on home soil before tackling the North American market. The PlayStation 2 was available in Japan for over half a year before hitting North America. The GameCube saw a month of Japan exclusivity before its North American launch.

With six day difference between Japan and North American PS3 launches, and the surprise of a North America-first launch with Wii, could this represent a shift in market priorities? Perhaps, but maybe both Nintendo and Sony did what they had to do to catch the busiest shopping period in the Americas. 

Also reported in the BBC story is that Nintendo plans to ship 1.5 million Nintendo DS Lites, which has been outselling basically everything in the console world. Nintendo's odds are looking fairly favorable this holiday season with Wii and the absolute domination of the DS.