That's right, the entire country. So if you want any Nintendo products, I wouldn't go up north, because they're planning on keeping the goods for themselves:

Sales usually slump right after Christmas and flat-line through spring and summer. Instead, Wii and DS sales in January 2007 were nearly 50 per cent of the Christmas rush. The DS actually sold out of stock.

"To witness such incredible demand during a traditionally slow sales period is solid proof that Canadians have embraced Nintendo's vision of what video gaming can be," noted (general manager of Nintendo of Canada Ron) Bertram. "Our goal of expanding the market to include players of all ages and levels of experience with fun, pick-up-and-play systems and games continues to be a resounding success.

I don't even want to know what kind of frenzy there will be in Canada when they come out with a Wii Ice Hockey game. We'll see a lot of battle scars after that happens. Kim Phu

Wii Becoming a Cultural Phenomenon [Canada.com via The Tanooki]

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