Nintendo will drop the price of the Wii to $149 in North America this month, according to details forwarded to Kotaku by retail sources. That price drop, first reported in April, will also coincide with a new budget friendly line of Wii software dubbed "Nintendo Selects."

Wii baseball title Mario Super Sluggers hit stores yesterday, and my home along with this pack of official Mario Super Sluggers Collectable Baseball Cards. Pretty magnificent. Hit up the jump for a close up of the back of each card.

Nintendo's E3 presentation last year, dominated by the unveiling of Wii Fit, stirred a fair bit of dissent, as the company looked to be following a gleaming white road away from its hardcore userbase and into the smiling embrace of your Mom. Now that the Wii has demonstrated record-shattering success as a mainstream…