As exciting as the Nintendo media briefing was on Tuesday, attendees had hoped to come away with final pricing and date information, just as they had with the PlayStation 3 media briefing the day before. Instead of announcing a price, Nintendo instead opted to focus entirely on the unique gameplay possibilities and lineup of games offered by the Wii.

Today, however, it appears that the latest issue of EGM has listed the Wii's MSRP at $249. There are a few other tidbits of interesting Wii information in there as well. Here's what was listed in EGM, according to Koam at NeoGAF:

- $249 Price tag
- Virtual Console (we knew this)
- 3d Controller (we knew this)
- ALWAYS online (console is always online, even when OFF)
- Built in speaker on the controller
- No improved graphics on Virtual Console (as in, they aren't redoing the models, doesn't talk about framerates and such).
- TG16 will have its 1st party games out at launch, 3rd party will come later as demand increases.
- Estimated prices for the VC are "a few dollars for NES, $5 for SNES and $10 for N64″
- VC games are pro-scan enabled.
- $250 "seems appropriate"
- More 3rd party exclusives than the Cube

Considering that recently revealed information, like the speaker on the Wii remote and the "sleepless" always online function, was accurately listed it does lend some credence to the $249 listing. That said, when meeting with Nintendo on the E3 show floor today GameDaily BIZ could not get any official price confirmation. A Nintendo representative said that they actually didn't know what the price was yet, suggesting perhaps that Nintendo internally has not yet decided on a final price, or that Nintendo of America does not yet know even if it's been decided upon back at headquarters in Japan.

Whatever the price turns out to be, Nintendo has already promised that it will be quite affordable, and the company surely was very pleased by the astronomical price figures announced for the PlayStation 3 this week. Even if the system is not any lower than $250, when comparing that to a system that costs double that amount or more, many parents and gamers may opt for the Wii this holiday season.