Squid of Man

So the PS3 is a no-show for Aussie gamers this Christmas. That leaves an advertising vacuum of sorts, with both Microsoft and Nintendo suddenly given extra room, and motivation, to pimp their respective consoles a little harder in the coming months.

Considering Nintendo Australia's gross incompetency, I thought it would be Microsoft who would step into the breach and flood the market with 360 advertising in the lead-up to Christmas. But what I just saw at EB in The Galeries in Sydney left me pleasantly surprised.

The place is covered with Wii posters and promo material. Everywhere there was a PS3 poster there's now one for the Wii, as if EB were having some kind of silly opposites day.

It's both invigorating and slightly unsettling to see so much Nintendo marketing everywhere. I'm getting this weird tingly feeling that Luke must have got just before Chewie started thinking with his stomach.