What an exciting day for Nintendo! The price is announced for two bundles for the Wii U starting at $300 and ending with a $350 bundle, also some surprise announcements made it in today’s Nintendo Direct. Hit the jump for more info!

Via NeoGAF:

November 18th.

Basic: 8GB storage, 299.99

Deluxe: 32GB storage, Stands, Includes NintendoLand + Deluxe Digital Promotion 349.99

Both include GamePad, HDMI cable.

 

A quick summary from Kotaku:

Here’s What We Know

• It’s $299, for the basic version that includes the console (which is way more powerful than the Wii and somewhere in the ballpark of the PS3/Xbox360, give or take… probably better, not worse), the GamePad (the signature of the system, a controller with a 6.2-inch screen, two analog thumbsticks, a forward-facing camera, a bunch of face buttons and a gyro sensor), 8GB of on-board memory, AC adapters for the console and controller, a sensor bar (take that, Japan) and—surprise!—an HDMI cable. It’s white. It does not come with any Wii Remotes, which will be used in many multiplayer games. Hopefully you have some. They need to be Wii Remote Pluses.
• It’s also $349.99. That’s if you buy the Deluxe Set, which has all of the above, though with 32GB of on-board memory, a console stand, a charging cradle for the GamePad and a membership in something called the Deluxe Digital Promotion (DDP!), which will provide discounts for digital downloads, through 2014. The Deluxe version comes with Wii U flagship game Nintendo Land packed in.
• They made a thing for it called TVii that is both a crime against the English language and a new service for letting users watch streaming video from sources like Hulu, Netflix and YouTube on the Wii U GamePad, even if someone else in the house is using the TV that the Wii U is hooked up to. It’ll even pull stuff that was DVR’d on your TiVo.
• You’ll be able to play the next Call of Duty on the system, and, better, this game, Black Ops II will let you play split-screen across your TV and the screen on the GamePad. Here’s proof.
• Bayonetta 2 will be exclusive for the Wii U. We don’t know when it’s coming out, but the sequel to the super-sexy action game isn’t just a steal from the Xbox/PlayStation playbook but a potential answer to the question: “What will grandmas enjoy on the new Wii?”
• Nintendo Land is Nintendo’s only confirmed launch day game (man, there better be more). This virtual theme park of Nintendo-themed attractions includes a cool Metroid riff.
• Nintendo has declared that some 50 games will be out in the system’s launch window, which opens on November 18 and closes on March 31. Those games include ZombiU, Pikmin 3,Wonderful 101 (Formerly Project 100, Assassin’s Creed III, Mass Effect 3, New Super Mario Bros. U, Lego City Undercover, Wii Fit U and a lot more. Here’s the whole list.
• New Super Mario Bros. U looks awesome.
• There will be a new Wii U game from the people who made Xenoblade and a Warriors Orochi game.
• The Wii U will offer a sort of gamer’s social network called MiiVerse.

Wii U – Bayonetta 2 Trailer

 

Wii U – Nintendo TVii Trailer

 

Wii U – Nintendo Land Trailer

 

So how did you find today’s Nintendo Direct to be? Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on both 3DS and Wii U, Bayonetta 2 published by Nintendo? Are you sold yet?