Recently, the release date waters have been churning for Nintendo’s Wii console. First, Sports Illustrated Kids said that the date would be November 6, 2006. Then, Chris Morris over at CNN/Money suggested that the Wii could possibly launch as early as September. Using the fact that analyst P. J. McNealy believed that the Wii was already in production and combining this with the short production window for the Xbox 360, Morris suggested that Nintendo could theoretically have the Wii on store shelves much earlier than anticipated. Today, through Bloomberg News, Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa reaffirmed that Nintendo was still on track for a fourth-quarter release date. Nintendo plans to announce the release date and price of the Wii in September, and that “may be causing some confusion.” This doesn’t officially invalidate the Sports Illustrated launch date, but it does seem to make September a long shot. Late October or early November does seem to be the more likely launch window.