The Wii will be released in North/South America on November 19th. It will sell for $250 in the United States and will include the game Wii Sports (including tennis, golf, baseball and bowling). There is no word as of yet on how many Wii remotes it will come with but other rumors point to two. Nintendo is supposed to officially announce everything around 8am CST (9/14/06).

Read more at Seattlepi

EDIT: I would like to note the above is speculation, but sounds real. The Japanese Release date is confirmed at Dec 2nd 2006 at 25000 yen.Oh, and Wii.com works
EDIT2: Neat little Wii trailer