Nintendo says “Fuck the warning shot! Go for the Kill Zone!” Launching the Wii right in time for the major Christmas rush, Nintendo is positioning themselves to stab directly into Sony’s heart by having a console that has a much broader appeal to housholds than the more expensive PS3 and even the XBox 360.

From the Seattle P-I:

Nintendo executives said this week that the company also would announce today that more than 25 new games would be available for its video-game machine this year, a substantial portfolio from several genres that is intended to help the company broaden the appeal of its console. The company plans to ship 4 million of the Wii consoles worldwide this year.

Nintendo also will explain today a plan to expand the video-game market beyond its core of young men.

Today’s announcement comes as Nintendo’s main rival, Sony, has been forced to delay and scale back the introduction of its own game machine, the PlayStation 3, at least twice amid serious troubles with that company’s new Blu-ray Disc technology.