Usually when it comes to the gaming community, all you hear about it the latest holiday marketing blitz.  It seems that Nintendo, never afraid to march to the beat of their own drum, is taking a different approach.  Joystiq is reporting (via Times Online) that Nintendo has decided to delay their marketing for the Wii until 2008 because nobody can get ahold of one. 

Nintendo is trying to spin this as an attempt to “act responsibly”, but it’s more likely that they realize that the shortages (which I do believe to be completely legit) are creating more press than an ad campaign ever could, so they’re going to save their money until it will actually be useful.  I don’t blame them for playing it as an act of good will, because that gives them even more press, and to top it off, it’s GOOD press.

 All I know is that parents are probably thanking Nintendo for pulling the ads for now because it might slow down the rampaging American child’s need for a Wii.  Ok, even I don’t believe that, but it might cut down on the 60-70 calls we get a day asking if we got any in.