Rumor Patrol - Wii to ship in October?

Rumors are flying that Nintendo plans to capitalize on its positive E3 buzz by moving up the Wii launch to October. This is a little earlier than predicted and, if Microsoft and Nintendo can saturate the holiday marketplace with their next-gen consoles - which together total little more than one PS3 - they might shut Sony out of their reindeer games. It's believed that Nintendo has already begun producing final hardware and that they've compressed schedules for launch titles...