Here's the source for the official release price(s) and date for the Wii U in case anyone is still interested;
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/13/wi...ch-date-price/
I'm reading $300 for a white 8gb model, and $350 for a black 16gb model, coming on November 18th.
Haha, this reminds me of what my friends and I would do as kids. We'd just hook the console up through a splitter to two different TV's, face away from eachother and play splitscreen FPS's, covering the other players half on our screen with construction paper :P