 On September 14, 2006, it was announced that the majority of the 2006 shipments would be allotted to the Americas.The Spanish launch of the Wii console was moved to December 9, 2006, because December 8, 2006 is the celebration of the Immaculate Conception and thus all shops were closed.For the same reason, the Italian and Swiss releases were also moved to the day before, December 7, 2006.