Blogs across the interweb have already grabbed snapshots of Target and Toys R Us adverts purporting to reveal that the will soon fall to 199 USD in the United States - a new Best Buy circular adding further weight to this today.

Kotaku have a shot of what apparently appears to be a new Wii advertisement from the giant chain, with Best Buy also back up the 50 USD drop.

Nintendo have steadfastly refused to confirm this drop, despite the growing weight of evidence, and clamours from business-types, who believe a drop is needed if the Big N can avert flagging sales.

Indeed, tell us that the drop in question is retail-led, but with another big store slashing their prices as approaches, it seems hard to imagine the platform holder doesn't have some kind of hand in this.

The and both recently got sizeable price drops, further increasing the pressure on Nintendo. More as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge