Norway to recieve as little as 1000 Wii consoles, and Portugal 4000...

We've heard word from Norwegian N-Europe reader Aleksander Skofteroed that Norway looks like it will suffer a serious shortage of Wii units. Even the big videogame stores in the country's capital Oslo are receiving a smaller amount of consoles than expected, with only 1000 Wii consoles spread through the whole country.

To be fair, the country only has a population of 4.5 million people, though it is still expected that even many who pre-ordered will be left waiting when the Wii launches at midnight tonight.

Update: N-Europe reader Telmo Couto has contacted us saying that there is a similar situation in Portugal, where he's found that in there will be "only 20 Wii consoles to more than 60 demands in one store and 35 consoles to 150 demands in another", and that according to a local GAME store manager, the country will only initially have 4000 Wii units available.

Stay tuned for the latest, we'll keep you posted.