Vigil Games has confirmed that Darksiders II will be available on the Wii U the same day the console releases before Christmas.

Vigil’s Hayden Dalton told Digital Spy that Darksiders II will be available on the new hardware from day one, as well as talking up it’s unique strenghts and possibilites.

“One of the things that we did, when we were originally going to show it off, was that you could equip stuff directly. So, for instance, I could be running along and I could click on another piece and I could put it on as I’m running through the game,” he said.

“That’s huge, it’s not breaking up the game in a way, I’m not going into a menu and assigning it, I’m literally just tapping as I’m playing.”

Darksiders II will hit PS3, 360 and PC this June, with a Wii U release to follow whenever Ninty get the console out to retail. Expect it to drop in time for Santa Claus.