Welcome to the day of golden deals!

Hooray for Friday! For today only, Amazon is offering five Wii games at significantly reduced prices. While the deal of the day, Super Paper Mario, will be available throughout the entire day, the other four games will be revealed in four hour increments.

See the new Amazon widget to the right? Keep an eye on that throughout the day, as the four “lightning deal” games will be revealed through the widget in real time. While none of the four games are available at this time, Amazon is offering clues for each title:

• An epic tale of swords and beasts for fantasy and role-playing Wii gamers.
• A must-have game for sci-fi-loving Wii owners.
• Move to town, turn it around, and make it bustle with life. A sim-ple pleasure!
• You’ll have big super happy fun fun with this Wii classic.

If my own guesses are correct, then we are going to be in for some great deals. I won’t spoil the fun for everyone by sharing my predictions, but feel free to speculate in the comments.

If you’re in the spending mood today, you can combine items from The Tanooki Online Store with today’s deals for total shopping bliss! Now, excuse me as I sit and watch the countdown clocks throughout the entire day.

Update: Wow, these deals are going by fast. If you missed out on Super Paper Mario, Amazon added a new deal of the day- Manhunt 2, which is available in The Tanooki Online Store.