Thanks entirely to its proximity to the International Date Line, at midnight on the evening of November 21 New Zealand will be the first country to launch the Xbox One.

We've seen this movie; Samuel L. Jackson doesn't make it.

In the meantime, Microsoft New Zealand has dropped what is set to be the first console officially handed over on launch day into a shark tank. As you do.For the next week the shark tank at Kelly Tarlton's SEA LIFE Aquarium in Auckland will house the unit. The tank is home to 20 sharks.Said Xbox One will be retrieved in time for the launch and handed over at one minute past midnight at the official New Zealand Xbox One launch event.Please leave your sharkastic comments below.Luke is Games Editor at IGN AU. You can find him on IGNor on Twitter, or chat with him and the rest of the Australian team by joining the IGN Australia