A few months back I reported on the Black Wii hitting European shores. Those of us in North America can now rejoice for not only has the black Wii come to the Americas but it has arrived with extra goodies!
While keeping with the $199 price point Nintendo has increaded the value of the base system by adding in Wii Sports Resort and a Motion Plus accessory. This equates to about a $50 value.
The add-ons are available with all new Wii systems, both black and white. While some fans may be disappointed that the Wii has not moved on from 480P most new buyers will be happy for the increased amount of loot available with the console.
With global sales of over 70 million units sold (topped only my the Nintendo DS at 130 million) I just don't know how many new buyers Nintendo is going to get for their hardware. For comparison the Xbox 360 has not even broke 40 million units sold and it came out a year before the Wii. Then again, the long-lived PS2 sold over 140 million units so who knows?
To quickly recap the new Nintendo Wii bundle includes a black or white Wii unit, one controller, one nunchuk, one motion plus, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort all for only $199. Expect the previous bundle to drop about $20 or more as retailers attempt to move them off of their shelves.
Did you repost this one or something? I’m pretty sure you had this post up before with comments and then it temporarily disappeared.
The black wii is kinda cool, but it’s too little too late as the wii is on the decline. I wish I had sold mine while I could. Now I am waiting for xbox’s project natal to come out this fall.
@Aluminum, are you sure you aren’t referring to his older post which featured the black Wii that was released to Europe? Anyways, I am super excited that that they will be releasing this =D I’ve been waiting for this after I saw it released for Europe.
That is good to know. I really like how it is netflix enabled as well. I have been waiting for that to happen so I could buy it. Right on! I know what I will be doing this weekend.
Wii does seem to be on the decline now, xbox looks like the one to have, Managed to sell my Wii while they were still popular
The black Wii really looks a lot more mean and macho. I have to admit the console did give me an impression in the early days that it was more for kids. But the games in it are really diverse and have wide ranging appeal for every age group.
I have to agree with this as I had the same mindset. I guess with a name like Wii, it doesn’t immediately say that it’s not kid stuff, but that is certainly not the case, which is great.
Good stuff. I had been waiting for the black one to come out and now it comes with even better stuff. Thanks for the post. I am going to get it this week.! I am also looking into getting the PSP with the Kingdom Hearts game. That is my fav.