It's official: Nintendo Wii gets a price drop, cheaper games

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Blog Posted by: BatRastered May 4, 2011 View all stories by BatRastered 3692 views | 9 comments 9 people like this | 0 Jimmys hate this Log on to vote	Wii 5,260 Views 2 Stories Release Date: Nov 19, 2006 Buy it! 70 % - Rent it! 15 % - Flush it! 15 %
Nintendo announced today that the Wii will be $150 starting May 15, will include Mario Kart.

Fact: Mario Kart > Wii Sports

Cutting the Wii to $150 and including Mario Kart is a great deal. Also, select games (The Legend of Zelda™: Twilight Princess, Animal Crossing™: City Folk, Mario™ Super Sluggers and Wii Sports) will be priced at $19.99.

Looks like Nintendo is getting ready for that new system.

Full Press Release:

Nintendo Unveils New Wii Package at $149.99, Launches ‘Nintendo Selects’ $19.99 Wii Games

Having Fun with Family and Friends Just Became More Affordable than Ever With New Suggested Retail Pricing

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nintendo is dropping the suggested retail price of its Wii™ system to $149.99 and including a Mario™ game with the Wii hardware. Starting May 15, the newly priced Wii system will come in either black or white with the Mario Kart™ Wii game and a matching colored Wii Wheel™ accessory, replacing the previously included Wii Sports™ and Wii Sports Resort™ games.

Also on May 15, Nintendo launches the new Nintendo® Selects collection of Wii games, a set of popular games that millions of people have already experienced, at a suggested retail price of $19.99. The four must-own games in this collection are The Legend of Zelda™: Twilight Princess, Animal Crossing™: City Folk, Mario™ Super Sluggers and Wii Sports, which is available for the first time as a separate software purchase. Parents and video game fans can now easily expand their library of fun, family-friendly Wii games.

“From the day it launched, Wii has let players of all ages and experience levels have fun with one another,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “The new suggested retail pricing for both the hardware and select games will help create more of these magical moments for even greater numbers of people.”

With Mario Kart Wii now included with the Wii hardware, players will be able to enjoy fun go-kart racing with Mario and all his Mushroom Kingdom pals right out of the box. The Wii Remote™ Plus controller, Nunchuk™ controller and Wii Wheel included in the package will all match the hardware, meaning they will be either black or white. The new black Wii Wheel will also be available separately at a suggested retail price of $9.99.

Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://wii.com.

About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home console, Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.5 billion video games and more than 577 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at http://www.nintendo.com.

Source: Nintendo 

Comments

Nobody is playing that system so no one carezzzzzzzzzzz

Phresh rated Wii Buy it
May 4, 2011 by Phresh

I've said it before, the only reason I have one to use is my brother and grandmother both have one. A price drop and throwing Mario Cart in sounds better, but it's still a wii.

DragonKiss83 rated Wii Flush it
May 4, 2011 by DragonKiss83

True no one is playing it, but thats a nice price drop on system and games :D

iorilamia rated Wii Buy it
May 4, 2011 by iorilamia

Price drops are good, but not when it's on something nobody wants.

grey walrus has not rated Wii yet.
May 4, 2011 by grey walrus

I still haven't gotten Twilight Princess yet, so it might be good for me to get it at it's budget price.

Arthvader rated Wii Buy it
May 4, 2011 by Arthvader

Wiii FTW Jimmy. Apparently if you had one with 3 i's it was more fun.

goukijones rated Wii Rent it
May 4, 2011 by goukijones

All a setup for the upcoming "WII 2".

fnjimmy has not rated Wii yet.
May 11, 2011 by fnjimmy

Nintendo needs to accept that they have fell behind the other systems and make an SNES 2.

DragonKiss83 rated Wii Flush it
May 11, 2011 by DragonKiss83

i hope they do

kof2012 rated Wii Buy it
May 17, 2011 by kof2012

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