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Title: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 15, 2012, 09:29:00 AM

The new Wii bundle will appeal to sporting type.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32123

A new Wii bundle is being released to stores at a suggested retail price of $129.99. The bundle will replace the existing bundle which includes New Super Mario Bros. Wii and a music CD at the $149.99 price point, and will include Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort on a single disc. 

The new bundle includes a black Wii console and both a black Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk. 

The new Wii bundle is on its way to store shelves now. Nintendo expects the bundle to be widely available by October 28.

Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 15, 2012, 09:51:26 AM
I don't need another Wii, but I'd love to get my hands on one of those Wii Sports + Resort combo discs.
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: BeautifulShy on October 15, 2012, 09:59:36 AM
I take it this one has no backwards compatibility correct?
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 15, 2012, 10:05:51 AM
The press release doesn't specify, but it would appear so.
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: lolmonade on October 15, 2012, 11:26:35 AM
Quote from: NWR_insanolord on October 15, 2012, 09:51:26 AM
I don't need another Wii, but I'd love to get my hands on one of those Wii Sports + Resort combo discs.

Agreed.  Also, I think $129.99 is still a little more than what i'd be willing to plink down for another Wii.  If it were at the $99 price point, I think it would be a much more tempting proposition.
 
Granted, I already saw a local Best Buy selling their systems at this price a few weeks ago, so it already looks like retailers were trying to find a way to get their remaining Wiis off the shelf before the new system arrived.  Just not sure how many potential buyers are left for the system...i'd imagine the market is already saturated with the system.
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: Penguin_Of_Thyme on October 15, 2012, 12:09:39 PM
It was a little over 14 years ago when both the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation dropped to $129.99 on August 25 1998.


Also, no way this new bundle has backwards compatibility.
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: mustbeburt on October 15, 2012, 12:17:27 PM
Wow.  I'd love to see some screenshots of the menus and stuff for the combo disc.  Do you guys think it will just have you choose which game you want, then it will boot it up, or do you think the 2 games will somehow be merged into one?
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 15, 2012, 12:25:07 PM
It's almost certainly a case of booting to a screen where you pick which one you want, which loads the original game. They're not going to put anymore effort into it than they have to.
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: TJ Spyke on October 15, 2012, 12:29:32 PM
Frankly, I am surprised they are even doing that rather than just bundle the 2 discs in one package.
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 15, 2012, 12:33:09 PM
That would be very slightly more expensive for them, and they could probably have some rookie developer slap together the select screen in an afternoon.
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: UncleBob on October 15, 2012, 12:51:39 PM
Some EU countries already had the combo disc... so I'm guessing they just had to do a little bit of localization on the menu.

I think the fact we're finally getting the combo disc in the US shows that Operation Rainfall's efforts were successful and that Reggie heart has grown three sizes.
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: tendoboy1984 on October 15, 2012, 09:56:46 PM
No more Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack CD? Good thing my mom gave me the CD that came with the Wii I bought her! She doesn't give two shits about Mario games.
Title: Re: Wii Price Drops to $129.99
Post by: ShyGuy on October 15, 2012, 11:31:46 PM
Price Drop? Bomba.

Will it hit $99 next year?