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Title: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: Pandareus on October 23, 2013, 09:08:51 PM

North Americans, and possibly Europeans, will need to go to retail stores to get their parties started.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/35793

Wii Party U will not be available on the Wii U eShop when it releases on October 25, as confirmed by a Nintendo of Canada representative. The $50 retail bundle, which includes a Wii Remote Plus, will be the only way to get the game, at least for the forseeable future.

While the representative we spoke with could not confirm this, this likely extends beyond the Canadian borders since the only "Intend to Buy" Club Nintendo survey for the North American version was for the retail copy. The game was also absent from the regular Nintendo of Europe eShop press release this week.

Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: Razorkid on October 23, 2013, 09:13:50 PM
No sale for me until it comes to the eShop.
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 23, 2013, 09:27:04 PM
Well if Nintendo isn't gonna support the eShop, why should we?
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: UncleBob on October 23, 2013, 10:32:02 PM
Dear Nintendo:

I have 9 Wii Remotes.
I don't need another.

Thank you.
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: azeke on October 23, 2013, 11:22:42 PM
Ugh. I don't want to buy yet another wiimote.

I' hope they will release cheaper standalone game without additional plastic stuff (though that gamepad stand looks nice).
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: ShyGuy on October 23, 2013, 11:37:03 PM
New strategy: Retail only for first six-nine months. Then price drop and release on eShop to tempt people to double dip. ;)
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: nickmitch on October 24, 2013, 12:17:50 AM
I guess Nintendo either couldn't figure out a price point or just decided that making it cheaper on the eShop was unfair to retailers.
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 24, 2013, 03:50:02 AM
Quote from: nickmitch on October 24, 2013, 12:17:50 AM
I guess Nintendo either couldn't figure out a price point or just decided that making it cheaper on the eShop was unfair to retailers.

They could have released a controller-less version at retail and priced it exactly the same as the eshop version. Put a disclaimer on the eshop before purchase that a Wii remote plus is required for play.

easy problem to solve. This one was on me Nintendo.
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: Bman87301 on October 24, 2013, 12:19:09 PM
They may "say" it won't be available on the eShop, but I have a feeling what this really means is that it merely won't be available to the general public on the eShop. Keep in mind, Wii Play Motion was intitially the same say-- it was only available at retail bundled with the Wii Remote Plus, but if you had previously had Wii Sports Resort registered through Club Nintendo, you were given the special option of being able to order the cheaper stand-alone copy (obviously, full Wii games weren't available via download). I'm guessing they'll likely be doing the same thing again, and since it's cheaper for them not to have to produce physical copies if they don't have to, a special download code will be offered instead.
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: Leo13 on October 24, 2013, 02:40:49 PM
ShyGuy don't give them any ideas. I'm already going to double dip with Nintnedo Land next week when the eShop price drops to $30
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: Phil on October 24, 2013, 03:11:20 PM
"Well if Nintendo isn't gonna support the eShop, why should we?"
[/size]
[/size]Yeah. Nintendo's only put every other one of their games on the eShop but this one, so they're definitely not supporting it.


 :confused;
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on October 25, 2013, 12:25:18 AM
This seems like a temporary situation. Still sucks, though.
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: lolmonade on October 25, 2013, 03:47:05 PM
The whole "include a wii remote" strategy for Wii Play must be influencing this decision.  Knowing that Wii Motion Plus remotes cost $35, Nintendo's probably placing the price of the game alone on the e-shop for less than $30, given their reluctance to devalue their software.
 
That being said, whenever I see a controller bundled-in with a game (especially a new one), I instinctively wonder what's wrong with the game that they feel the need to add value to it, even if that's possibly a wrong way to look at it.
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: Leo13 on October 25, 2013, 05:19:26 PM
I bought the original wii party and it was bundled with a remote and I thought it was a top notch game
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 25, 2013, 05:42:11 PM
Quote from: Phil on October 24, 2013, 03:11:20 PM
"Well if Nintendo isn't gonna support the eShop, why should we?"
[/size]
[/size]Yeah. Nintendo's only put every other one of their games on the eShop but this one, so they're definitely not supporting it.


 :confused;

It was a sarcastic comment. you were supposed to ignore it like everyone did.
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: azeke on October 27, 2013, 04:27:05 PM
So after reading that the game is apparently available for download on australian eShop, i changed my county in settings and created new mii character for this.

Welp, it's true. Wii Party U is indeed available on Australilan eShop.

For 89.9 Australian dollars.

I'm not even gonna bother doing conversion.
Title: Re: Wii Party U Will Not Be Sold Through the eShop
Post by: Shaymin on October 27, 2013, 04:42:57 PM
53.38 GBP, 62.50 EUR (source: xe.com)