Good luck fitting that in the Wii's tiny box, Nintendo!
Grab yourself all sorts of new gubbins for £180
Yes, we've just reported that the Wii's trade price has dropped, but that's not all the good news we have for those Brits yet to take the plunge and buy one of those Wii machines. That's right - biding your time and sitting on the fence may just have got you a good deal, as Nintendo has let slip that the new standard UK Wii hardware bundle is about to get a lot juicier.
Soon upon opening a Wii console box you'll find a shiny new MotionPlus and copy of Wii Sports Resort alongside the standard Wii Sports and all the usual Wii paraphernalia one could dream of. Coming at the same time as the earlier trade price, this means you could grab both Wii Sports games and a MotionPlus for just a sliver under £180, a good deal if ever there was one.
As you'd expect, this new Wii Sports hardware mega-pack will replace the current one-game offering out there at the moment, but there's no word on if or when it will be made available in other territories. Still, it's a good day to be a UK Nintendo fan without a Wii!
User Comments
1. Vendetta
24 Sep 2009, 07:17 BST
Awesome! Now all ya need is the price cut!
2. CharlieRod
24 Sep 2009, 07:19 BST
I think this makes up for the price cut. But ya that would be pretty awesome if they just layered the awesomeness double time instead of at a certain pace or plan.
3. Hardy83
24 Sep 2009, 07:33 BST
That's good for potential Wii owners, but this might be bad for NIntendo.
Now when someone gets a Wii they'll be like WOAH, 2 games that I can play forever with. Why buy any other games? It can go online? Meh!
4. Starwolf_UK
24 Sep 2009, 08:28 BST
All we need now is to hear what mianland Europe is getting. I'd imagine the same or just the console for €200. This deal is a really special alternative since in theory we should be getting nothing (look at how many £ you get for €200 and then do the same for €250), it feels a lot better than seeing prices in £ go up ("oh but they're going down because in €..."). Here hoping they can releasing it swiftly.
5. lanafire7
24 Sep 2009, 08:30 BST
I think N really want to force developers to use the motion+ before Sony/MS can come out w/their "more accurate controls/no more waggle." N knows from experience the only way to make something standard (or at least popular/used) is to add it w/the system. look how the poor, but great eyetoy faired w/PS2 w/o being w/the system. (too bad wii fit is too expensive to add.) so N has to add the motion+ to the system. but then new buyers will be confused wondering what it's used for? now you have to add the game.
the week wii sports resort came out, I was at gamestop & you have no idea how many parents couldn't understand that you needed to buy the dongle for each controller. $20 for each one!?!!?!?
£180 = $266? not too bad, sounds better then what the poor guys usually have to pay.
6. V8 Ninja
24 Sep 2009, 08:59 BST
I guessed that something like this was going to happen. Nintendo wouldn't randomly raise the UK price for nothing.
7. Nanaki
24 Sep 2009, 09:13 BST
Now we just need the Wiimote to not RRP at £32.99, Nunchuck at £17.99 and Motion Plus at £22.99 ... That's still a sting in the tail for people wanting 2+ players on their Wii!
8. JimLad
24 Sep 2009, 09:46 BST
This was my idea!
...kind of a no brainer though
Get motion plus in peoples hands ready for THE NEW MOTION PLUS SWORD SWINGING ZELDA GAME AHHHHH
9. calculon
24 Sep 2009, 10:49 BST
Mhahahahaha. It isn't April fools day guys!!! What at top notch deal - maybe i should trade in my Wii with its 160 DLC games and Wii Sports WeSnort in for this wonder bundle and start afresh so I can waste even more money hoping Nintendo will do something right next gen.
I'll be chuckling over this news all day
10. Kirk
24 Sep 2009, 12:29 BST
Now that's more like it Nintendo.
Finally it appears you have your common sense boots on again.
Hopefully you use that same type of common sense thinking to release similar bundles in the other territories too.
11. Reala
24 Sep 2009, 13:22 BST
Good move, though it makes the brief price increase even more stupid.
12. Vendetta
24 Sep 2009, 16:32 BST
Clickety's gonna have to update her controller costs spreadsheet.
13. Kirk
24 Sep 2009, 17:10 BST
They should however just combine Wii Sports and Resort into a single pack-in game that includes all the sports from both of the games and also updates them all to use M+ as an option also.
I think that would make things a lot simpler and more convenient for the consumer.
14. Dragoon
24 Sep 2009, 22:07 BST
this NEEDS to come out in the US
15. luigiman2
24 Sep 2009, 22:45 BST
It should first come out in Japan, then the U.S.A, then China, THEN United Kingdom. O.M.G