Nintendo Selling Black Wii In Japan This Summer

Back when the Nintendo Wii launched in 2006, the company showed possible console colors: White, red, silver, lime green and black. White was the launch colour, and that’s all customers have had. Until now.

Today, Nintendo announced that it will be launching a black-coloured Wii in Japan on August 1 for ¥25,000 ($A324). Besides the console, Nintendo will be selling black DS peripherals as well. They are priced as follows:

• Black Wii Remote ¥3,800 ($A49)
• Black Nunchaku ¥1,800 ($A23)
• Black Classic Controller Pro ¥2,000 ($A26)

The white coloured Wii went on sale on December 2 in Japan when the platform initially launched.

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(6 Comments)
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    Alex Webb

    Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    Sales of the Wii are going to skyrocket in inner Melbourne suburbs now … we would have bought one earlier, but now it matches our jeans. And our tshirts … and our lens-less glasses …

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    Craig

    Friday, June 5, 2009 at 2:58 AM

    About f***ing time!

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    Jay

    Friday, June 5, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    I don’t know, but are these price higher because of it’s colour?

    Why is everything released in Japan first. Do they think it won’t be successful or something elsewhere. It’s a freaking colour not a new console???

    Doesn’t cost anymore to manufacture. IDIOTS

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      Yoshi

      Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 7:00 AM

      They do it because Japan is where Nintendo headquarters is. Not so much a financial thing, but a traditional thing.

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        guest??

        Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 9:35 PM

        but nintendo arnt the only ones who do that, alot of things ONLY get released in japan and never make it anywhere else.

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    susm

    Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 8:24 PM

    Its released in japan coz is manufactured there you idiots

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