More announcements from the Nintendo event in Melbourne, with news the Black Nintendo Wii will arrive in Australia March 11. Price? Good news…
Expect to pay exactly the same as the white Wii when the black Wii arrives in two weeks time.
UPDATE: The Black Wii includes a black Wii Remote and a black Nunchuk. And Wii Sports, of course. But that’s not black.
Also, from tomorrow, Wii remotes will be available in black, pink, and blue.
Do you want one?
Kadico
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:43 PMmeh
rekuhs
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:57 PM3+ years too late
Dilbert
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 1:00 PMseriously who buys wii’s these day, I thought every man, woman and grandma had one already.
mkl
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 1:56 PMDo you ever glance at the sales charts? Of course people are still buying them.
Tim
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 1:02 PMNah the dust is harder to see on the white ones.
Mic
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 1:27 PMI’m sure lots of people would buy one because of the new colour! So glad they did that instead of adding HD, which I’m sure no one would want at all!
/sarcasm
FatShady
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 1:41 PMglad you said sarcasm.. I was beginning to get worried about you.
jabso
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 2:50 PMYeah because adding HD is just as easy and costs just as much as adding a new colour.
I’ll let you decide whether or not this was a sarcasm riddled post.
Jay
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 7:16 PMConsidering the profit Nintendo make off that plastic piece of crap, well then they could afford to add HD at the price it is at now.
I mean its all just plastic and a bit of wiring inside a Wii right? Couple of bucks to manufacture, shitload of profit they shove in their pockets.
Maybe one day, Nintendo will realize what greatness they once had and decide to make a decent console that caters to consumers within the industry they are clearly confused at selling in.
VIDEO GAMES NINTENDO!
Chuloopa
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 1:35 PMmaybe people will buy one to avoid being called a racist?
“Nuh-uh!! i have a black Wii!!”
..i got my wii on launch day… as nice as the black looks i don’t see a need to swap…
Geoff
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 1:44 PMUgh. No-one reading this site should care.
It’s kinda like when you’re ex leaves and you find out they’re much happier with their new partner. This case the new partner is the ‘casual gamer’. I doubt we’ll see Nintendo back in the real gaming world again. Why would they?
Craig
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 2:00 PMYep, far too late. They were speculating 2 years ago.
http://wii.nintendolife.com/news/2008/01/more_wii_colours_on_the_way
Next!
ThePengwin
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 2:07 PM2 Years to change white to black.
maybe next decade they could make pink!
Im gonna hold out and see :P
Christian
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 2:10 PMIf my Wii dies I will replace it with a black one, to tie in with everything else black in my entertainment system……
THAT IS UNLESS Wii HD gets released by then or this current black Wii cannot be modded for my back catalogue of overseas GC games…(not pirate games!)
David Smith
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:24 PMGuess what… at the moment, I’d say it can’t be made region-free in hardware, only in software or some very unique hardware which negates the need for the disc drive. I know that’s been the case for a while.
Sam
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 3:03 PMIt looks pretty sexy and there are going to be some awesome launch deals for it.
I think the new colour controllers look better though :D
Michael Barnes
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 3:41 PMSorry the rest of you arnt interested but….
YES!
Ive been waiting for this. I absolutely hate the white. im getting black one day one!
legless joe
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:28 PMIf you hate black then just paint your console black, done.
Damien
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 5:54 PMSeems a bit pointless to have a black wii, would buy a will in the old nes or snes colour scheme in a second though
PA
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 5:54 PMI’m still disappointed that they never came out in the originally announced range of colours… I wanted red.
Also, EB is selling them for $199 when you trade in a white Wii… if anyone does that deal they deserve to be ripped off.
Ryan Fernance
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:06 PMIf you trade your white Wii at EB you can pick up a black one for $199.
Not exactly the best deal ever, but for those looking to coordinate console colours (and I know there are people out there like that) it is an idea.
Jason
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 8:35 PMConsidering I posted asking when the Black Wii will be available, yes yes I do want one!, now for Super Mario Kart to be released :), Any ideas when that might happen anyone?
zinger
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 10:30 AMengland is getting motion plus and resort bundled in. are we?
Benjamin Cole
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 4:54 PMI thought you could by different cases for the Wii’s already?
sammy d
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 9:25 PMYay they brought out a new colour… thats all they could of added other colours, hd, different controllers or any thing… the ad on tv was sooooooo cool but thats all just a colour. come on you think they would bother to make more of a difference if there gonna bother making an ad about it