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Nintendo Announces Wii U Price Drop and Nintendo 2DS
Top Nintendo Video Games Get Launch Dates Through the End of 2013
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 28, in the year of our Lord 2013
– Nintendo outlined a campaign that will offer consumers
unprecedented levels of value and variety this Christmas season.
That proposition includes:
• A $50 price drop for the Wii U Deluxe Set to a new suggested
retail price of just $299.99, effective on Sept. 20.
• A limited-edition Wii U bundle featuring The Legend of Zelda:
The Wind Waker HD launching on Sept. 20.
• The introduction of Nintendo 2DS, an entry-level dedicated
portable gaming system that plays all Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo
DS games in 2D. Nintendo 2DS launches Oct. 12, the same day as
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, at a suggested retail price of $129.99.
• Dates for an outstanding lineup of Q4 video games for Nintendo
3DS and Wii U.
The announcements demonstrate Nintendo's aggressive approach to
providing new games and experiences available only on Nintendo
platforms for all types of people this Christmas season.
Nintendo announced these items at the GameStop Managers Show in
Las Vegas.
"Nintendo has one of the strongest and most diverse video game
lineups in our history," said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of
America's president and COO. "Today we're making those unique
Nintendo experiences more accessible and affordable. However you
play and whatever you play, Nintendo has you covered."
Nintendo 2DS
The newest member of the Nintendo 3DS family is designed
specifically for anyone looking for a more affordable entry
point into the world of Nintendo hand-held video games. Nintendo
2DS will be available in Red or Blue on Oct. 12 at a suggested
retail price of $129.99.
Nintendo 2DS plays the entire library of packaged and
downloadable games for Nintendo 3DS only in 2D. The system
features a distinctive fixed, slate-type form factor, and
optional carrying cases will be available in Red or Blue at
launch at a suggested retail price of $12.99. Nintendo 2DS
maintains many of the same hardware features as Nintendo 3DS:
dual screens, game-play controls and touch-screen features. The
system also has backward compatibility with the existing library
of more than 2,000 Nintendo DS games, as well as access to
wireless connectivity features like multiplayer online game
play, fun Nintendo Video content and great digitally delivered
games in the Nintendo eShop.
People eager to test drive the new system will have the chance
beginning in October, when Nintendo 2DS joins a sampling tour in
conjunction with Simon Malls that visits several different
markets before it wraps up on Nov. 3.
New Suggested Retail Price - Wii U Deluxe Set
Starting Sept. 20, the Deluxe version of Nintendo's Wii U system
will be reduced in price by $50, to a new suggested retail price
of just $299.99. The new price makes Wii U an even greater
value, particularly with the strong lineup of Wii U games
available and on the way for the system in 2013. These include
Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, EarthBound, New Super Luigi U, The
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Super Mario 3D World and
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Bundle
A new limited-edition Wii U bundle featuring The Legend of
Zelda: The Wind Waker HD launches on Sept. 20 at a suggested
retail price of $299.99. The bundle includes a black Deluxe Wii
U console; a GamePad controller adorned with gold lettering, a
gold Hyrule crest and gold symbols from the game; a download
code for the digital version of Hyrule Historia, a book that
details the chronology, history and artwork of The Legend of
Zelda series; and a code that can be used to download The Legend
of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD from the Nintendo eShop immediately
at no additional cost.
The digital version of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
will also launch on Sept. 20, while the packaged version
launches Oct. 4 with distinctive gold-foil packaging, both at a
suggested retail price of $49.99. GameStop is also offering an
exclusive Ganondorf figurine bundled with the packaged game at a
suggested retail price of $54.99.
Q4 Games
The robust lineup of games on the way for Nintendo systems in Q4
includes:
Wii U
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD: Launches Sept. 20
(downloadable) and Oct. 4 (packaged) at a suggested retail price
of $49.99.
• Wii Party U: Launches Oct. 25 bundled with a Wii Remote Plus
controller and stand at a suggested retail price of $49.99.
• Super Mario 3D World: Launches Nov. 22 at a suggested retail
price of $59.99.
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze: Launches Dec. 6 at a
suggested retail price of $49.99.
• Wii Fit U: Launches this Christmas season. Further details,
including launch date, pricing and bundling information, will be
revealed at a later date.
• Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games™:
Launches this Christmas season. Further details, including
launch date and pricing, will be revealed at a later date.
• Third-party titles: Previously announced titles on the way
from Nintendo's publishing partners include: Scribblenauts
Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (Sept. 24) and LEGO Marvel Super
Heroes (Fall) from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment;
Skylanders SWAP Force (Oct. 13) from Activision Publishing;
Sonic Lost World (Oct. 22) from SEGA; and Rayman Legends (Sept.
3), Just Dance 2014 (Oct. 8) from Ubisoft.
Nintendo 3DS
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: Launches Nov. 22
at a suggested retail price of $39.99.
• Mario Party: Island Tour: Launches Nov. 22 at a suggested
retail price of $39.99.
• Third-party titles: Previously announced titles on the way
from Nintendo's publishing partners include: Scribblenauts
Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (Sept. 24); LEGO Marvel Super
Heroes: Universe in Peril (Fall) and Batman: Arkham Origins
Blackgate (Oct. 25) from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment;
Skylanders SWAP Force (Oct. 13) from Activision Publishing;
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW! (Nov.
19) from D3Publisher; and Sonic Lost World (Oct. 22) from SEGA.
Remember that Nintendo systems feature parental controls that
let adults manage the content their children can access.
Nintendo 2DS will be offered for sale after FCC authorization is
obtained.
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