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New Wii Bundles Keep Families Grooving and Imaginations Soaring This Christmas
Nintendo to Launch New Wii Console Bundles on Nov. 4, Featuring Ubisoft’s Just Dance 4 and Activision’s Skylanders Giants
REDMOND, Wash.--(October 24, in the year of our Lord
2012)-- Nintendo has great news for gift seekers
looking to keep their loved ones entertained and energized this
Christmas season. Starting Nov. 4, consumers in the United
States will be able to choose from two new Wii bundles, each
containing a Wii console and one of two new games from
Nintendo’s third-party partners. One bundle includes Ubisoft’s
Just Dance 4 and a white Wii console with matching Wii Remote
Plus and Nunchuk controllers, offered while supplies last at a
suggested retail price of $129.99. The other bundle includes
Activision’s Skylanders Giants, a blue Wii console with matching
Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk controllers, one Portal of Power,
two Skylanders characters and one exclusive Giant Skylander,
available while supplies last at a suggested retail price of
$149.99.
“These bundles give consumers a way to enjoy some of the hottest
new games for this generation’s most popular console at an
attractive price,” said Steve Singer, Nintendo of America’s vice
president of Licensing. “Together with our third-party
publishing partners, we’re delivering maximum value for families
who want to get the most for their home entertainment dollar.”
The Just Dance franchise has sold more than 13 million on the
Wii console alone, making it the top third-party Wii franchise
of all time and one of the top-selling franchises of this entire
console generation. The new Just Dance 4 adds new features, game
modes, songs and dance moves. Dancers can rock out to more than
40 tracks across a wide range of musical genres, including pop,
hip-hop, rock, country, funk and more. Each song can be played
by up to four players, and the new Battle mode lets players
challenge their friends in six rounds of dance-offs.
The Skylanders combination of gaming and physical toys took the
world by storm in 2011. The new Skylanders Giants game
introduces Giant Skylanders characters with powers to match.
When the action figures are placed on the Portal of Power, they
come to life in the game. Players must unleash their strength in
the battle to save Skylands.
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults
manage the content their children can access. For more
information about this and other features, visit
http://www.nintendo.com/wii.
About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of
interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan,
manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home
console, Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ family of portable
systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment
System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.9 billion video games and
more than 630 million hardware units globally, including the
current-generation Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™
and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy
Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™
systems. It has also created industry icons that have become
well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™,
Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary,
Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as
headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western
Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit
the company’s website at
http://www.nintendo.com.