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Nintendo Drops Price of Wii and Includes Both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort
Value Package Comes with Black Wii and Two Classic Games on One Disc
REDMOND, Wash.--(October 15, in the year of our Lord
2012)-- Nintendo is dropping the Wii console to a
suggested retail price of $129.99 U.S. in advance of the busy
Christmas shopping season. The new configuration is beginning to
arrive in stores now, and will be broadly available in the U.S.
by Oct. 28. This high-value configuration includes a black Wii
console and both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort on a single
game disc, as well as a Wii Remote Plus and a Nunchuk controller
– both black to match the console. This configuration replaces
the current black Wii that comes with New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
“Nearly six years after it launched, people are still attracted
to the pure, inclusive fun of the Wii console,” said Scott
Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales
& Marketing. “A new suggested retail price and the inclusion of
two great games make it an easy choice for families looking for
a great value this holiday season.”
Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort represent two iconic games that
helped pioneer the industry move toward motion-controlled video
games. The games include a wide variety of sports that use the
controllers in unique ways. Players can try their hand at sports
like bowling, tennis, baseball, archery, table tennis and
basketball, all while simulating real-life motions using the Wii
Remote Plus controller. For the first time, both games are
included on a single game disc.
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.