Some Nintendo-made Wii games FINALLY dropping in price

[BetaWolf47]

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=28872

In short, Wii is getting a "Selects" line that's essentially the same as Player's Choice for past systems. The first four to receive this title are Animal Crossing: City Folk, Mario Super Sluggers, Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess, and Wii Sports.

Wii Sports is an odd pick for that. After all, Nintendo already sells it for $14.99 online. Could this signify that it won't be bundled with Wii consoles anymore? Anyways, I'm glad that Nintendo is starting to drop prices on Wii software. It's amazing that they've kept prices up this long.

[Icarus Moonsight]

To get Wii under $100 they'd probably want to cut the bundle deal.

I've been getting first party games for $20-30 new for a few years already, at least. Galaxy, Wario, Punchout... You just got to be patient.

[8-bitNesMan]

Could this signify that it won't be bundled with Wii consoles anymore?

That is correct. From what I hear, Mario Kart will be the new pack in game when the Wii drops to $150 on May 15th.

[Swamperon]

I wonder why they got rid of Player's Choice?

They should have done this at least a year ago, with many more titles. Japan has had this for a while now with a much better selection.

[The 1 2 P]

They should have done this at least a year ago, with many more titles. Japan has had this for a while now with a much better selection.

I think it simply has to do with Nintendo knowing they could get away with holding this back longer in the US since the system sells better here then it does in Europe or Japan. Sales have been on the decline for the last 2 years or so but it still sells between 100,000-300,000 each month(and even more during the holidays) in the US and even for declining sales thats not bad.

[Swamperon]

I think it simply has to do with Nintendo knowing they could get away with holding this back longer in the US since the system sells better here then it does in Europe or Japan. Sales have been on the decline for the last 2 years or so but it still sells between 100,000-300,000 each month(and even more during the holidays) in the US and even for declining sales thats not bad.

Oh I didn't mean the price cut, that doesn't bother me. I was referring purely to the lack of Players Choice. I think it may have helped 3rd parties as well to make them stand out from the shovelware but oh well.

[BetaWolf47]

Went and looked at some of the cases today. The boxart looks really nice. Perhaps even better than ordinary Wii cases. They've got a regal amber color on the front, and a small crown icon printed on the spine.

http://kotaku.com/5798299/nintendo-s...details-emerge



(I am late in posting these images, but I was rather impressed when I saw them in store)

[duffmanth]

Cuz the Wii is going down the tubes.

[duffmanth]

bout time

[joshnickerson]

Cuz the Wii is going down the tubes.

[c0ldb33r]

Those red cases don't look bad for a players choice game, but I'll stick with the originals.

Sometimes when companies introduce cheap games they'll do a run where the new case design is basically just a sticker stuck on an original case. I wonder if nintendo will be doing this.

Also, I wonder if the cheap versions still include club nintendo points.

[Baloo]

Wii Sports? An odd choice indeed. I wonder what they'll even be charging for that?

I'd take Mario Kart as a pack-in over Wii Sports any day though.

[importaku]

If those are anything like the Japanese versions they will have reversable covers that have the full art on them.

[joshnickerson]

If those are anything like the Japanese versions they will have reversable covers that have the full art on them.

Even though these new covers do look rather classy, it would be nice to have the original cover art. Though NOA did give us reversable art on the "Wii-Makes" games that came out a few years back, so I'd be surprised if they didn't do the same here. Well, I plan on picking up Twilight Princess anyway, so I guess I'll find out soon enough.

Now let's get them to start doing this for games that are out of print (Wario Ware, Metroid Prime Trilogy, etc) as well as overlooked 3rd party entries (Boy and his Blob, Klonoa, etc.)

[Bojay1997]

Even though these new covers do look rather classy, it would be nice to have the original cover art. Though NOA did give us reversable art on the "Wii-Makes" games that came out a few years back, so I'd be surprised if they didn't do the same here. Well, I plan on picking up Twilight Princess anyway, so I guess I'll find out soon enough.

Now let's get them to start doing this for games that are out of print (Wario Ware, Metroid Prime Trilogy, etc) as well as overlooked 3rd party entries (Boy and his Blob, Klonoa, etc.)

Boy and His Blob is on clearance at Toys R Us for $9.98. Very unlikely it will ever come back as a re-release.

[BetaWolf47]

Sometimes when companies introduce cheap games they'll do a run where the new case design is basically just a sticker stuck on an original case. I wonder if nintendo will be doing this.

If you mean literally a sticker on the box, then no. Everything is printed onto the box.

[Swamperon]

Wii Sports? An odd choice indeed. I wonder what they'll even be charging for that?

I'd take Mario Kart as a pack-in over Wii Sports any day though.

$19.99. Which is a bit silly as you can go into any game store and pick it up for 99c/p. Wii Sports Resort would have been a better choice.

[joshnickerson]

If those are anything like the Japanese versions they will have reversable covers that have the full art on them.

Just checked out an opened copy at Gamestop today and nope, no reversable cover. A bummer, but at least these don't stand out in a collection like those bright yellow Gamecube logos on the spines from the previous generation.

Amazingly enough though, today I found a brand new launch copy of Twilight Princess at a way (WAY) out of the way K-Mart this weekend mixed in with the Nintendo Selects versions.

$19.99. Which is a bit silly as you can go into any game store and pick it up for 99c/p. Wii Sports Resort would have been a better choice.

They did drop Wii Sports Resort down to $39.99, though it no longer comes with the MotionPlus dongle. :/

[The 1 2 P]

Amazingly enough though, today I found a brand new launch copy of Twilight Princess at a way (WAY) out of the way K-Mart this weekend mixed in with the Nintendo Selects versions.

All the Kmarts around here still have original copies of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Why? Because nobody wanted to pay the $49 they have charged for it. It never got clearanced so you are likely to find those early copies at pretty much any Kmart you go to.

[Lady Jaye]

Rumor had it that a second wave of titles were to be added on Aug. 28 to the Nintendo Selects line-up, including Super Paper Mario. Well, although Nintendo has yet to confirm it (2 weeks before price drop), Amazon.ca already have Super Paper Mario for pre-order at $20 with the Nintendo Selects cover.

http://www.amazon.ca/Nintendo-Select.../dp/B005EHQJ2C



Considering that I love the Paper Mario series, it'll be a day one purchase when it drops in price. And if the other rumored titles are accurate (Mario Strikers, Punch-Out and Mario Galaxy), I'll certainly pick up Mario Galaxy as well.