Wii Mini coming for $100, but only in Canada
The new Wii U is still a big thing, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo from announcing the release of a revamped Wii Mini for the holiday season. It will be available December 7 for only $100, but there is no Internet connectivity, and it's exclusive to Canada.
The new Wii U is still a big thing, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo from announcing the release of a revamped Wii Mini for the holiday season. It will be available December 7 for only $99.99, but there is no Internet connectivity, and it's exclusive to Canada.
The Mini will play more than 1,400 disc-based Wii games, including Super Smash Bros Brawl, New Super Mario Bros and Wii Fit Plus, but it is not compatible with GameCube games. The black and red system is much smaller and designed to sit flat. It comes with a Wii Remote Plus and a standard nunchuck controller.
Nintendo offered no word on whether the console will be available in the United States at a later time, so if you want it for the holidays, be prepared to make a run to the northern border to grab one.
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replyJohn Keefer posted a new article, Wii Mini coming for $100, but only in Canada.
The new Wii U is still a big thing, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo from announcing the release of a revamped Wii Mini for the holiday season. It will be available December 7 for only $100, but there is no Internet connectivity, and it's exclusive to Canada.-
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This is true. We shack with pigeons and dogsled messengers.
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cutest packets ever
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What do you call this? http://speedtest.net/result/2331507873.png
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My internet speed in about 1998, you must be on the cutting edge of your Canadian brethren!
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Utter garbage, I'm using wireless in a sparsely populated town and got http://www.speedtest.net/result/2335379003.png
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Nintendo, I love you, but some times you make no god damned sense.
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if you guys want wifi, buy a regular wii.
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This might be a cool arcade machine for trips. Pickup a small 7" screen and carry case. Load it up with homebrew and wiiware/VC games. But for $100 you could also pickup a used wii for cheap and have wifi and gamecube compatibility.
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Palm Pixi all over again.
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that they aren't even squeezing wifi into this says a lot about the type of customers they know buy a Wii
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everyone bitches how terrible nintendo's online support is so they remove it and people bitch more
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yes, because both things are dumb. Their online support/services are generally below average, that doesn't mean we're better off without any online functionality. The Wii gets used a significant amount for Netflix watching in a lot of cases even by casual folks.
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then don't buy this one? Rocket science!
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I will make sure to only comment about things I am buying
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good
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The internet would be a much, much better place if everyone followed your lead :)
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yeah my echo chamber doesn't have enough people in it
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Canada makes sense because its a good testing ground for putting out a device
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Can't find a wii u? Well your kids probably wanted a wii mini anyways just buy them that.
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I dont know much about supply and demand and manufacturing. I had one economics class in college and barely survived it.
However...one would assume that this is taking away funding that could be used to produce and supply more WiiUs for the holiday season. Which is annoying as fuck. There are tons of people who are waiting for Wii U's and with it looking like they are gonna be near impossible to find for awhile its frustrating they are are using this many resources to launch a new mini Wii console rather than supplying more U units. -
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It's cool looking and cheap, but unless it comes with a USB to Ethernet dongle I'm left scratching my head a bit.
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I certainly got a small boner when I saw this, sure the wii is old and all but there was still a lot of great games to be played on it. I love the new look of this console it's so cute!
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Wonder if it's still compatible with the ethernet to USB dongle
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Would that be the Wii Wii
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Finally they addressed the complaint about the Wii being so huge.
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I think he was joking
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Netflix in Canada is not very good... it's a good starting point, but there isnt the same type of content as there is in the USA
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Thats almost the same price as buying a sensor and controller for a wii u.
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Ha, this is such insignificant news and it's got everyone so worked up. Just say "Nintendo" and half the Shack starts twitching and foaming at the mouth.
This is a weird little product like the Game Boy Micro. I don't know why they're making it but if you guys want to make a huge fuss over this, I can't stop you.-
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Well, that's true. No one confused the Game Boy Micro with the DS, but the branding was much more distinct in that case.
Nonetheless I doubt the release of this thing is going to make or break the Wii U. But that's a valid point and I shouldn't have belittled it.
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What the fuck. This is so weird.
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