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New NSMBU+NSLU Wii U Bundle incoming (?)
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Barrel Cannon
Member
Did price get confirmed
Aaron Strife
Banned
we don't even know if it is real yet
If this is true, that actually makes me curious: so far, all of the new bundles have been Wii U + Game + Extra (Hyrule Historia in Wind Waker's case and NSLU in this case). The nintendoland bundle is just the game and is (admittedly) a less strong sell of a game. I'm thinking they might put something in extra: not immediately of course, but the question remains "what", IF they decide to make the nintendoland bundle stronger.
EDIT: Unless they are both limited deals.
EDIT: Unless they are both limited deals.
Metallix87
Member
If they want to make it stronger, they should toss in Game & Wario. Nobody wants to buy that game separately.
Cool. Label it the "good times" bundle and switch it's color to white.
Joei
Member
Nice bundle and should definitely help sell some systems. I think I'm still going to get the Zelda bundle first though.
That said, I'm very interested to see how Nintendo does this holiday season. With a Mario and Zelda bundle on the shelves, that should definitely help sell some systems.
EDIT - And a Lego City Bundle...? Potentially 4 different options for buyers? Wow.
That said, I'm very interested to see how Nintendo does this holiday season. With a Mario and Zelda bundle on the shelves, that should definitely help sell some systems.
EDIT - And a Lego City Bundle...? Potentially 4 different options for buyers? Wow.
I wouldn't be surprised if they don't even make the Nintendoland bundle anymore and currently just selling off remaining stock. Considering the horrendous sales they probably have a couple million around in storage.
Deals pretty good though (if 299), still haven't hit my sweet spot yet, 250 plus a game I want, but I wouldn't be surprise if some retailer had a $50 gift card bonus with it during the Holidays.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
That Lego City Bundles sounds interesting enough, the game is supposedly pretty good right? That way i could STILL grab my physical NSMBU+ LU versions later...
Rizsparky
Member
would buy day 1 but ONLY if it's physical games so i guess i'll pass sadly
Noooo, I guess you're right, pass..
What what these bonus videos will be about.
Probably all the super gameplay videos from NSMBU
Maybe also some sizzle reel from upcoming games.
The Bundle-o-rama is great....I guess this is the re-release we all were asking for...
Ruud_Luiten
Member
so here is the massive successfully WiiU for al the kids that couldn't buy it then. Seems reasonable....
WW will easily sell 10 million moreeeez!
ArcaneFreeze
Member
WiiU Party Bundle :
-$350
-32GB White WiiU
-Nintendo Land + Game & Wario + Wii Party U.
-WiiMotion+ and Nunchuck (Or Two WiiMotion+)
Comes with complementary Cup Holders for those "intense gaming moments."
I'd buy it.
uh-huh.
I guess they don't want a white Wii U to avoid brand confusion (yeah....)
Metallix87
Member
If I had to guess, maybe the E3 trailers for Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Super Smash Bros. U, Pikmin 3, and Mario Kart 8. Have all six on the system right away so kids can watch and get hyped and desire those games.
This line of thinking is so obsolete when we have YouTube and such means. Same goes with pre-installed demos.
Entryhazard
Banned
do you play demos on youtube?
I wouldn't read too much into that... unless the flyer is reporting something that Nintendo itself is actively promoting.
Diablohead
Member
A shame that the mario bundle is not red like the Wii version was, after buying a used white wii I bought a red wiimote+ and classic controller+ and quite like the colour, it helps that my nintendo 64 controller is red too.
NSMB U (and Luigi U) would make for great bundle games.
It comes with games people actually want? (no offense to Nintendoland and Zombi U)
It comes with games people actually want? (no offense to Nintendoland and Zombi U)
That's so 2012. Everybody knows it's not a peripheral for the Wii. 'HD' actually means there's a hard drive in the box.
Maybe because people will think they're getting it for free, and everybody wants Mario. As you said, the attach rate is ridiculously high so most people buying a Wii U later this year will want Mario.
sörine;82217873 said:
So just among Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft the consoles that did not have a price drop within the first year are:
NES, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii.
I don't know if I would still call it almost all but I do stand corrected. Many more price drops in the first year than I thought for some reason. I guess I really need to reevaluate buying at launch.
I don't think they're going to keep restocking the Zelda bundle for long. I imagine it'll have mostly sold through by the time the Mario one hits.
Doug Heffernan
Member
This bundle could create some buzz on black friday for sure.
Only the PS3 did it last generation, but the Xbox and Gamecube (and Dreamcast, RIP in peace) dropped within a year in the previous gen, and all three consoles dropped within a year the gen before that. At least in the US. The PS2 and Wii were both pretty huge phenomena and were hard to find on a shelf into the year after launch. Honestly, same with the 360 which was also tasked with making back a lot of the losses incurred on the OG Xbox.
SNES, Turbografx and Genesis also each price dropped within their first year. NES didn't, though it's hard to find solid information on other 8-bit systems in the 80s like 2600, C64 or SMS.
I really doubt this will be in the US under $299 on black Friday. If it is, it'll be $279.99 or $289.99, or some small dollar iteration.
StickSoldier
Member
Yeah and the games costs were fucking ridiculous too.
People interested in this or in the WW bundle remember that the Premium consoles come also with the Premium points promotion. Especially if the games (WWHD, Mario U, Luigi U) are download codes, it will be interesting to get almost for free some eshop goodness
In PAL the WWHD bundle comes also with a free trial (1 week) for Karaoke Joysound
In PAL the WWHD bundle comes also with a free trial (1 week) for Karaoke Joysound
I'd think we're more likely to see bundles with a $50 gift card or some games or something, but some of the Black Friday prices have been insane, so $249 wouldn't surprise me.
You say that, but I bought a Wii U on Sunday and was playing it last night and my wife asked if the only thing that made it the Wii U was the Tablet to add onto the Wii.
Nintendo still needs to educate.
Rizsparky
Member
Yeah, adds value for the customer and is not as costly as its a digital download
spyroflame0487
Member
I wish they'd have different colors. Not that I'd get another Wii U, but they should have them in different colors.
However, I wouldn't hold your breath for this coming to the US. We never got the ZombiU bundle over here.
However, I wouldn't hold your breath for this coming to the US. We never got the ZombiU bundle over here.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
The digital download is precisely why it adds no value for me.
US got the Zombi U bundle, later than PAL region:
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...iu-wii-u-bundle-headed-to-u-s-and-canada.aspx
It was different from the PAL one btw: Land was still included as a download code, there was a zombi u artbook and so on
As said before, I prefer the retail versions for many reasons, but the DD code give you points for the eshop, that's not a bad thing at all. If the problem is related to the account system, I think that's something that plays againts Wii U in general, not against the bundle
Calamari41
41 > 38
The digital download adds way more value to me than a physical disk, so I guess Nintendo is breaking even on the two of us.
What do you mean with that? There's a variety of colors on the box.
And the Wii U itself does come in a variety of colours - black and white. But everybody decided they didn't want white.