Don't hold your breath. Remember, Reggie says White hardware doesn't sell in America. When they pulled the Basic bundle, I'll bet he got on the phone to Japan and said "Told ya so" lol.
Did price get confirmed
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.
If they want to make it stronger, they should toss in Game & Wario. Nobody wants to buy that game separately.
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.
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.
would buy day 1 but ONLY if it's physical games so i guess i'll pass sadly
What what these bonus videos will be about.Good job. According to the person who posted the scan, the lower pink box says "+ BONUS VIDEOS."
What what these bonus videos will be about.
so here is the massive successfully WiiU for al the kids that couldn't buy it then. Seems reasonable....Yea sure everybody in the world played WW 10 years ago, 22 mil GC sold what a massive selling beast of a system, WW the lowest selling console Zelda game yea everybody played it.
Cool. Label it the "good times" bundle and switch it's color to white.
uh-huh.
What what these bonus videos will be about.
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.
I wouldn't read too much into that... unless the flyer is reporting something that Nintendo itself is actively promoting.My thoughts exactly, what a weird thing to add out of a sudden
What's the point of all these bundles if it's still going to be $300?
NoE are really starting to put 'HD' on the front of Wii U boxes? The LEGO and Zelda bundles both also say '32GB | HD'
I guess its for people who thinks its a peripheral for the wii.
I don't even know why they're bundling a Mario game. Isn't NSMB U's attach rate already ridiculously high?
People will buy the Mario games anyway.
sörine;82217873 said:Just among Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft the SNES, Playstation, N64, Gamecube, Xbox, PS3 and now Wii U all price dropped within their first year in the US.
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.
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.Fair enough but don't give me this bullshit about Almost Always dropping the price within a year of launch. Name some other consoles that did that and I hope that it's most of them as would be implied by almost always.
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.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.
$250 on black Friday. I don't think stores will go all the way down to $200, but if they did....
The N64 got a price drop before it even came out!
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.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.
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.
Yeah, adds value for the customer and is not as costly as its a digital downloadAs much as I enjoyed Nintendo Land, New Super Mario Bros. U should have been the pack-in on day one. Glad they've finally figured it out. Including New Super Luigi U is a nice move too.
Yeah, adds value for the customer and is not as costly as its a digital download
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.
The digital download is precisely why it adds no value for me.
The digital download is precisely why it adds no value for me.
Remember color Nintendo? I do.
What do you mean with that? There's a variety of colors on the box.