Wii Sports Club retail version coming to NA on July 25

[L~A]

.Just announced via PR. $39.99

Boxing and Baseball are coming as download at 6PM PST (on June 26), so 3AM GMT+2, 2AM UK Time, and 10AM JST.

 

[NotLiquid]

I never tried Wii Sports Club.

Might give this a shot since the original Wii Sports is still some short, sweet fun.

 

[koopas]

I'm so glad I paid for rentals ...

 

[Zalman]

Finally. Looks like I will never play the original ever again.

 

[Rrang129]

If only this had table tennis.... -.-

 

[sphagnum]

Finally. Now for NES Remix.

 

[Proven]

This took too long to happen. Still, I mostly want it for Tennis/Boxing, and then Bowling for when people are over. So I'm still incentivized to buy digitally...

 

[prag16]

No WM+ bundle?

 

[MThanded]

no table tennis....

 

[ngower]

$40!?!? Are they for real!?

 

[koopas]

Finally. Now for NES Remix.

So much this.

 

[Sloane]

Does it have Frisbee Golf? Still playing that with family / friends sometimes, just wish I wouldn't have to play the same 18 holes over and over again...

 

[Team Top Hat]

$40!?!? Are they for real!?

Yeah... Should be $20 max

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

Thank God they didn't think this was E3 worthy.

 

[Raw64life]

Now for NES Remix.

Exactly what I came here to post.

 

[lewisgone]

Cool to hear, means it's more likely to reach the EU. I wish it was part of a Motion+ deal though - those made the Wii Party/Play bundles good value - the difference here being I'm actually interested in this game.

 

[NamikazeBurst]

I knew I shouldn't have paid for tennis. This will eventually be able to be gotten for around $15, a little more than 1 sport.

 

[Shard]

Cool to hear, means it's more likely to reach the EU. I wish it was part of a Motion+ deal though - those made the Wii Party/Play bundles good value - the difference here being I'm actually interested in this game.

Euro version already got announced I thought.

 

[cacildo]

Thank God they didn't think this was E3 worthy.

I bet they will still spend precious minutes of the digital event talking about it

 

[Oddduck]

Uh...$40? I know they added online gameplay and HD visuals but still seems a bit pricey for Wii Sports.

 

[Chairhome]

$40!?!? Are they for real!?

Aren't the games $9 each on the eShop?

 

[Brainiac 8]

The only game I have paid to download so far was Golf. I was going to eventually buy them all, but now I don't have too. I'll just get the retail version and save me the HD space.

 

[Team Top Hat]

Aren't the games $9 each on the eShop?

They are or were 9.99 each; which ironically makes this boxed set a better deal even though it's not.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Aren't the games $9 each on the eShop?

Discs are not free. See also: Super Luigi U (I guess in that case you can argue that stand alone DLC discs are rarely the same cost as the DLC itself).

But yeah I feel it is a bit of a hard sell for what will be perceived as an 8 year old game.

 

[JazzmanZ]

shocking, a NA game from Nintendo being released in July.

 

[L~A]

shocking, a NA game from Nintendo being released in July.

You'll notice they're releasing at the end of the month. So NoA still hasn't overcome its phobia of July releases

 

[ramparter]

And to think original Wii Sports, 8 years ago, was released for free along with the Wii.

 

[AlphaTwo00]

Aren't the games $9 each on the eShop?

$10. So if I were to finish this digital road I started. $50.

FUCK.

 

[OmegaSmash]

Any impressions on Boxing and Baseball?

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

$39.99???

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Nice. Will buy at $20 or less.

 

[Davey Cakes]

The price makes sense given the eShop prices. If you want all the games you're technically getting a deal.

That said, it's still a hard sell at $40, regardless of the extra features.

 

[Smellycat]

It is actually WiiSports Club? Smh

And the Wii isn't even the blue WiiU color, they are using the Wii one. Wtf

 

[ngower]

Aren't the games $9 each on the eShop?

As some others have already said, $10, which means you're basically getting one of the sports free when compared with the eShop versions.

Wii Sports was amazing because it was free and just so simple and fun. Marking it up is insane. They should have let users pick one free sport with the purchase of a Wii U and made the rest like $3. They'd make plenty of money that route—no one in their right mind is going to pay $40 for this.

I played the trial version last night and it was fun but there is no way you can convince me that's worth $40.

 

[catmario]

Good.

This will be one of the launch title for my Wii U experience

 

[zroid]

shocking news

 

[SatoAilDarko]

With the online and improved gameplay and modes $30 would be acceptable but $40 is too much when weaker sports like boxing (I just can't see how this will be improved while using a Nunchuk) could make up such a large chunk. I've also felt $10 a piece digitally is too much as well.

The problem is Nintendo last Wii Sports sequel, Wii Sports Resort was a much better value. At $50 containing a $20 motion-plus it had 12 sports. This included better versions of golf and baseball along with table tennis as a semi-replacement for tennis. Other standouts for me included swordfighting, frisbee, and archery. This doesn't include the aerial or water sports.

Not having more sports does warrant the $40 price tag.

 

[spookyfish]

I'm so glad I paid for rentals ...

For real.

 

[zroid]

$10. So if I were to finish this digital road I started. $50.

FUCK.

iirc, I think Nintendo said Baseball and Boxing would be sold together as a bundle for $10

 

[sörine]

I'd pay $40 for Wii Sports Resort Club. That's probably as close as we'll ever get to HD Pilotwings and Wave Race.

 

[Frolow]

They need to release NES Remix as a retail title now.

 

[LegendofLex]

Would buy for the $25-30 this might actually be worth (still have my copy of Wii Sports), not $40.

 

[Brainiac 8]

And to think original Wii Sports, 8 years ago, was released for free along with the Wii.

Not everywhere...

 

[Foshy]

Golf is the basically the only one using the Gamepad in a meaningful way, right?

 

[evilromero]

I bet they will still spend precious minutes of the digital event talking about it

Try 20 minutes as someone from the Treehouse meticulously covers the batting physics of Baseball.

 

[ryushe]

This is in HD, is Wii Motion+ enabled and has online play w/ regional leaderboards...

Man, you lot are cheap as fukc.

I'd rather have these on my HDD anyway, but good package nonetheless.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

This will sell horribly.

 

[robotrock]

I still don't have any motion plus controllers yet. Can I play this with vanilla Wii sticks?

 

[Lambtron]

I will buy a copy.

 

[Skiesofwonder]

Thank God they didn't think this was E3 worthy.

No doubt in my mind that this will be mentioned in their digital event.