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Sam's Club Wii bundle almost worth the Black Friday fight [update]

Posted Nov 12th 2008 10:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News

[Update: the Black Friday Deals page now says the thing costs $425, and the price has been removed from the image. Thanks, Happy Steve, for pointing this out!]

Black Friday is almost upon us -- that shopping riot that takes place the day after Thanksgiving, and which retailers now encourage, despite all the trouble thousands of sleep-deprived, desperate, nervous shoppers can cause. If you have a Sam's Club membership, but no Wii, it may be worth your time to brave the crowds for this bundle, because it is very, very cheap.

For $224, you get a Wii, three remotes, three Nunchuks, and copies of Wii Sports (obviously), Mario Super Sluggers, and King of Clubs, the last of which was probably slipped in more to get rid of extra stock than to add value.

If you want to try for one of these things, we advise you to a) not get your hopes up, and b) arrive at Sam's well in advance of the 5AM opening hour.

[Thanks, Steve!]

Wii Warm Up: Keeping up with Wii Fit?

Posted Nov 12th 2008 8:00AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Wii Warm Up

We know that when Wii Fit first released, many of you were eager to snatch up the bundle or, at least tried to. For those of you that did score a bundle, are you keeping up with the exercises? How long did it take you to give up on the routine of using Wii Fit on a regular basis? Or did you merely pick it up for the Balance Board? And, in that case, what game are you waiting for that uses the Balance Board?

Animal Crossing/WiiSpeak bundle box revealed, price worries continue

Posted Oct 29th 2008 12:40PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News

A Portuguese Nintendo fansite happened to notice the appearance on Amazon of the Animal Crossing: City Folk/WiiSpeak microphone bundle. Only just now after looking at it have we realized what Nintendo has done here: they've guaranteed City Folk's bestseller status by making it yet another first-party Wii game with a bundled peripheral. It now joins Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii, and Wii Fit. People really love big boxes!

Amazon's price for the bundle is a cause for concern. Either they never bothered to update to the $59.99 price or the price is back up to $69.99. We'd like to make an official announcement at this time: Wii Fanboy endorses the lower price this November. We think it's the right decision for this county.

Gallery: Animal Crossing: City Folk

[Via FNintendo]

Guitar Hero: World Tour gets more expensive deluxe edition bundle

Posted Oct 6th 2008 3:37PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News, Fan stuff, Peripherals

If spending $100 on a new plastic instrument and Guitar Hero: World Tour isn't enough, Red Octane is offering up a deluxe bundle for those that need to lose that extra cash, but don't want to go in for the entire band kit. For $109.99, fans will get a custom guitar bag for their new plastic axe, as well as a Guitar Hero keychain. We're not sure if that's worthy of an extra $10, but for those of you who are really worried about scuffing up their new Guitar Hero guitar, it's an option.

Gallery: Guitar Hero World Tour

Animal Crossing/WiiSpeak bundle cheaper than we thought

Posted Oct 3rd 2008 1:42PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News, Peripherals

Remember when we reported on a $69.99 price tag on the Animal Crossing/WiiSpeak bundle? Well, it turns out that price was off, by $10. Yes, the bundle will in fact retail for $59.99. That brings WiiSpeak down to $10, with the purchase of Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Animal Crossing: City Folk and WiiSpeak will be out in North America on November 16th.

Gallery: Animal Crossing: City Folk

E308: Wii Sports Resort bundle gets priced?

Posted Jul 16th 2008 12:18AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

According to Gizmodo, you'll be shelling out the usual AAA Wii price when snagging Wii Sports Resort this spring. The bundle, which includes the new Wii MotionPlus adapter, will cost $49. This all came from a nameless Nintendo exec, apparently.

Seeing as how the original Wii Sports fetched the same price in Japan, and was eagerly lapped up there, we wouldn't be surprised if this was the case. Nintendo can certainly get away with charging as much, because, let's face it: most of us are going to be picking it up.

Gallery: Wii Sports Resort

Wii Warm Up: Peripheral pondering

Posted Jun 25th 2008 8:00AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Wii Warm Up

With EA planning on crashing the peripheral party, we figured our morning topic would be the perfect place to see what the community could come up with. Sure, some ideas seem simple enough, as EA could bundle in a wheel, much like Nintendo did with Mario Kart Wii, for its NASCAR games, but what about the other sports title? What kind of peripherals can you come up with?

EA Sports to bundle accessories over the next year

Posted Jun 24th 2008 5:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News, Peripherals

Apparently, EA sees the Wii's success with bundled peripherals as a sign of its future prosperity. Following in the footsteps of Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit, EA Sports have made their intentions to bundle peripherals in their future sports titles known to one and all at GDC Paris.

During his lecture, EA's David McCarthy commented that it isn't just about tossing some hunk of plastic into the package and jacking up the price (funny, that's what we thought they had in mind). "You have to be careful with it," he said, adding "because Rock Band, that's a great peripheral, but it's a big expensive box." As nice as it would be for EA Sports to jack up the price, McCarthy commented that the company doesn't want this approach to "raise that barrier of entry and accessibility" the titles currently enjoy.

Circuit City offering up Wii bundles as you read this

Posted Jun 16th 2008 3:00PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: Sales

Still hunting for a Wii? If so, Circuit City's online store has them in around about ... now.

Think supplies are going to last long? Hell no! Even though Circuit City is selling the things with an extra Wiimote, nunchuk and two of the titles listed below, we estimate these puppies will be gone soon. We'd usually criticize the practice of forcing customers to buy bundles, but we estimate that at least three or four of the six games being offered are must-haves:

You're still here!? Go! Go! Go!

[Via Go Nintendo]

Circuit City has a Wii for you, but there's a catch [update]

Posted May 29th 2008 12:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Sales

Update: Well, that was fast. Sorry folks, looks like it's sold out.

Sad to say, but it's the truth. You can order a Wii right now from Circuit City, but you're going to have to bundle some stuff with the console. When looking over what you have to buy, however, it's really not that bad of a deal because you should be expecting to buy these games anyway.

So what do you need to purchase? Well, the Wii console (duh), an extra Wiimote and two or more of the following games and/or accessories:

Considering that you were going to pick up Super Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros. Brawl anyway (if you weren't planning on it, may we ask if you're insane?), it's not that bad of a deal. And, for those of you still desperate to get a console, this might be the best solution.

[Via Go Nintendo]

Capcom to release Umbrella Chronicles bundle in Korea, not U.S.

Posted May 27th 2008 8:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Imports

As it did in Japan, publisher Capcom will be releasing a Biohazard/Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Zapper bundle on June 20th in Korea for ₩55,000 (approximately $52.50). No word yet on whether any bonuses will be thrown in with early preorders, but it's very likely!

Why don't these third-party bundles ever make it stateside? You'd think that Capcom, a company that has repackaged and sold to us the same game several dozen times in just three years, would be thrilled to thrust upon us yet another box bearing the Resident Evil logo! What's so great about Korea that they should get this package, and not us?

Gallery: Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles

Rumor: Metroid Prime Trilogy?

Posted Apr 27th 2008 12:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Rumors

A mysterious tipster sent a rumor in to GoNintendo that a retailer database now lists a product called Metroid Prime Trilogy for the Wii. GoNintendo's RawMeatCowboy speculates that this would be "Prime 1, (2), and 3 all on the Wii ... but Prime 1 and 2 with all-new Wiimote controls."

We believe that, if this is a real product, it's a lot more likely that it's the three Prime games ... in a new box! Or maybe even in the same boxes, but with those inside a new box! Not that that's a bad thing -- the Prime games are very high-quality (even if you hate first-person!), and quite reminiscent of the real Metroids. The first two are definitely among the best GameCube games, and any opportunity to get them in new Wii owners' hands would be welcome.

Circuit City wants all of your money

Posted Apr 24th 2008 10:30AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Sales

Circuit City is currently advertising, in giant, bold letters, that they have Wiis for sale! Isn't that great? We still know people who are looking for them, after all. But unless you're looking to buy a ridiculous bundle to the tune of $550, you might want to look elsewhere.

Circuit City's bundle, which includes an extra Wii remote and nunchuk, as well as at least four games, does have one leg up on some other bundles we've seen: the games from which you choose aren't terrible. That is, it's possible to pick four mostly decent titles from the six they have on offer: Super Smash Bros Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Party 8, Wii Play, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008, and Carnival Games. Hey, at least shipping is free! ... if you want to wait two weeks for your bundle, that is.

Of course, we know Circuit City is desperate to move all this Wii product, which is why they're requiring such an incredibly expensive bundle. They're clearly overstocked on Wiis and games, which is why they're trumpeting the fact that they're actually available, right? It couldn't possibly be the lure of an extra three hundred dollars per sale.

Alone in the Dark gets limited edition package

Posted Apr 22nd 2008 12:45PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Atari has the right idea when it comes to limited editions, as the Alone in the Dark limited edition package above boasts a plethora of goodies for the fan. If you're having trouble making out all of the things in the box above, here's a bulleted list for easy consumption:

Edward Carnby figurine
official soundtrack
art book
making-of documentary
the custom box it all comes in

We know some of you aren't all that excited about Atari's upcoming game, but for those of you still looking to find out what's going down in Central Park, will you be picking up this limited edition bundle?

Gallery: Alone in the Dark

He's a demon on USB

Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:00PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Fan stuff, Tech stuff

Are you likely to be spending some money at Target in the near future? Then you might as well head on over there sometime soon and pick up this Speed Racer-themed gift card (which you can use later to buy what you actually wanted in the first place). Even if you're not interested at all in the upcoming game (or movie), you'll still land yourself the free mini USB 2.0 Flash drive that comes with it. The drive only holds 62.8 MB worth of stuff, but should that bother you, you're missing the key word here -- free.

Initially, 51.6 MB will be taken up by promotional Speed Racer goodies, but that stuff can always be deleted. Those of you who are looking forward to seeing the Mach 5 in action soon enough, though, might enjoy some of the extras provided. According to GamerTell, the drive includes:

Five coloring book-style pages featuring the Mach 5 and Racer X's car (PDF file)
A coupon for $1 off a Speed Racer Powerburst racer and $3 off a Speed Racer Powerburst figure-8 track set (PDF file)
Two Speed Racer desktop wallpapers
A Speed Racer family movie (MOV and WMV files)
A special code for the Wii version of the video game (we wonder what that will do/unlock?)

Due to the nature of the internet, we're sure you'll be able to find the game code without buying the Flash drive-bundled gift card. Still, we recommend getting one of these pseudo-free sticks if Target is one of your regular stomping grounds.

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Sam's Club Wii bundle almost worth the Black Friday fight [update]

Wii Warm Up: Keeping up with Wii Fit?

Animal Crossing/WiiSpeak bundle box revealed, price worries continue

Guitar Hero: World Tour gets more expensive deluxe edition bundle

Animal Crossing/WiiSpeak bundle cheaper than we thought

E308: Wii Sports Resort bundle gets priced?

Wii Warm Up: Peripheral pondering

EA Sports to bundle accessories over the next year

Circuit City offering up Wii bundles as you read this

Circuit City has a Wii for you, but there's a catch [update]

Capcom to release Umbrella Chronicles bundle in Korea, not U.S.

Rumor: Metroid Prime Trilogy?

Circuit City wants all of your money

Alone in the Dark gets limited edition package

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