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Fire Sale: First-party component cables

Posted Jun 28th 2007 11:15AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Peripherals

"Oh my God! We're having a fire! ... sale. Oh, the burning!"

It's been only a month since Amazon last hosted its half-off sale on Nintendo's component cables, but the online shop is already at it again with an even deeper discount for today's one-day deal. The first-party cables are listed at $12.99, the lowest we've ever seen them sold for! Of course, Amazon will ship its goods to you at no extra cost if your order totals over $25.

Though this doesn't technically qualify as a "fire sale," we couldn't stay our hand at the chance to make an Arrested Development reference. Stop, drop, and roll past the post break for a video of Tobias Funke auditioning for a fire sale commercial.

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Half-off sale on Nintendo's component cables

Posted May 26th 2007 12:30PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Peripherals

Sure, you could probably find Wii component cables for less than a tenner, but we know there are a lot of you out there who refuse to chance your gaming setup with third-party accessories from Hong Kong. If you've been holding out for a bargain on Nintendo's official product, now is the time to sneak your mom/wife's credit card out of her purse!

Amazon has the first-party cables on sale for $15.00, half their regular cost. Tack on another item, and you might also be eligible for the online shop's Free Super Saver Shipping (orders over $25). Act now! This deal ends today!

[Via CAG]

Monster's Wii cables selling at horrifying prices

Posted Apr 19th 2007 12:45PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News

We had heard about Monster Cable's plans to sell Wii component cables several weeks ago, but we held off on announcing the product until its inevitable boutique pricing was revealed. Amazon now has the item available for sale, listing the 10' cables at $59.99. That's double what Nintendo charges for its official component cable and six times the cost of other third-party solutions.

Now that component cables for the Wii are in good supply, are prices like that justifiable? We understand that Monster is aiming for the high-end market, but how different can its product be from what others are selling for much cheaper? Does the quality actually match the pricing?

Nintendo component cables back in stock

Posted Nov 30th 2006 9:55AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

One of our readers was perusing Nintendo's online store when he found that the Wii component cables were back in stock as of yesterday. The site states that backorders of the product are officially being filled, so if you've ordered them and have been waiting, shouldn't be long before the package arrives on your doorstep. Better hurry and get them now, while you can.

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[Thanks Ryan!]

Wii component connection on the cheap

Posted Nov 27th 2006 12:45PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News


For those of you who find adventure to be the spice of life, we've got one worth $6.71 USD. See, these Hong Kong cables, available for pre-order from superufo.com (they release on the 30th), look the part and are available at an insane price. Still, we've always been told if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is. Applying that lesson, we cannot bring ourselves to order them. Any of you willing to take the plunge or have you already made your own? Maybe third party products aren't your thing and you're going to wait out Nintendo's stock?

[Via Joystiq; thanks to all that sent this in!]

DIY: Wii component cables

Posted Nov 22nd 2006 12:25PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News, How-tos, Walkthroughs


Not to be outdone by diminished stock and having to traverse the outside world's various brick-and-mortar outlets, the folks over at NFG Games forum have come up with their own solution: make their own! Apparently it's a fairly easy procedure, given that forum poster acem77 (who is responsible for the above "mess" as he puts it) used paper clips to add pins.

Anyone planning on trying this out to hold them over until component cable stock is restored?

[Via Joystiq]

Nintendo sells out of their component cables

Posted Nov 17th 2006 11:15AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

We guess the need for 480p is a strong one, as demand has caused Nintendo to sell out of their initial batch of component cables. If you were looking to get ahold of some component cables direct from Nintendo, you're out of luck, at least, for awhile. No word as of right now on exactly when Nintendo will have replenished stock of the cables.

With the latest generation of consoles being 2/3rds HD-compatible, is it a surprise that most of the launch day Wii adopters want component cables for their console? We guess it was nice of Nintendo, at least, to sell all of the cables rather than use them for their demo kiosks ...

[Via Joystiq]

Poll results: 480i vs. 480p, what will the people be using?

Posted Nov 14th 2006 9:25AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Fan stuff, Tech stuff, Wii Fanboy poll


It's been a week and it's time we checked out our little poll on picture quality. Turns out the majority of you are looking to game in 480p, no doubt already having the thirty or so dollars for Nintendo's cables set aside. If you're like us, you're ready to shell out the dough for said cables, however you're still angry that the GameCube component cables are incompatible.

Thanks for voting!

Kaplan interviewed, confirmed component cable availability

Posted Nov 7th 2006 1:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

During an interview with Game Informer, Nintendo's own Perrin Kaplan confirmed that component cables, for those of you who choose to settle for no less than 480p support, would be available at brick-and-mortar outlets, as well as their online sites, including Nintendo.com, not exclusively at Nintendo.com as we previously believed. As glad as we are to hear the news, we're still a little upset our GameCube component cables, which were tough enough as it is to obtain, are not compatible with the Wii.

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