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Nintendo Wii Gets Redesign, Features Cut

Posted on Wednesday, August 17 @ 08:02:16 Eastern by

Nintendo has announced that they're launching a redesigned Wii in time for Xmas. The new design is said to better accommodate the console laying horizontally, but to me, it looks exactly the same.

But that's just on the surface. The console is missing some features allowing the Wii to be backwards compatible; there are no Gamecube controller ports, and it doesn't play Gamecube games.

Nintendo is likely doing this to bolster profit margins on the Wii during the holiday season, to make up for the profit they'll be losing by selling the 3DS for the new lower price.

I guess Iwata really didn't want to take that pay cut after all..

The new Wii will be labeled as the Wii "Family Edition" and will come with Wii Sports and Wii Party.

This a smart move by Nintendo. I can't imagine that many people are really all that interested in playing Gamecube titles. Especially not the mainstream families that this is targeted at.
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  • acdibble
    acdibble
    Joined: Jul 2007
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 8:11 am
    Luigi's Mansion will never die!
    0 2
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 9:34 am
    No gamecube? So yeah don't buy it. Probably the best part of the Wii.....
    0 1
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 10:54 am
    Family Edition? It should be named "Wiitarded Edition".

    When my GameCube crapped out on me, my backwards compatible Wii was there to back me up.
    0 3
  • xxmrcyanidexx
    xxmrcyanidexx
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 11:35 am
    The guy who brings donuts to the Nintendo meetings accidentally knocked the Wii on it's side, and now you have the NEW REMODELED WII!
    0 1
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
    As long as he brings maple bars, keep him on staff. No maple bars I say fire his ass!
    0 1
  • GuerillaMatzilla
    GuerillaMatzilla
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
    I feel sorry for the family who buys this, Smash Bros is still one of the best games on wii but plays way better with the gamecube controllers
    0 1
  • GuerillaMatzilla
    GuerillaMatzilla
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
    Whenever playing at a friends place, champion has to play with wii-mote and losers get benefits of gamecube controller to make ssbb more competitive.

    Btw, any edition of smash brothers makes a great drinking game! You must chug your beer during the time spent on the respawn platform everytime you die and start play again once you naturally fall off the platform and still have brief immunity. It's hilarious watching everyones playing go downhill during a long match!
    0 1
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
    I just bought a Wii for my parents like two months ago.
    I would be MORE butthurt about this, but its Europe only. So whatever.
    0 0
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
    It sucks the GC features are removed, but is this really a big surprise? The GC is beyond 10 years old, Nintendo should focus on making the Wii U as good as they can.
    0 1
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
    If this is the family edition was the previous model anti-family? It tried to break your parents up, told your sister she was fat and ugly, taught your little brother curse words and chewed up the furniture so the dog got blamed.
    0 1
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
    Funny as always OdiousLupous. But me thinks it was you that did all that. Btw nominated for The People Speak.
    0 1
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
    Anthony if you look at the Wii pictured on the box, you can see the “Wii” printed on it is meant to be read while the console lays on its side, thus it does not look "exactly the same". :-)
    0 1
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
    Ah, good catch. They should have made it like the first PS3s. You could rotate the PS logo depending on which way you stood the console. Then there would be no need for such redesigns.
    0 1
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
    Everytime I try and Wii sideways I get the bathroom floor wet.
    0 2
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
    LOL! Nominated for The People Speak.
    0 1

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