Wii Gets Re-Design

Not gamecube backward compatible.
 
Comes with 2 games and a controller w/ nunchuck.
 
New Horizontal emphasis (no stand).

Only Nintendo could call "laying the Wii on its side" a redesign.

:lol:
 
Well to be fair, they also took away the stand, the Gamecube ports and functionality.

Oh good, "Wii Family Edition", finally. The last Wii model was so family unfriendly.

Kind of a weird move to be making now. Should have been an option at the start, for all those people who use the system solely as a Wii Sports machine. 
 
Two things: they should pack more than one controller into what's being labelled as a "family edition," and they should have included Sports Resort with the bundle. But I guess the goal of this is to make it as cheap as possible to produce to cash in on those final people who haven't bought a Wii yet. Though I have a feeling the Wii will continue to trickle-sell long into the Wii-U's lifespan, sort of like the PS2 to the PS3.

If it doesn't play Gamecube games... what good is it?

@AndrewB said:

Though I have a feeling the Wii will continue to trickle-sell long into the Wii-U's lifespan, sort of like the PS2 to the PS3.

Yeah but at leas the PS2 was a compelling system to buy, even today, with its extensive 1st and 3rd party library. Heck, I played a PS2 game last WEEK.

@AndrewB: Yeah but "single divorced mom edition" doesn't move as many units.

^ "I'd buy that for a dollar"
 
I suspect the price drop will come soon enough for this butchered version of the Wii.  They don;t want another repeat of the DS outselling the 3DS any time soon.

Sounds like they're trying to get people used to seeing the Wii on its side to prep them for the Wii U

@TheGreatGuero said:

If it doesn't play Gamecube games... what good is it?

DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYUM

@AndrewB said:

@aspro73 said:

@AndrewB: Yeah but "single divorced mom edition" doesn't move as many units.

But "MILF edition" might.

I'd buy that just because of the name.

@skyline7284 said:

I have yet to see this anywhere else, do you have a source?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-17-new-wii-loses-back-compatibility

Damn, that Wii looks like it'll gaher more dust on its side.

Beside the picture? Here's a couple of links:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-17-new-wii-loses-back-compatibility
http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/29576/new-wii-console-coming-before-christmas/

Oh wow. What is the crazy Japanese moon logic point of this?

^To sell Wii's to the remaining homeless population of Western Civilization that still don't have one.

I know, we're at one hundred percent market saturation and aren't going to release any new games for this console. Let's flip it on it's side and call it the Family Edition. Next we'll flip it completely upside down and call it the Consanguinity Edition!

Have to wonder how much this'll cost in the states, if they even decide to release it over here.

Does it come with a price cut?

Sounds like they're trying to get people used to seeing the Wii on its side to prep them for the Wii U

@Yanngc33 said:

Sounds like they're trying to get people used to seeing the Wii on its side to prep them for the Wii U

That may be bad marketing, as it almost looks like the Wii U because of that

I bet the 6 people who don't own Wii's are pretty stoked right now.

If it doesn't play Gamecube games... what good is it?

What's with the slew of new redesigns with missing features? :x First the new PSP, now this? 
What's next, a 360 without HD graphics? 
PS3 without a harddrive? 
3DS without game- oh...

If Nintendo really wants to sell more Wiis, it would be wise for them to release some games. Can you think of any good Wii games that came out this year?
 
Oh that's right. There weren't any. Well hey, maybe it's just a last ditch effort to lure people back to the Wii to play Skyward Sword. Mark my words, it will be the worst selling Zelda console game, even if it is great.

people who buy THIS edition of the wii won't care anyways.

Doesn't play GameCube games?

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE.

You can keep that.

If Nintendo really wants to sell more Wiis, it would be wise for them to release some games. Can you think of any good Wii games that came out this year?  Oh that's right. There weren't any. Well hey, maybe it's just a last ditch effort to lure people back to the Wii to play Skyward Sword. Mark my words, it will be the worst selling Zelda console game, even if it is great.

I totally forgot my Wii can play GameCube games... maybe I should buy a few with a controller and check them out. Always liked the look of MGS Twin Snakes.

Only Nintendo could call "laying the Wii on its side" a redesign.

I just like imagining that there's someone out there thinking, "All right, they FINALLY got rid of the GameCube support. NOW I'll buy it."

@TheGreatGuero said:

If Nintendo really wants to sell more Wiis, it would be wise for them to release some games. Can you think of any good Wii games that came out this year?  Oh that's right. There weren't any. Well hey, maybe it's just a last ditch effort to lure people back to the Wii to play Skyward Sword. Mark my words, it will be the worst selling Zelda console game, even if it is great.

Well they're bringing out 4 more Nintendo Selects in a couple of weeks and I imagine 4 more will hit in November as well.  I also imagine Nintendo is going to market the ever-loving hell out of Skyward Sword this holiday.  This redesign gets rid of GC ports and the function for capturing GC discs in the drive.  Along with getting rid of the stand and probably removing the unnecessary cut corner on the back right, they'll probably save $10-$15 per unit from all production costs.  In addition, the system will probably run a lot cooler and be more reliable.  I don't understand putting Wii Sports back as a pack-in though.

I just like imagining that there's someone out there thinking, "All right, they FINALLY got rid of the GameCube support. NOW I'll buy it."

Have to wonder how much this'll cost in the states, if they even decide to release it over here.