Mario anniversary bundles, Wii Remote Plus coming Nov. 7

@VenkmanPHD With FPS, controls is EVERYTHING. The Wii has the best controls for FPS. I care not about online. Online play ruined competitive gaming. I would rather see the look on my opponent's face when I rip him a new one, not hear him scream from New Delhi.

@Oni_Taedo You must have some kind of malfunction if you think CoD for the Wii is the better choice..... I never thought I'd ever hear anyone say that, no matter how hardcore the fanboy.

@Spartan-1657 Wii controls are better for FPS. So getting CoD on the Wii is a much better choice. @monson21502 The 360's sales are the lowest. With the Wii being just behind the PS3.

Does it have electrolytes?

as someone who likes both the move and the wii, i like to use my ps3 move and eye controller with my pc more than the ps3 via move controller drivers and software. IMO sony was dumb to make the move and the eye connect through usb, since it makes it to easy to softmod it for use with the pc.

@Gelugon_baat So what you're saying is if I'm poor I should shut up, and the only way I can prove a point is if I just buy a copy of a game I like 10 times over. Ok got it.

@swamptick Is anyone tired of your trolling? I am.

all these ps fan boys bashing the wii need to buy this new wii bundle. instead of buying a move bundle and a extra move and a sub controller that they need for some one player move games. for only 10 bucks more you could have a whole new console with a ton of new games and some of them are great, alot better then anything you will be playing with move...

This is my childhood's G spot. Day one.

@Oni_Taedo : Never bashed anyone there pal.

@Waldkrieger Hey! 360 owners made their choice, no need to bash them for making the wrong one.

If I bought either on of those, I would keep them in the box and save for a future investment.

Cool, its that's a good time to get a Wii. I think I'm waiting for the 3DS though

Nice! I want that RED controller, I will import one from Japan soon. :)

Rather wait for the 3DS actually. It is a good value there though. The wii hardware is becoming outdated too.

Nintendo has done it again! It's cool how players who get the Wii Remote Plus won't need a Motion Plus Accessory to use in games like Wii Sports Resort now. And I own a Wii and it cost a lot to buy a separate Motion Plus for my Wii Remote. I,m telling you, this is going to be an awesome deal. The black Wii that was released a while back and it was the same price as this new red Wii, so a deal like this probably going to make it $149.99 soon.

@soulless4now Its just one of those things that grinds my gears. Like rubbing styrofoam or wearing socks with sandals.

@hannify Good work - outstanding. You surely are the king of the bargain hunters :D

@Bozanimal Uhh? :? - Ah, its seems that you my dear are a sausage sandwich minus the meat! Never heard of the 3DS? :D

@digi-demon Price update! £149 from Asda direct. So certainly can't complain now "Red Wii 25th anniversary edition with Sports, Donkey Kong and New Super Mario Bros"

@hannify Hmm nice...we'll just have to wait and see now then wont we... ;)

@digi-demon It is nearly out in UK (29th Oct according to amazon)a nd it is selling for £164.99

The limited editions look great - especially the Wii version - I'm sure the UK will be paying £200 not $200 though Softco's note that $200 is equivalent to £150 in UK money = £ip-off Britain

Great, finaly Nintendo offer limited bundled Wii. I Hope they will release a similar bundle for the next Zelda game, golden system just like the zelda edition DSLite.

I'm a little too preoccupied by trying to get a PSP and PS3 right now. Maybe I'll find one on Ebay later.

@Mariokart: They create unsuccesful franchises that only affect the company. That's what I clearly meant.

Can't say I like the red with blue lights. Looks.......like a cartoon vesion of a Wii.

chasing how is this a failure to create new ips when nintendos done more then 3 new ips this gen , , they are the wii linw of games , excite series and sin and punishment as well as metroid other m fling smash etc , you sir are not worthy of being thumbed up ~

Relax folks casual/Mini games games are dying out on the Wii, they have been doing so for a while now, they plain don't make money. It's time developers looked at what really sells and brings in profit (Resident Evil 4, Monster Hunter 3, Call of Duty) and why it sells.

Dear Nintendo: I have owned all of your systems, but it is time to stop allocating marketing resources towards repackaging your existing products. Please redirect resources towards increasing your variety of high-quality titles. Listen to your own Miyamoto, "There are always ups and downs in this business. As long as we create unique and unprecedented experiences with video games, there should be nothing to worry about." Thank you, Boz

I like the red DSi XL. The only thing that sucks is it doesn't play older GBA games and I have a lot of those. I might just wait for the 3DS at this point. i really don't need to own 3 DS systems.

Ah, Nintendo keeps rehashing their original creations, and they keep failing at creating new IP's. This is yet another attempt to milk the Wii, only to have a mediocre library of games.

No thanks. I think I'm all Mario'd out. I don't want anything else that involves him. I realise that there are many who still love him but I'm kind of sick of him now.

Like the way you called photo clock a 'title'

@ iluminat23, you might want to keep an eye on the PS3 Move then. I don't find too many of the Move's games interesting right now, but they will probably make better ones in the future

this should get nintendo through until the 3DS comes out then the wii aswell will boost their sales nintendo wii2 is gunna be the first 8th generation console

I think I just might buy it. Look's amazing and such a great deal.

The only thing wrong with a red anniversary Wii is... there isn't an image of super Mario on the side :(

@Jebril If you want game-makers to make games that you like, then do shell out the money for their games that you actually liked and get others who think like you to do so too. If people who prefer "shallower" games shell out more money than you did, then the game-makers would certainly spend their ultimately limited resources and time making more games for them instead of for you - only because they get more returns. If you want to quarrel with casual gamers and compete for games from game-makers, then do so with your wallet - and certainly not by pounding away at your keyboard making sanctimonious statements like the ones that you did.

@Jebril [quote="You"]The problem with casual gaming isn't that casual gamers are having fun it's that casual gaming kills the hardcore games.[/quote]

That is your perception - and one that you made to sound all too generalized.

My perception is that I believe that the ones "killing" core games are the game-makers themselves - especially if they divert away resources from the development of core games to casual games. But I would still say that they can't really be blamed for doing so when they are only following the smell of money - which is what they are trying to do, regardless of the kind of games that they are making. If you still need someone to blame, I would suggest the game-makers themselves are a better target for your blame.

If some people are good at core games, then they are good at said core games. If some others are good at casual games, then they are good at them. I make no distinction on whoever is superior based on what games they play, for I see that a matter of preference is no concrete reason for one group to claim superiority over the other.

Shallowness of games is a perception; there is no standard for it.

@Expo_Smacko Any console (or anything for that matter) collects dust, whether they are in use or not. This is why you need to clean them. Don't use that for an excuse for why you don't play a game system.

they should of gave us another disc with older mario games on it

@Gelugon_baat The problem with casual gaming isn't that casual gamers are having fun it's that casual gaming kills the hardcore games. It's pretty obvious most developers are making their games more accessible, more user-friendly, and taking depth away from their games to aim them for a broader audience. While that's good that does make people who are actually good at video games feel a lil disappointed at the new standard of shallowness found in video games.

Wouldn't it be great if the Wii Mario Anniversary bundle came with Super Mario All-Stars Wii, Wii Sports, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii for $199? That would be a heck of a great deal and it saves you 2000 Wii Points from buying all four NES Mario games from the VC with your new red Wii.

@monson21502 Yes, I'm certain everyone at Nintendo was totally thinking of releasing a Red Wii to symbolize blood and momentum stopping. It has nothing to do with the fact that they're into the color red because of Mario, or that their logo used to be red, or that the NSMBW box is red for Mario. Y'know, it ended up being the #2 SKU in the US, so maybe red just screams "AWESOME!"

That new Wii... I want it. I won't buy it since I already have a Wii, but goshdarnit I like having colors to pick from! Next gen better have MS, Sony and Nintendo making systems of every damn color available. I want a freaking Periwinkle console already.

I sure do want that Mario Edition Wii and DSi. But I am saving my money for a 3DS and a bunch of games for it at launch. I will stick with my Launch DS and Wii. Where is my infinite money code?

They're releasing a new DSi XL? With the release of the 3DS so soon? I don't get it.

Those thrashing motion controls may call it a gimmick, part of the perceived "scourge" that is casual gaming, or even claim it to be "ruining gaming", but if consumers find these products fun, then they met their goal of being fun and their makers achieve one of their corporate goals anyway while making a buck on the side. Motion controls may require the user to hop all around a room or waggle their limbs all over in embarrassing ways, but if it's required of the user, who are their detractors to say it's ridiculous? It's not any more fundamentally different from using any other forms of controls that are needed to interact with an entertainment product. Detractors can claim the more established forms of game controls to be the "real" way to play games, but I would describe these controls with a word that is far more appropriate: "conventional". Trumpeting them to be far greater than they would appear to be is nothing more than the rant of embittered traditionalists to me. (I refuse to use the words "purists" to describe them, as some of them would style themselves to be.) Thrash these gimmicky products all they like, but to those who like playing games on them, they are having fun jumping all around like excited apes and/or shimmying their limbs around like on an acid trip - but their detractors aren't. That is all that matters to those who would like motion controls. Detractors may throw insults all the way to the end of the product's life cycle, but to its fans, they are laughing away at a mirror.