U.S. Getting Black Wii Controllers, Not Console
So the controllers have managed to make it over. Now where's your console, friend?
We all think that the Wii console looks quite sleek in black. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, it's seems to be a Japan-only option at the moment. And in some sort of cruel tease, Nintendo of America today announced that it will be offering a black Wii Remote, Nunchuk and MotionPlus controller set.
Nintendo hasn't given an exact shipping date for this controller set yet, but we're supposed to expect it in time for the holidays. Too bad we won't have the black console to match.
Were you planning to get a black Wii? Do you already have a white one that you were going to swap out? Let us know!
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A black WII remote with the console. That's like getting a foot long sub without chips and a drink.
Err WITHOUT...need edit button
"U.S. Getting Black Wii Controllers, Not Console"
so i guess us Canadians are out of luck
Whats the point? Are you telling me to buy a new (same) console just because it's black? It seems like the Motorola V3 Razr trend has caught up.
I like classic black. It's soooo sexy!
after market casing? they seem to be everywhere in assorted colors...
I don't understand why they haven't just sold the black Wii in the US. It would obviously sell like crazy alongside the white Wii. At this point it seems like the reason isn't a financial one but a personal one, such as wanting Japanese customers to feel special for having the console's home country get a special color. Financially, they stand only to gain if they brought the black Wii outside Japan, so this must be another one of those honor-related things Japanese devs love to latch on to.
It would be nice to have a black controller or two if for no other reason than it makes it easier to remember who had which wiimote after having put them down, but I still miss the N64 days when each of four players could have a unique color. I had grey, black, blue, and purple so there was never and confusion over who had which.
Ooooh, those controllers look nice. I could buy a couple to sit next to my white ones and do nothing as well.
I am all about the custom consoles or 'special' consoles as I have the halo 3 xbox and sold my ps3 to buy the MGS4 custom PS3... however... due to the nature of the Wii, I sold mine as I was way too nervous letting people wing a controller towards my HDTV...but if i didn't sell it and the black one came out, then yes I would find some way to swap them out and get the black one
You know, if I'm buying the console for the first time (or as a replacement), and I have a choice between black and white... I'll go black, of course. But, ultimately, I'm more concerned with the performance of the machine rather than making a fashion statement; that definitely comes in a distant second.
As long as they don't make one in pink because my girlfriend we'll want one and if she doesn't get what she wants, she will cut me off.
Will it show dirt less is all i would care about.
So Nintendo can ship black controllers to the U.S. but not black consoles? What is so hard about that? It's a different color!! Instead of packing those white Wiis on the ship over to the Americas, pack the box full of black Wiis this doesn't make any sense. Americans want black, increase your sales.
What they don't tell is that the controller comes with a cupon for a discount for a can of black spray paint. Or you can look at the controller and imagine how the black Wii will look.
Man Nintendo has its moments, but its hype..leave it to the consumers to make a inept idea viable.
once you go black.....
Whats the point? Are you telling me to buy a new (same) console just because it's black? It seems like the Motorola V3 Razr trend has caught up.
I agree, what's wrong with my current WII? Besides, if I get a new black WII, then I'd need to buy a new XBOX 360 elite to match it...no thanks!
Only Nintendiots would pay a significant premium on a console, which normally STILL sells at launch prices, without getting any additional functionality, just because it is a different color.
Just sell people the whole darn black system. People want a black Wii, so sell them a black Wii.
i would personaly buy the black one only to go with my black xbox elite and black ps3. but if i had previously gotten the white xbox and ps3 then i would get the white version of the wii to match.
Whatever happened to all the other colors that Nintendo showed off when the system was first announced?
This is nothing more than a marketing gimmick
Sharpie to the rescue!
SPRAYPAINT
Once you go black you never go back. So i've heard.