Black Wii for Europe next month News

It's taken a while for Nintendo to release this. I wonder if this could be a sign of Sales dropping.

*cough*PS3 SLIM*cough*

Sales are slightly dropping, price drop or change colour?

Nintendo: Change colour, always :)

Will this version of the console have some decent games to go with it? If so then I might trade in my old unused one for it! :P

OH MY GOD this isn't interesting.

This is a sign of the UK economy recovering don't you know. Nintendo not treating us like shit....


That was all bullshit

So does the black one mean they will release more adult themed (not porno) games?

My Wii has gathered enough dust to turn it black! BA-DOOM TSSSH!!!

sErioUsly though, it Really dOes look GreAt. My othER half thinks it's very sEXy in black - POssibly the best hardware release of 2009.

A black Wii is a bad idea... makes the dust must easier to see (SORRY!)

Complete div moment- thought it meant a Wii Version of Black the game. Damn must be losing it....

white girls will 4x its sales

Releasing other colours is a bit of a moot point if you're expected to abandon your entire WiiWare/VC library to get one. Nintendo's primitive DRM discourages ever getting a system variation of the Wii of any kind.

My launch Wii has become noisy lately. I'm sure it used to be close to silent but it's now noisier than my PS3 60GB.

It is supposed to be silent, right? And I should take opportunity to go black, yes?

"My launch Wii has become noisy lately."

Mine had been clicking very loudly when accessing the disc drive for a few months. It was laid flat (discs horizontal) but when I mounted on its end (discs vertical) it's silent again.

000000 < FF0000

Probably the best console of all time! The sheer wealth of classics the Wii has in its library is astounding! Makes all the others look like shit!

Hats off to Ninty for creating a surge in gaming with the Wii, but as far as multi-coloured varients go... I can't see a different colour enticing me to go buy a second one.

weren't colour wiis supposed to be available at launch?

And games too?

Who needs enjoyable games when you can buy the system again in a different colour?! Sign me up for ten!

does it have a bigger cock?

I just can't get over the complete lack of decent games for this console.
I mean there are hundreds of games and it's selling like hotcakes.
Is that the secret to console success release loads of really crap games?

Oooooooooo. Hardcore!!

@ cianchristopher:

I'll give you a +1 because I assume you're being very sarcastic.

surley pink would be better for most prospective wii buyers now?

"plebs who wouldn't a good game if it fell into their laps. Go buy Halo ODST or whatever recycled tripe to make you such a "core" gamer."

Oh, the irony.

@kissthestick

I guess the black Wiimote will be 33% longer and fatter...

...obviously as Wiimotionplus and the 'jacket' are attached!

What?

"I just can't get over the complete lack of decent games for this console."

..or are you just ignoring them? in the last month it's had 3 console exclusive games scoring over 8/10 at eurogamer...not forgetting You,me and the cubes which Eurogamer has not reviewed for some bizarre reason (it's been getting 8's and 9's on most sites).

Where it falls down is multiformat releases..although considering how rarely they are reviewed it's hard to know how good or bad they are.

Black, blue, red, green or pink is it really gonna change what the Wii currently can do? The simple answer is no! Don't understand why people buy one then exchange/sell it just for the sake of it's colour?!

*sobs*

Most Wii articles are filled with uncalled for negativity.

Including this one.

(Expects a - rating)

E-mail that I sent NoE earlier:

To Whom It May Concern:

Thank you for the announcement of the Black Wii being made available for Europe; this was my preferred colour scheme when Nintendo originally revealed the Wii and was very disappointed when white was chosen for launch. I do, however, have a couple of questions:

1. As I have recently become a house owner, funds are obviously a little limited, just how “limited” is this edition? Is it a case of only so many units will be made available, or that it will be limited to only those shops/websites which are willing to carry the separate SKU?

2. As an existing Wii owner, with somewhere in the region of 40 downloads from the Wiiware and Virtual Console, are you going to offer a sensible transfer option to move over system settings and purchases from an old Wii to a new one? You had the foresight to include a similar function in the Nintendo DS, for the system ID and WiFi settings, so I’m hoping that you haven’t made the mistake of completely locking down the system ID in the Wii. Please note: I do not include physically sending you the systems in amongst the “sensible” options as to how you should make such a transfer.

I look forward to hearing from you in regard to these matters.

If I get any kind of answer that makes sense (always amazed when you get some half-wit replying with something that has nothing to do with what you asked) I'll post it here

Once you go black you'll never go back

Political correctness gone too far?

I wish this'd been the default launch colour. Much better than white.

I wonder how many meaningless plastic tennis raquet accessories and badly designed lightgun grips made of black plastic will be made to clutter games shops...

Back in Black ...

Too bad it's 3 years too late....

>Most Wii articles are filled with uncalled for negativity.

Ah see the "cool" casual gamers who only started playing games when they got all "hardcore" and gore filled gun fests which made them feel old and mature.. like to keep posting negative things about the wii, as it makes them feel more grown up and mature.

The reason for this is simple - they're all around 12 or 13 years old.. all desperate to be "proper" grown ups.

@donnie080208 : Your mommy is calling you - it's past your bedtime.


SMG was "last gen rubbish"!?!? I've heard some fanboy nonsense in my time .. but...

always bet on black

i am 30 and have every console of this generation. I spend more time on the wii than anything else to be honest - especially as it's the one my bird likes to play too. Games like mario galaxy, mario kart and zelda etc. I would argue that x360 is more for children in a way, it's more for people who can invest a lot of time playing games on their own whereas the wii is good for people who perhaps have perhaps less time to play games and also other people to think of!

Wow a black one!!! Let me get my money ready quick!!
What a load of toss Nintendo, fuck off! As can all you Wii lovers out there!