Although we fully expect Nintendo to announce new Wii colors in the next year, why not take matters into your own hands and get your Wii custom colored. You can also get your Xbox 360 and/or PS3 done at the same time. ColorWare will let you choose the custom color you want for your console and ship it back to you in 8-10 business days, the cost starts around $100, but to do it right with the controllers and other tweaks it's more like $200. You can purchase your console directly from ColorWare as well and cut out the shipping time (of course the Wii are out of stock).
For those who just need their console match the drapes and scream personality, this looks like a relatively inexpensive and painless solution. Although the colors above look like '80s jacket, '50s refrigerator and hospital green, there's actually a great assortment of colors to choose from. You can always attempt to do a custom paint-job yourself, but for those who would go ahead a purchase another console just for a color, spending the $100 - $200 here might be just a little more economical.
Reader Comments (21)
Posted: Apr 28th 2007 7:28PM RobAccomando said
Posted: Apr 28th 2007 7:41PM PoisonedAl said
Whoever did these knew what they were doing.
Too bad they are colour blind.
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Too bad they are colour blind.
Posted: Apr 28th 2007 7:51PM (Unverified) said
$200 is relatively inexpensive? Next time try not to make it so obvious that this isn't a post, it's an advertisement.
Skins from decalgirl.com are $15.
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Skins from decalgirl.com are $15.
Posted: Apr 28th 2007 7:56PM (Unverified) said
"Skins from decalgirl.com are $15."
As an added bonus, they don't look nearly as good!
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As an added bonus, they don't look nearly as good!
Posted: Apr 28th 2007 8:14PM (Unverified) said
lol @4, "dont make advertisements Joystiq, but ill go right ahead and make one now"
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Posted: Apr 28th 2007 8:57PM (Unverified) said
Please! Check www.llama.com/xbox360 to see cases of different colors and textures for way less, even transparent.
http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/news/images/XCM360Case/082506%20003.jpg
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http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/news/images/XCM360Case/082506%20003.jpg
Posted: Apr 28th 2007 9:35PM (Unverified) said
Yeah it's better to get a replacement vanity case I reckon. What if your 360 catches a bad case of "teh phaulty phirmwarez"? It's not like you still have your original case to ship it back with because your original case now has a paint job that set you back a couple hundred bucks.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2007 9:44PM (Unverified) said
The Wii on display here is mediocre and the XBox is hideous but that green PS3 is hot. I could go for that.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2007 10:00PM einhanderkiller said
The red and black Wii actually looks pretty cool, though it would be better if the controller were black, or a mixture of red and black.
The other two, however, are hideous (teal PS3? What?).
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The other two, however, are hideous (teal PS3? What?).
Posted: Apr 28th 2007 11:20PM (Unverified) said
I have allways though that my PS3 should have come with a laquered wood exterior for what it cost.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2007 2:29AM (Unverified) said
Dang no wonder Sony Chose black! That is one ugly machine! The 360 looks good even in that ugly shade of blue. What is that? Its not NC blue it just sucks.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2007 3:33AM PoisonedAl said
@ Emceay. True. Even colour blind people can tell these are fugly!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2007 11:09AM lunarworks said
I think the 360 looks great in that colour. The other two, not so much.
Joop: Decals and paint jobs are very different things. It takes SKILL to make a paint job not look like crap, but when you do it looks incredible. A decal is just a sticker.
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Joop: Decals and paint jobs are very different things. It takes SKILL to make a paint job not look like crap, but when you do it looks incredible. A decal is just a sticker.
Posted: Apr 29th 2007 11:55AM trainwrecka said
i'll wait on nintendo's official versions... oh wait... virtual console purchases are tied to the system they were purchased on... !!!!
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Posted: Apr 30th 2007 8:22AM (Unverified) said
look better than any OOT skins i've seen so far..
but joystiq obviously has a different idea of "relatively inexpensive" than i do..
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but joystiq obviously has a different idea of "relatively inexpensive" than i do..
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