Rumor: Nintendo Wii Wheel MSRP may be $10

by Alexander Sliwinski on Apr 7th 2008 6:30PM

GoNintendo reports that the latest issue of Nintendo Power states the manufacturer's suggested retail price for the Nintendo Wii Wheel is $10. It appears that some retailers aren't taking the suggestion to heart, as Gamestop, Amazon and some other stores are selling the glorified plastic shell for $15 separetly from the game.

Best Buy seems to currently be one of the only retailers we could find that had the product listed and selling for $10 (but we're sure that the Joystiq army of internet detectives can find more). We've contacted Nintendo for confirmation on what the actual MSRP of the Nintendo Wii Wheel is and will update as soon as we receive an answer.

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Reader Comments (54)

This is the same as the Wii Zapper. Gamestop and Amazon both sold it for $25 ($5 over the MSRP), but Best Buy sold it for $20. Coincidence? I think not.

I even bought Zelda Training at $16.99 in Walmart.

At $10 each wheel, I will pick other 3 for my other remotes.

A sucker is born every minute...

It would make more sense if it came free with the next issue of Nintendo Power...

It would make more sense if it it came out of a cereal box

better yet a kinda egg supprise ! although it would have great diffuciluty fitting inside the chocolate egg .

How the hell do you hold it??? Def not 10 and 2, there is no space.

Actually rv, schools today (in America at least) encourage you to hold it at 4 and 8.

Yes it sucks.

"How the hell do you hold it???"

Isn't it obvious? You gotta nudge it with your knees while smoking a cigarette and messing with the radio.

Grrr.... thnx a lot Joystiq comment system.

Can I just get a $10 discount on the game and not the wheel bundled, then?

Seeing as how the game looks like a step down from DD, that'd be only reason I'd want it.

You can get Mario Kart for $9.99 at Gamestop, if you trade two games...

Too bad I don't like to trade my games =(

But, I will go tomorrow to a pawn shop, and see if I can buy two Wii games for less than $20, and trade them in Gamestop.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=39708

Im pretty sure I saw Tiger Woods 07 Wii on K-Mart or Target at $10 dlls.

That's if gamestop isn't already to stocked up on used copies of tiger woods.

@Fernando

Yea I think most of those games are higher value Wii games ... You can't trae in Wii Sports and the other game bundled with the Wii mote

you couldn't pay me to take that POS.

well no i guess you could. I do need to pay off the last 15 bucks on GTA 4

Mommy cut you off?

no it's called paying for your own shit you should try it sometime

Is that why you said you would take it if they paid you?

Ass. You don't have $15 lying around?

i do but why would i turn extra money away if i was offered

Because you're a sellout?

sellout? huh???

not sure what you're trying to get at, but i guess that would make me a sellout then..?

since i'm not rolling in money i'll take any kind of free money that i can get even if it meant a nintendo product would be sitting in my house for the first time in many years.

FIGHT! FIGHT!

pointless conversation ... Your not a sellout if you do not have tons of money lying around ... Your probably just a college student ... I didn't have any money until I got out of college

Selling out refers to the compromising of one's integrity, morality and principles in exchange for money, 'success' or other personal gain.

Okay, like McPoop said, pointless conversation.

I'm done now.

you couldn't pay me enough to care about your opinions.

well no you could. I need $15 to pay your mom for last night.

hurr hurr. You must be a writer for saint's row 2 with that kind of humor.

You, er, spelled "separately" wrong in the article.

for $10 they should also include a stencil that says "dumbass" for applying to forehead.

Do they need it? You're already sitting in front of a TV, waving a pint-size white steering wheel in space.

your comment made my day ... and your avatar

Vroomm! Vroom!

"So you want to give me a free Nintendo Wheel? What's in it for me?"

I can't believe this is a rumor situation. Shouldn't we know the price of the plastic at this point?

Anyone who makes a big deal out of $10 needs to start making their own money instead of leeching off their parents. How much did you think it was going to cost?

For something that they could probably sell for $3 and still profit off of?

Does anyone know if Logitech is making a wheel for the Wii? With force feedback?

Yes, it will also throw banana peels at your feet and turtle shells at your head.

I don't want to know the details about refills.

Looking at it I just realized I would have to take the remote out of the condom nintendo keeps me reminding me to use to put it in the wheel.

No real point here, just think it's annoying.

thats not a wheel, its an antenna for the Wiis old school UHF internet connection.

Why everyone dis the wheel, has anyone used it how do yous know if it is or isn't worth it until you try, it may be the best thing on Wii.

There was that MTV video where the guy tried it out and thats what I am basing my opinion off of ... Besides, if you have ever used a logitech wheel for racing games before (Nascar & Gran Turismo) you would know the benefits of a more stable wheel with a base and pedals

I think this wheel looks pretty weak ... If I do pick up this game (probably will for the kids & wife) I will use the classic controller ... They really should make a real wheel attachment like the Logictech racing wheel if they are going to do it ... I just can't see holding a wheel in the air pretending to drive a go kart ... I would rather pretend I am driving with something that at least looks like a real steering rig and attached to a table or sat in the lap ...If I am forced to choose between GTA IV and Mario Kart Wii I will probably go for GTA IV even though I really don't care for the content all that much ... If this is indeed the GTA to top all other GTA then I will certainly try it out ... I am not hating or trolling at all its just a matter of personal taste

Hey mcpoop, those wheels cost like a hundred bucks though and they are big and clunky to set up and put away. I'm pretty sure 99% of the people playing Mario Kart would never buy a full racing wheel setup for it. Plus you get a wheel icon next to your time on the leaderboard when you use the wiimote.

^ what he said.

And have you ever thought that maybe the guy on MTV was and still is a complete and incompetent noob.

I agree, Poop, but while control is what makes a great game, that's not what the Wii is about. It's about "the experience". You just can't get the sensation of driving a rackety go-kart without power steering unless you're waving around a lightweight chunk of plastic safely secured to your wrist.

It's pretty much like how disaster movies are supposed to be about things blowing up, but in the end, it's really just a sappy, really drawn-out vehicle for the "human element".

thats a pretty expensive piece of useles plastic.

Man, all the people who think ten dollars is expensive should have been here for the fifteen dollar article!

Guys, guys, guy, guys, guys.. one comes free with that game. If you don't like it, don't buy another one. If you REALLY don't like it, throw it away.

I just solved every problem posted in this thread. I would like five cents from each of you please.

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