Nintendo has no plans for black Wii in US

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jul 16th 2009 1:45PM

Nintendo has stated it has no plans to release other colors of Wii in the US -- including the sleek black Wii launching in Japan on August 1. A Nintendo rep informed GameDaily of the devastating news, which we, of course, will take with a brick of salt. We know Nintendo to be a lie factory about its products, so we'll wait and see.

Once -- if -- Wii sales ever drop off, we expect a freakin' deluge of Wii colors that'll make a gay Pride parade look like a drab, colorless scene out of Killzone 2.

[Thanks, Ash!]

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Tags: black-wii, gamedaily, Nintendo, Wii

Reader Comments (109)

I don't care about the black Wii, but please, PLEASE give us black Wiimotes and Nunchuks!

too bad they don't have any good game

@ Andrew

and this, ladies and gentlemen, is someone you would call an IDIOT! ZttP, SSBB, MP3 Corruption, FE:RD, TCON (The Conduit) and Madworld all say "hi Troll" and "EPIC FAIL" my good friend.

Zttp= LOZTP

DAMN THIS FUDGING KEYBOARD!! always forcing me to hit the buttons hard! damn piece of junk!

i would just LOVE it if it came to Europe.

For the black clad Wii´s, importing is the obvious option. Play Asia has them up for pre-order (shipping from August 1). See here http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-buyj-71-bt-49-en-84-j-70-3fe0.html

What´s more - The controllers, which are totally region free also come in the sexy satin black.

Wiimote - http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-buyj-71-113-49-en-84-j-70-3fe1.html

Nunchuk - http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-buyj-71-113-49-en-84-j-70-3fe2.html

I am definitely getting the classic controller and a black wiimote as well. I´ll have everyone play with the white ones, while I´ll be dominating them in any game whatsoever, using my Sith black remote ;) The Force wiil be with me ;)

Oh, the classic controller link is here (Joystiq only allows 3 links per post)

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-buyj-71-113-49-en-84-j-70-3fe3.html

In my opinion, the Wii is unbelievably successful. If Nintendo plays it's cards just right, it will never lose sales. Not only would the 12 people who don't already own Wiis buy one when they add new colors (black specifically) but if Nintendo makes it simple to transfer Wiiware and Virtual Console purchases to a new Wii I am sure about 20% of Wii owners will upgrade to a more stylish console. I for one would love a black Wii, it deludes the stereotype that the Wii is a childs toy.