Wii Sports Resort, Wii Party drop by $10 on April 25

The Wii isn't the only Nintendo product experiencing a price drop. The House of Mario announced today that Wii Sports Resort and Wii Party will have a suggested retail price of $39.99 beginning April 25. The $10 software drop and Wii hardware price cut come in the wake of rumors that Nintendo will announce a new console at E3.

According to Nintendo, Wii Sports Resort, which includes the Wii MotionPlus attachment, has sold over 10.7 million units in the US since 2009. No sales figures were given for Wii Party, meaning it's likely considerably less than its Resort cousin.

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April 18, 2011

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Wii Sports Resort and Wii Party to Deliver Big Social Fun at an Even Bigger Value

From sparking instant social fun with friends to putting an interactive twist on family gatherings, Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort™ and Wii Party™ games are surefire ways to get groups of all ages on their feet and laughing together. Starting April 25, each of these two must-have games for the motion-controlled Wii™ system are now even more accessible at a new suggested retail price of just $39.99. Both games offer hours of multiplayer enjoyment that friends and family members can share together, regardless of their age or prior experience with video games. Once the games get going, everyone wants to join in.

With a dozen resort-themed activities that maintain the wide-ranging appeal of the original Wii Sports™ game, Wii Sports Resort transports players to the tropical paradise of Wuhu Island. While there, every member of the household can get in on fun activities such as golf, basketball, archery, wakeboarding and Swordplay. As they swing the Wii Remote™ Plus controller (or a Wii Remote controller with a Wii MotionPlus™ attachment) like a golf club or wave it like a sword, players can watch their movements precisely replicated on-screen for an immersive, instantly enjoyable experience. Since launching in 2009, Wii Sports Resort has sold more than 10.7 million units in the United States alone.

Wii Party packs 13 party game modes and more than 80 minigames that will keep friends and family smiling and having a blast. Best of all, the game allows every player to take a turn in the spotlight by placing his or her customized Mii™ characters at the center of the action. Some of the included games put an interactive twist on popular board games like bingo, while others use the speaker and vibration functions of the Wii Remote to move the action beyond the TV screen and into the living room. In Hide 'n' Hunt, for example, players must locate Wii Remote controllers that have been hidden around the room, while Animal Tracker challenges them to pick up the Wii Remote making the correct animal sound.

Additional controllers are required for multiplayer modes and are sold separately.

For more information about Wii Sports Resort and Wii Party, visit http://www.wiisportsresort.com and http://www.wiiparty.nintendo.com.

Reader Comments (20)

the whole wii motion plus thing kinda pisses me off in hindsight, glad i only got the one that came with resort and didn't upgrade all 4 of my wiimotes. i mean the only announced game that will take advantage of it in the future is zelda (i think) and they're going to have to bundle it with that game anyways in order to sell any copies.

@shabby329

Learnt my lesson from the wiifit, I will buy M+ AFTER the games I want to play have been released. Hey wiifit? how's life under that sofa? I took all your batteries for the controllers I use... you took 100 of my dollars.

Still about $20 too expensive.

I gotta say, I could play sword duels all day.

@Acosta02

Down by the bay?

@Acosta02

That was, by far, the most fun game of the bunch. Especially after I made the cast of Kill Bill into Miis.

Still, all day seems maybe a little hyperbolic.

@baby sea tuna

The fire of my warrior spirit shall never be quenched!

I've been getting back into Resort.
Playing Ping-Pong like a champ.

@Schlecht

I thought Sports Resort was actually pretty damn fun. I still play it today as the 3-point competition is a party favourite. Motion plus is impressive, it's just a shame that no one took advantage of it.

@Uncle Jesse
Also loving it. We just started doing the pictured wave race like event though we've owned the game since release. There is so much content. My favorite, and by far most played, is Disc golf. I'm also a big fan of the Cycling (which no-one else I've talked to enjoyed).
Dang, dang good game. Many, many hours of fun.

c'mon Nintendo. This should be $9.99 by now. At least a $20 price tag.

Everyone has already said it, but Nintendo seriously needs to drop the price in their games. It makes sense to do it now considering that the price of the Wii has come down so much (or is about to). People that held off could potentially be a lot more swayed to pick up the console with a couple of games if their weren't still 50 bucks each. Get with it, Ninty.

@(Unverified)

Um, get with the times? It's no secret that the Wii has sold incredibly well, but they've reached a saturation point and sales have slipped. A price cut in the console is one thing, but it's the actual software that will help sell it. Lots of people that don't have a Wii, after waiting all this time, aren't going to buy one now even if it costs 100 bucks because each game they might have wanted to play is still 50 bucks.

Both MS and Sony discount older games and actually celebrate and advertise when their more successful games are available at a cheaper price. Nintendo used to, but decided not to for some reason. They need to drop the price of their excellent, first party software, because that's the only thing that people who don't have a Wii would want to play, and it's most likely the only thing stopping them from buying a cheap Wii. Good enough for ya?

@Uncle Jesse I dont look at Nintendo releases any longer. They really lost me lately. Cept Pokemons.

"...in the US since 2009"

i'm sorry, did Nintendo really think it's giving the world a gift by reducing the price of a 2 year old game (a NOT too popular game) by $10?

Thank you, KING MIDAS!

@CaptainProtonX

My local Gamestop still lists Super Mario Galaxy for fifty dollars, new.

That shit came out in 2007.

To quote the esteemed Jervis Steadman...

"What the f*ck is this bullshit?"

@CaptainProtonX
10.7 million units is 'not too popular'?

Wow, I wish I was that unpopular...

I think Nintendo are trying hard to avoid the situation that exists in other game systems where people quite often say 'oh I'll wait two months and get that when the price drops' - because if it's a successful Nintendo game chances are pretty slim that you'll get a price drop after two YEARS, so you may as well buy it when it's new. Here's some exceptions.

On the plus side, at least their games are priced slightly less at launch (at the moment... I suppose that will end with Wii 2).

@xxxsam

So what you're saying is that Nintendo is actually penalising people who maybe can't afford to purchase a new game at 'new game' prices and would much prefer to wait for a price drop, by keeping the price close to the original price 2+ years after that game is being released. You do realise that there is almost no other software developer/publisher that subscribes to this belief, right? Keep it up Nintendo, it's greedy business practices like this that consumers really love.

That game doesn't need a price drop. It needs helmets!

Mario galaxy 1, smash bros, and a few others should be $19.99 by now