Wed, Feb 27, 2013 | 12:16 GMT
Wii Mini priced £79.99 at Amazon UK as pre-orders begin
Wii Mini was announced for a UK launch yesterday. Online retailer Amazon has priced Nintendo’s tiny console at £79.99, ahead of its March 22nd launch.
As you can see, Amazon is now taking orders on the console. Competitor GAME is also taking orders at £79.99.
ShopTo is also taking orders at £84.95.
When it was first unveiled last year, Nintendo stated that the Wii Mini would launch exclusively in Canada, before its about-face yesterday. The unit has no online functions.
Thanks Eurogamer.
4 comments
#1
SplatteredHouse
27/02/13, 12:21 pm
Wow, even Tim Allen would be at a loss to cover that. You could buy a pre-owned non-deficient Wii for around half that, most likely. And you wouldn’t have to be concerned about being locked out of the online network, either lol
#2
ArithonUK
27/02/13, 12:27 pm
£80 here vs £65 in Canada. Rip off Britain strikes again.
Wii taking the Pii.
#3
Kabby
27/02/13, 1:48 pm
Should be 49.99.
#4
mistermogul
27/02/13, 3:30 pm
I’ve got a feeling Nintendo are just trying to get the Wii over the 100 million sales mark, hence this silly contraption.
The headline of their press release makes me chuckle:
“NINTENDO INTRODUCES NEW Wii MINI THAT’S ALL ABOUT THE GAMES”
Yeah it’s all about the games except for the hundreds of downloadable and Gamecube games eh?!