What does Marcus think about the Wii Mini? Plus, a special announcement!
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I would also add the Gameboy Micro. The Gameboy Advance SP was already a little bit too small, and the Micro which was made even smaller, was impossible to play for more than 5 minutes without destroying your hands.
Note to author. Make the section titles BIGGER than the text for the body of each section. It reads better.
In case you missed it, the new look Wii mini launched across the UK last year at a RRP of £79 but it can be bought now for as little as £31.97 complete with a copy of Super Paper Mario. Head over to Brash Games to get the scoop....
Hm. All it took was a price drop to get me to change my opinion on this thing. This could be an excellent choice for kids just getting into gaming. It's a waste of money, though, for anyone else.
Gamerdeals:
"Today, Walmart started taking pre-orders on the upcoming $99 Wii Mini with Mario Kart!"
I get Nintendo's strategy here - this is similar to the 2DS - an entry-level console, for younger players.
This is a cheap way to get into gaming. Makes sense.
But I REALLY hope consumers will be able to realize that this IS a revision of the original Wii, and not the "new Wii". Hopefully this won't cause too much confusion for Wii U.
Not necessarily a wise thing for Nintendo to be doing. This holiday should be all about the Wii U. They can't afford to confuse consumers even more by having another Wii option out for them.
I really hope the sales staff are more educated this time around...
And here's to me walking into the Walmart this holiday only to leave wanting to ram my face into a wall after visiting the gaming section. For my area, this move was stupid on Nintendo. bad enough the game section staff don't seem to know shit about what they're working with.. but these people don't even organize. They just.. throw shit in. Last time I went they had 3DS XL's underneath the 360 section instead of the 3DS', they literally merged the Wii and Wii U section so it's a clusterfuck mess that'll be sure to confuse the shit out of un-informed parents..
Oh, but don't worry. The Ps3 and 360 sections are perfectly organized alongside the Ps4 and One sections.
Gamestop isn't any better.
I hope the consumers are smarter than the staff.
Ugh, common. You can pick a used Wii up for less than that, and it will be backwards compatible with GC and have online. Granted I still have not seen Mario Kart too cheap anywhere.
Someone over at GT should check these headers before they put these articles up.. LOL
Marcus was talking about New Year's Resolutions for gamers, devs and journalists. That mini Wii episode was from a couple of weeks ago..
I agree with a lot of what he was saying. But if he seriously thinks that these next gen consoles are gonna be around for only 4-5 years, then he's mistaken. I think that they are gonna push another 7-10 year cycle on us.
I don't know if I wanna see that long of a cycle truthfully but.. the millions I'm sure these companies have already spent on R&D for these next gen consoles tell me that they aren't gonna wanna turn around in 4-5 years to spend millions on R&D to make another one. I guess we'll have to wait and see..
Pachter is a funny doode. Still not really all that fond of him but he's kinda growing on me. When he and Marcus get together, it's pretty hilarious. Peace