Mini Wii to be released

[ShadowSoldier]

No internet? Canada exclusive?

I smell some stereotyping here!

Ya because you know the States or other countries don't get exclusives.

I think this is pretty cool. Might pick it up if I can scrounge up $100. Be cool to have one of these to go along with my WiiU, maybe keep this for parties or something.

 

[tbgtbg]

I have to laugh at it being called "mini". Because the original Wii was SOOOOOOOOOOOO big, rite?

More like Wii Cheepo here than Wii Mini.

Lack of WiFi is weird, but do we know for sure it lacks SD and USB? We haven't seen the connector panel, hell, maybe there's an ethernet jack. Probably not, but it wouldn't be so bad if they did. Frankly I wish I had an ethernet port on my Wii (and not via a USB adapter).

 

[RchUncleSkeleton]

Looks like a piece of garbage....the Wii had a particular design and look that everyone knows and this just looks like a $20 Wii ripoff. Seriously, a top loading disc tray? Oh well, it is what it is.

 

[TheDarkSeed]

I'm gonna take a shot in the dark, and say no USB ports either. No WiiWare, no downloadable channels. Makes sense since they are leaning on the Wii has over **** titles, and they mention how some accessories won't work. (WiiSpeak, USB mics, etc.) Also no USB ports means no USB loading games. Sort of a last ditch effort to stop piracy or something. Of course it could always just be a low cost Wii unit to grab the interest of people who don't have a Wii or WiiU in Canada.

But how can I play uh...Guitar Hero?

I'll wait 'til they sell it for $30. Which will be very soon.

 

[nukeboy95]

wii mini where's the wii u mega deluxe

 

[EthanObi]

Pre-Order page is up on canadian best buy http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product...spx?path=d9a50a5ab1cdbaf9f8ef0f49cf284fb5en02

 

[mrpinkeye]

wow

1)this looks horrible
2)the wii is already tiny
3)the wii is already cheap
4)no wifi is facepalm

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Pre-Order page is up on canadian best buy http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product...spx?path=d9a50a5ab1cdbaf9f8ef0f49cf284fb5en02

I'd get it, but I hate Best Buy. It'd suck if it was an exclusive there. But I'll wait until it comes to my local EB.

 

[KingVamp]

Unless this comes with a Mini T.V. I'm not buying it.

That would make it partially worth it. Could be put into a car or something...

 

[gamefan5]

No internet? Canada exclusive?

I smell some stereotyping here!

I'm from canada and even I don't get it.
Lemme guess, the fact that we live in the north makes you think that we have no internet?

 

[JulietStMoon]

I really don't see the point of this, honestly. It makes sense to do this with handhelds, like the Game Boy Micro, since the DSi dropped GBA compatibility and it provided a nice option for people who wanted to play their DSis and maybe keep a way to play GBA games on them without taking too much space. But I don't think it makes sense with consoles. What's the point? Especially when the Wii is already pretty small for a console, and the "Wii Family Edition" just came out a year ago (or was it 2 years?), and this one just eliminates basic functionality like wifi. The fact that GameStop sells used Wiis (even with GameCube compatibility) for $80 doesn't help.

That said, I hope someone I know buys this, just so I have an excuse to tell them, "My Wii is bigger than yours."

 

[Maxternal]

What I see on this :

This is just like they did with the NES and SNES as well as the GBA Micro, just a hope at mopping up the last few sales of those who are not interested in the new console but would still be interested in a cheap version of the old one.

Spoiler: Same category as these ones :

This doesn't mean they don't have hopes that having a little experience with the Wii Mini will get some of those customers interested in the Wii U later on.
I've seen a lot of people saying it's crap but just those few people saying they'd actually buy this is all Ninty wants.

No GameCube was obvious given the past couple years of no-GC Wii's already out. The drive, though, actually WOULD accept GC disks as you'd just have to place the hold over the center. It wouldn't care how BIG the disk is. It'd be perfect for Devolution IF it's actually hackable.

This is YET ANOTHER new drive revision. I kinda wonder if the data connection is the same size as the normal Wii. This would be the perfect opportunity for Ninty to make at least one hardware revision that a WODE wouldn't work on.

An SD card slot could very well be near the base of the console behind a little door or something. The photos I've seen don't give a good look at that part of it. On the other hand, the kind of casual gamer that's gonna buy this thing isn't likely to own enough games to fill up the internal memory with game saves and without an Internet connection, a lot of space is freed up without the standard system channels that would need Internet anyhow.
Ninty being cheap enough to take out the GC ports in the first place (and the multiplayer port on the GBA Mirco and DS), makes sense that they'd skimp on that little bit of cash.
The MAIN thing I'd see, though, if they decided to take out the SD card is that it'd be practically UNHACKABLE.

I haven't paid attention if it actually says "NO INTERNET" or just "NO WIFI" since there's always the USB adapter (if it actually has USB ports.)
NOT including USB ports, though, once again would be a sure way to make sure there was NO USB LOADERS even if it does end up having an SD port.
The fact that it specifically says it's compatible with 1300+ Wii titles and that linking to a list makes me think that it's NOT compatible with some and besides the few like DDR that NEEDED a GameCube plug, the USB port is the only thing I can think of that would make the game compatible AT ALL (I can't think of any game off hand that's online ONLY so I don't think that would account for the list ... but I could be wrong.)

The system menu is still gonna be there but I'm sure it won't ship with the video about connecting your Wii to the Internet or the dummy channels that tell you to go to the shop channel to get the full versions. If there's the possibility of the USB Internet adapter it MIGHT have a shop channel and if it has an SD port it MIGHT have a photo channel but other than that I'd say it's just the disk channel and the mii channel and lots of space for any disk installed channels like the Mario Kart Wii channel.
They left the GameCube section in data management before so they'll still leave the SD card icon in there. It's not worth writing a new System menu for this thing.

Coming from Central America, this would be great for third world countries. Here it IS true that not that many people have Internet (not just a stereotype) and piracy is rampant so a console that is unhackable but cheap would be just what Nintendo might TRY to marked down here.

/rant

 

[Deleted_171835]

Makes sense, I guess. Now that the Wii U is out, Nintendo can market the Wii as the budget console like Sony did with the PS2. At an attractive price ($99), it should make a fair bit of profit.

 

[chyyran]

I'm from canada and even I don't get it.
Lemme guess, the fact that we live in the north makes you think that we have no internet?

Apparently, there's some stereotype that Canadians are technologically backwards.

Allow me to counter with this rap.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Apparently, there's some stereotype that Canadians are technologically backwards.

There is? First I ever heard of this.

 

[Maxternal]

There is? First I ever heard of this.

Stereotypes of a country are always seen from the outside looking in. People don't tend to hear about them from within their own country.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Stereotypes of a country are always seen from the outside looking in. People don't tend to hear about them from within their own country.

No I mean I have never heard this stereotype at all.

Cold winters? Sure (although not where I live)
Live in igloos? Yep.
Polar Bears as pets? You betcha.

But having the stereotype of being technologically behind is a bit stupid considering.. well.. pretty much everything the states has, we have.

 

[Rydian]

Stereotypes of a country are always seen from the outside looking in. People don't tend to hear about them from within their own country.

Unless you're in the US.

 

[Maxternal]

Live in igloos? Yep.

I know this, too, is the type of stereotype that's too stupid for people to actually BELIEVE no matter how common it is that people have actually HEARD of the stereotype ... but an igloo probably doesn't have a WiFi connection.

 

[JulietStMoon]

Stereotypes of a country are always seen from the outside looking in. People don't tend to hear about them from within their own country.

I'm from the USA, and I've never heard this before, either.