Wii Mini Confirmed

[SifJar]

The optical drives on Wii consoles stopped reading burnt discs a few years ago. Any Wii produced in the last few years can't read burnt discs or commercial DVDs (as in movies etc. via stuff like WiiMC), even with a modchip fitted. There is practically zero chance they will have regressed for the Mini.

 

[Maxternal]

The only modchip that's actually done anything in recent Wii's is a WODE (Wii Optical Drive Emulator) which is basically a hardware version of USB loading. As for THAT part it all depends on if this Wii uses the same size drive connector on the motherboard or not.

The no SD and no USB hasn't actually been confirmed, though.
No USB is assumed because it says no internet and with USB you could at least use a USB Ethernet adapter.
No SD is just assumed because there's no SD slot in the pictures but there's still plenty of places for one that you CAN'T see in the pictures.

 

[Maxternal]

I'm not sure how legit this image is but I'm seeing colors.

Found it here
I still like the red one best.

 

[Rydian]

All four models have the exact same location and orientation, down to the pixel.
This shows that's no an actual picture of physical units, it's a mockup.

 

[xeronut]

The casing finish reminds me of an early 80's box of LEGO's - the blue ones with the flip-top lid. I still have that somewhere...

 

[thegamer408]

It's probably a toploader...

 

[thegamer408]

If it's cheaper to sell, it might be cheaper to produce... in which case they might intend to sell this instead of the normal Wii for users that still want the normal Wii for cheap.

It being smaller and more limited would be another reason to convince people to go for the Wii U instead (or after they get the Wii and find it fun, but limited).

I guess we'll have to wait for a teardown and such to see the approximate cost, and what exactly was removed/modified.

Ya, it's designed for family's who want a cheap Wii. Anyways, the Wii U is 300$ for the cheapest version.
But back in 2007, the Wii was sold out, and also costed 300$.

About the price, WHY THE HECK did Nintendo remove almost all of the features??!! Maybe this will be on AVGN in 20 years.
GO PS2
GO Xbox 360
GO Wii(original)