Rant: Does it make sense to bring the Wii Mini to the US?

*It's been a while since I've had anything to share with you, but here we go - Nintendo's last minute decision to milk as much out of the Wii as possible.*


Nintendo announced that they would be releasing a low-cost, basic model of the Nintendo Wii, the Wii mini, in American markets on November 17, 2013 for a retail price of $99.99. The Wii Mini made its way to Canada in 2012 and Europe earlier this year.

The Wii mini is essentially a stripped down version of the Wii – it lacks backwards compatibility with Game Cube titles (similar to the Wii Family Edition released in 2011), only features component output, does not have an SD card slot, and does not have online capabilities. The system will also be smaller and more compact than its counterpart and is built to sit horizontally. The system comes in one color scheme – black with a red trim. Discs are manually loaded by opening the top rather than through a disc feeder. At launch, bundles will come with a red Wii-mote Plus and Nunchuck as well as a copy of Mario Kart Wii.

What is Nintendo trying to accomplish with this?

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