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Wii Fit + balance board - orders underway
10/03/2008
We've
added a preorder / stock checker page for Wii Fit with Wii balance board.
This game package is set to be the biggest selling game of 2008 and is
sure to sell out. The release date is 25th April 2008 and the price is
£69.99 with the balance board.
Click here to view our new - Wii
Fit stock checker
September Wii Stock news
28/09/2007
After a long, not so hot summer of freely available Wii stock, the
end of September marked the start of the Xmas rush. All but 2 retailers
were out of Wii stock today as Wii demand soared. Savvy shoppers realised
that they would have to buy a Wii Console very early this year to ensure
they would have one for Xmas.
Mario Party 8 recalled in the UK
17/07/2007
Nintendo had to recall all copies of Mario Party 8 from the shelves of
UK stockist because of an offensive term found in the game. A character
in the game known as Kamek shouts "Magikoopa magic! Turn the train
spastic! Make this ticket tragic!" I'm sure all of our UK readers
will know that Spastic started out as an acceptable term when referring
to disabled people, but has since become a slang term for the mentally
challenged.
Wikipedia describes the word Spastic as A politically incorrect term of abuse for an ungainly or physically inept person, as in "You're such a spastic"
The surprising thing is this was caused by a version error, some of the discs shipped to the UK were the wrong version. Which means that Nintendo have already shipped this game to other parts of the English speaking world with this term still in the game! Maybe it's just the UK that finds this term offensive, but in this context I would have thought that everyone would find this offensive.
Wii Fit & balance board to be released 2008
16/07/2007
Wii fit and the Wii balance board will be released next year and
should be priced at around £40 for the board alone. The Wii balance
board will work with other games besides Wii fit, but it's main strengths
are as an aerobic excercise aid. As the Wii balance board is basicallly
two weighing scales placed side by side, it will also be able to measure
your weight and calculate your BMI. As expected the Wii balance board
is a wireless device, running independant of the Wii remote controls.
Here's a video of the Wii balance board in action...
April Wii Stock news
30/04/2007
Demand for Wii consoles soared to new highs in April. Wii stock
levels improved with more reasonable priced Wii bundles being released,
but once again there was not enough stock to meet the huge demand. GAME
and Gamestation did well again, they both released new Wii bundles in
April giving consumers more choice in terms of which games they could
choose. Amazon was also a top performer, as they continue to release non-bundles
Wii consoles.
March Wii Stock news
29/03/2007
For Wii console hunters there were many highs and lows in March.
Amazon were the only retailer still selling the Wii console at £179.99
as every other retailer had moved to forced Wii bundles, including Woolworths
who had previously being selling Wii consoles at £179.99. In March
Amazon had hardly any stock at all which meant most people were now accepting
the fact that they would have to buy a Wii bundle or face a very long
wait.
GAME and Gamestation seemed to have the Wii in stock for very long periods during March. Whether people just didn't want these bundles or they had lots of Wii stock to sell we don't know, but all of these Wii consoles sold out eventually.
Towards the end of the month people were let down badly by the likes of Comet and Dixons who all advertised stock they didn't have, resulting in a lot of cancelled orders. SendIT came up with a sneaky method of attracting buyers to their site, they were advertising the Wii console at £179.99 and when they had stock this would change to a forced Wii bundle!
February Wii Stock news
28/02/2007
Wii Stock levels were very much better February. Woolworths, Amazon
and Gamestation released Wii consoles at £179.99. GAME started releasing
their Wii stock as a forced Wii bundle. These bundles lasted longer, but
eventually sold out when people realised the chances of bagging a Wii
console at £179.99 were a bit slim.
January Wii Stock news
31/01/2007
Wii Stock levels were very low in January after the Xmas launch
and complete sell out of launch stock. However Woolworths saved the day
for a lot of people by releasing more Wii consoles at £179.99 than
any other retailer.
PC World no longer taking preorders
22/11/2006
PC World did well to keep their preorders selling for so long.
Considering they had the best bundle deal by far I'm surprised they didn't
sell out quick like they did at Amazon.
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