Black Wii Could Hit North America in May

I probably would have chosen black if I had the chance from the beginning, but I'm certainly not going to buy another console just for the color.

Hopefully they'll let you transfer downloaded games, so you don't have to take one apart and transplant your old Wii's motherboard into it to retain the games you've paid for.

They never let you do that.

Not that I plan on getting one for the reasons stated above, but I wonder if they do release a Black Wii here in NA whether we will also be getting Wii Sports Resort and Wii Motion Plus. Nah, they'll probably just nickel and dime us.

Awesome!

I'm thinking about getting a replacement Wii as my original is approaching the three-years-in-service mark. There was a scary period in which games would freeze but that problem hasn't surfaced in months.

What's stopping me from getting the black Wii and giving the original one to my mother (my mother always gets my hand-me-down electronics) is the fact that all of my downloadable purchases are non-transferable. I may just ignore it and purchase "best of" WiiWare and VC titles for the new console, but I don't know...$199.99 USD could afford a 19" HDTV so I could play SMG 2 in 480p.

Decisions, decisions...

@Wolfcoyote

Purely out of curiousity, how many VC/WiiWare games have you got?

What grenworthshero said...

the black wii is well worth it, my ex wife kept the white one(with about 80 vc titles)

that was a good reason to buy a black one, good deal withg the motion plus and wiisports resort included....

If it's the same package as the UK for $200, that's a steal. Once again, Wii would be the hands down cheapo value option. I'd assume the original white one would go down to $150-$170 as well. Makes sense too with the black classic controller pro release.

Already have a white Wii that I think is attractive and iconic, with 2 nice matching Wiimotes, Nunchucks, and WM+ along with WSR and a handful of nontransferable downloads, so I'll be skipping out. Great deal for those who want/need a second Wii for some reason or the 20 people left in America without one already.

The black console looks really sharp, I was hoping they would of announced a few more colors, sort of like what they promised when the system was released.

Sort of like this

This might remain just a rumor seeing how its already April 27th. Nintendo would have already released a statement to get the consumers going.

I will so by a second Wii in black. In a heartbeat.

I find it extremely unlikely that this is just a rumor. Not considering the number of sources Kotaku listed. I'd check at work, but I don't have any hours this week.

But yeah, it kind of does seem like the regular white Wii would need a price drop if this released at the same price with at least $50 worth of extra stuff in the box. I guess it won't be too long until we know for sure, at least.

The black Wii's must have sold well in Europe and Japan for Nintendo of America to sell them in North America. I'm glad for you guys we got them and it's only fair, I got a black one becuse they were 'Limited editions' over here. Only thing I did wrong was to buy Sports Resort before buying it, The Wii has been out for over 3 years now so I do wonder how many black Wii's the big N will sell and they should have released it sooner but at the end of the day it's not my concern Nintendo makes enough money out of me...

Also will they do what they did with the DSi? and launch the Wii2 in a few months time, what I'm getting at is the DSi and then they launched the DSi XL...

Too bad this wasn't a color choice from the beginning...

I'll stick with the White Wii, personally it makes it look more whimsical, along with the White Wii Remote.

I would love to get a black Wii, but what about all the VC titles downloaded on my white Wii? I would want an easy way to transfer them from one console to the other. Nintendo needs to figure out a way to address this. I'm tired of always worrying about what will happen to my VC games.

@NintendoGamer
Can't you put them on the SD Card then put the other SD in the black wii?

Any one who dosen't get this is racist! LOL

@Tri4ceHolder: No, you can't. VC and WiiWare Games are coded so that only the Wii that you bought the game from would be able to play the game. This is meant to stop piracy. And I'm so glad I'm not racist. LOL

This seems good for people in the NA who want a Wii but are too hesitant because of the white finish. If they had these three years ago when I got a Wii, I would've got the black one.

I agree with you Donatello, plus is collects less dust