Nintendo may, in decades to come, regard the Wii Remote as its greatest controller. While we can argue until the cows come home about the layout of the GameCube controller or the merits of a classic SNES pad, the Wii Remote is a sales phenomenon that has been waved around by hundreds of millions of people. Spanning two generations of hardware to date, it's recognisable, accessible and works well in a whole host of ways.
Whenever new designs emerge they also prompt keen Nintendo gamers to prepare their bank cards. We've seen snappy Wii Remote Plus designs for Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and more, and they're obvious candidates to replace their plain predecessors. The good news is that there are even more on the way, with the two new models celebrating Bowser and Toad.
These are landing in Japan in March, but it wouldn't surprise us if these are also pushed to the West to cash in alongside the upcoming Mario Party 10, which lands on 20th March and will be pushing local multiplayer alongside the Super Mario wave of new amiibo figures. With Bowser and Toad figurines in that range, and the characters being prominent in the party game, it would be no surprise if these controllers popped up in stores.
Let us know what you think of these designs. Which would you go for - Bowser or Toad?
[source kotaku.com]
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Think I'm gonna set up a Nintendo direct debit
I'm gonna get both to complete the set! Which means I need to get those 6-matching amiibos as well. I guess I have to skip some Smash amiibos. Oh Nintendo, y u always take my money?
If Toad comes out in the West I'll buy it. Other than that I'm fine with my skyward sword wiimote.
The Toad one looks pretty cool, can we have a Toadette one please?
Being a passionate Celtic supporter that green and gold Bowser remote should really appeal to me more than the blue,white and red of the former club Rangers Toad remote but strangely it doesn't.I want that Toad remote and am willing to put up with the snidey remarks that will undoubtedly come my way from my Sevco loving mates!
Getting both.
is Wario too much to ask?
I'll get the Toad remote, as the colours on the Bowser remote look horrible. In the future, I'd like to see some controllers based on other Nintendo franchises. If a King Dedede controller was to rear it's head, I'd grab it in a heartbeat.
How about some themed Pro controllers Nintendo?! Whats the deal with the dinosaur wii remote getting all this fancy treatment as of late? This should have been a thing during the Wii era. Then again, im not too surprised, it is nintendo after all....
I would love the Toad one! But does anyone know why we in North America didn't get the Yoshi one last year? That would've been very popular for sure.
Bowser is nice but I don't need another Wiimote.
getting both. need more Wii remotes anyways
Getting both hopefully!
Well if I'm ever in the market for another wiimote I'd snag the bowser one, because it is sweet! I've got plenty of wii notes as it stands, though.
I still lack Yoshi, but with these I might need to get the rest of the set and re-home my black and gold remotes....
I'd get the Toad one to have a complete SMB2 set. (Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess.)
Toad for the win!
I gotta admit, I really like both of those! Might as well finish off the Mario themed remotes collection
These things are great! I would like to have them all one day I currently have Mario and luigi my only question is... why now???
Why not release these when the Wii was at the height of popularity??
Bowser! 😀
I already have 4 remotes but for some reason I still want that Toad one.... decisions
I love the Toad one it looks amazing !
I'm still waiting for Yoshi in the Americas...
I want to upgrade all my old Wiimotes but Nintendo have maintained the ridiculous prices from 2006.
I can feel my old habits wanting me to get both. But I'm going to pass. Wario and Waluigi would be harder, but by the time they'll finally release such awesomeness -should they ever- I'll be ready to say 'enough is enough'.
The bowser one looks great but I've just got new Wii remotes so I have 4 colours(no white!) And all motion plus. What I REALLY WANT is some nunchuck options aswell!! How many official options are there out there? I Know of the red/white/black ones and I found the gold one's were crazy expensive!
"cash in alongside MP10"
JUST GIMME THE ROSALINA WIIMOTE ALREADY
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Wave 4: Donkey Kong and Wario
Wave 5: Rosalina and (insert character here)
NOTE: The above is just speculation
I have the Mario PDP controller. I hope they make a Bowser edition; hear me RAWR!
I dreamt that they were making Bowser remotes last night. How interesting.
Bowser is great looking but I don't know if I need to spend another $40 on a Wiimote I don't need.
Time to sell a couple of the white ones (non plus) along with a couple of black ones (plus) and make enough money to buy the Bowser one. If I sell them at 8 bucks each, then I can almost certainly buy this one, specially since I already own the Mario and Luigi's ones.
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