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[CUD]

Amazon is the latest major retailer in the UK to drop both SKUs of the Wii U by £50. Like Shopto and Asda before it, Amazon is chopping 20 percent off the 8GB Basic Pack's launch price, placing the console at £199 ($297), while the 32GB Premium Pack with Nintendo Landbundled in is down to £249 ($372).

While sales reports haven't made great reading for Nintendo of late, likely prompting the price drops in the UK, the company enjoyed a dramatic stock bump earlier this month, put down to the weakening yen and a boom in the US jobs market.

http://www.joystiq.c...i-u-price-drop/

 

This will help sales a bit but I feel they're jumping the gun like they did with the 3DS. Well maybe Nintendo will make you early adopters 'Nintendo Ambassadors' again...

[SoldMyWiiUAndLeftTheForums]

I hate price drops, only cos' I always get stuff at launch lmao.............

[Robotic Sunshine Commander]

they better not. Nintendo is already losing money on wii u

[Big Boss]

I don't understand why the price was so much higher in Europe to begin with.

[Abcdude]

Now introducing, The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program!

 

The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program is Nintendo's way of showing appreciation for consumers who purchased a Nintendo Wii U system during its first few months of availability.

 

Ambassadors will receive 20 free Virtual Console games, up to a $120 value. The games include

 

10 Free Nintendo 64 Games:

- Super Mario 64

- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

- Blast Corps

- Donkey Kong 64

- StarFox 64

- Yoshi Story

- Pokemon Snap!

- Mario Tennis

- Super Smash Bros.

- MarioKart 64

 

10 Free Nintendo Gamecube Games:

- Super Mario Sunshine

- Luigi's Mansion

- Super Smash Bros. Melee

- Pokemon XD: Gales of Darkness

- Starfox adventures

- MarioKart Double Dash!!

- Metroid Prime

- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

- Paper Mario Thousand Year Door

- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

 

Games first 10 games will be available August 11th, with the wii U deluxe console being dropped to $270.

[cannonshane]

^^^Got a link ??? So does this go off the date you registered your NNID ?

Edited by cannonshane, 14 March 2013 - 09:49 PM.

[Reversal]

Now introducing, The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program!
The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program is Nintendo's way of showing appreciation for consumers who purchased a Nintendo Wii U system during its first few months of availability.
Ambassadors will receive 20 free Virtual Console games, up to a $120 value. The games include
10 Free Nintendo 64 Games:- Super Mario 64- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time- Blast Corps- Donkey Kong 64- StarFox 64- Yoshi Story- Pokemon Snap!- Mario Tennis- Super Smash Bros.- MarioKart 64
10 Free Nintendo Gamecube Games:- Super Mario Sunshine- Luigi's Mansion- Super Smash Bros. Melee- Pokemon XD: Gales of Darkness- Starfox adventures- MarioKart Double Dash!!- Metroid Prime- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures- Paper Mario Thousand Year Door- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Games first 10 games will be available August 11th, with the wii U deluxe console being dropped to $270.

Is this for real or did you just make all this up?

[Kao]

Is this for real or did you just make all this up?

I hope it's real, it wloud be awesome!

[Mitch]

Now introducing, The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program!

 

The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program is Nintendo's way of showing appreciation for consumers who purchased a Nintendo Wii U system during its first few months of availability.

 

Ambassadors will receive 20 free Virtual Console games, up to a $120 value. The games include

 

10 Free Nintendo 64 Games:

- Super Mario 64

- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

- Blast Corps

- Donkey Kong 64

- StarFox 64

- Yoshi Story

- Pokemon Snap!

- Mario Tennis

- Super Smash Bros.

- MarioKart 64

 

10 Free Nintendo Gamecube Games:

- Super Mario Sunshine

- Luigi's Mansion

- Super Smash Bros. Melee

- Pokemon XD: Gales of Darkness

- Starfox adventures

- MarioKart Double Dash!!

- Metroid Prime

- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

- Paper Mario Thousand Year Door

- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

 

Games first 10 games will be available August 11th, with the wii U deluxe console being dropped to $270.

 

 

 

 

Dont forget to point out how each game has been updated to full gamepad support of some sort, cuz 20 free oldies are a nice touch but once they said full gamepad compatibility that just completly made it worth buying it early

Edited by Mitch13pavel, 14 March 2013 - 10:52 PM.

[Chaz]

Think the Wii U Ambassador Program is just a hoax.

 

Not surprised retailers are dropping the price though, it's hard to move a system with so few games available. I wound up with 2 Deluxe sets at launch and still can't get full price for the spare one on ebay...nobody's biting.

Edited by Chaz, 15 March 2013 - 05:21 AM.

[Koldur]

The price drop has nothing to do with Nintendo's pricing, the retailers are selling it for less than they normally do. Maybe they are making a small loss, or maybe they are making no or a little profit now.

[tboss]

all the price drops i saw so far were in europe, bringing the price to the same thing as what it is in the US, or close to it.  

[Abcdude]

Is this for real or did you just make all this up?

I made it up. It was just a joke on what happened when the 3DS was price dropped.

[Keviin]

Now introducing, The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program!

 

The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program is Nintendo's way of showing appreciation for consumers who purchased a Nintendo Wii U system during its first few months of availability.

 

Ambassadors will receive 20 free Virtual Console games, up to a $120 value. The games include

 

10 Free Nintendo 64 Games:

- Super Mario 64

- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

- Blast Corps

- Donkey Kong 64

- StarFox 64

- Yoshi Story

- Pokemon Snap!

- Mario Tennis

- Super Smash Bros.

- MarioKart 64

 

10 Free Nintendo Gamecube Games:

- Super Mario Sunshine

- Luigi's Mansion

- Super Smash Bros. Melee

- Pokemon XD: Gales of Darkness

- Starfox adventures

- MarioKart Double Dash!!

- Metroid Prime

- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

- Paper Mario Thousand Year Door

- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

 

Games first 10 games will be available August 11th, with the wii U deluxe console being dropped to $270.

 

... I wouldn't even be that mad. These are some sick games.

[Nollog]

This price drop has nothing to do with Nintendo.

If amazon and co want to make less profit on the sale of the console, more power to them.

 

I wish the market here was as competitive as there.

[Jacob]

Wii U prices dropped... YES!

[Alph]

Now introducing, The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program!

 

The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program is Nintendo's way of showing appreciation for consumers who purchased a Nintendo Wii U system during its first few months of availability.

 

Ambassadors will receive 20 free Virtual Console games, up to a $120 value. The games include

 

10 Free Nintendo 64 Games:

- Super Mario 64

- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

- Blast Corps

- Donkey Kong 64

- StarFox 64

- Yoshi Story

- Pokemon Snap!

- Mario Tennis

- Super Smash Bros.

- MarioKart 64

 

10 Free Nintendo Gamecube Games:

- Super Mario Sunshine

- Luigi's Mansion

- Super Smash Bros. Melee

- Pokemon XD: Gales of Darkness

- Starfox adventures

- MarioKart Double Dash!!

- Metroid Prime

- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

- Paper Mario Thousand Year Door

- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

 

Games first 10 games will be available August 11th, with the wii U deluxe console being dropped to $270.

I wish they done that.

[Gamejunkie]

I don't understand why the price was so much higher in Europe to begin with.

I take it you don't know that things in general are far more expensive in the EU and UK. The cost of living in general is much higher.

[Desert Punk]

Retailers are shifting surplus stock at lower or even no margin. No shop wants stock just sitting on the shelf ageing. Nintendo will be forced into a price drop I think because shops simply won't be re-ordering at the current price. Its all about supply and demand and without demand no point supplying it.

[Skywalkman-GB]

Now introducing, The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program!

 

The Nintendo Wii U Ambassador Program is Nintendo's way of showing appreciation for consumers who purchased a Nintendo Wii U system during its first few months of availability.

 

Ambassadors will receive 20 free Virtual Console games, up to a $120 value. The games include

 

10 Free Nintendo 64 Games:

- Super Mario 64

- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

- Blast Corps

- Donkey Kong 64

- StarFox 64

- Yoshi Story

- Pokemon Snap!

- Mario Tennis

- Super Smash Bros.

- MarioKart 64

 

10 Free Nintendo Gamecube Games:

- Super Mario Sunshine

- Luigi's Mansion

- Super Smash Bros. Melee

- Pokemon XD: Gales of Darkness

- Starfox adventures

- MarioKart Double Dash!!

- Metroid Prime

- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

- Paper Mario Thousand Year Door

- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

 

Games first 10 games will be available August 11th, with the wii U deluxe console being dropped to $270.

Since when did nintendo get the rights for the RARE game donkey kong 64, its the same issue with Goldeneye, we wont ever see that released on the Wii VC or Wii U VC, so fail on the post im afraid haha