New $199.99 Nintendo Wii Price Is Official

Sep 24 2009, 2:39am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nintendo sent out a press-release making the rumored Wii price-cut official. Beginning Sunday September 27th you can go and buy the Wii console for the new low price of $199.99.
With this price-cut Nintendo is back to matching the price of the cheapest Xbox 360 console. This price-cut should be enough to keep the number one spot in the video game sales charts this holiday season. In the UK there is a rumor of new Wii Bundles that would include the MotionPlus accessory. I could imagine that Nintendo is bringing such bundles world-wide to drive even more sales.

With the press-release Nintendo highlights also some of the upcoming key software releases for the Wii. See the list below.

Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) Available Now

Guitar Hero 5 (Activision) Available Now

The Beatles: Rock Band (EA) Available Now

Metroid™ Prime: Trilogy (Nintendo) Available Now

Dead Space Extraction (EA) Sept. 29

Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) Oct. 4

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (LucasArts) Oct. 6

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (SEGA) Oct. 13

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (Konami) Nov. 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex (Activision) Nov. 10

New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) Nov. 15

EA Sports Active More Workouts (EA) Nov. 17

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Capcom) Nov. 17

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (LucasArts) Nov. 17

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft) Nov. 24

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