Wii sales are down. Wii Sports, one remote and one nunchuk is an outdated set of stuff to get in the Wii's box.
In 1988, Nintendo released the NES Action Set, which included 2 controllers, the NES Zapper, and Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt on one game cart. It was the most popular version of NES sold in America. The NES was a confusing mess of different controllers, and different game experiences needing them in different configurations, just like the Wii is, but the Action Set gave people everything they wanted in one box.
For my birthday, early in the year 2000, I got a transparent green Nintendo 64, with a matching controller, a banana yellow Donkey Kong 64 cart, and the required RAM expansion pack. That was way cool.
I think Nintendo needs bundles like that right now. I really, really want to see stuff like that.
Let's say Nintendo cuts the price of the current Wii with Sports, one remote and one nunchuk to $199, but also releases a new configuration at a higher price point. In a dream scenario, what's in that box?
The most obvious choice:
Wii system
2 remotes
2 Motion +
2 Nunchuks
Wii Sports Resort
$299
Core Gamer's Set:
Wii system (Black)
1 remote
1 nunchuk
Super Mario Galaxy
Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime Trilogy
$299
Mario Set:
Wii system (Red with Mario "M")
4 remotes (1 each Red, Green, Navy and Yellow)
4 nunchuks (1 each Red, Green, Navy and Yellow)
4 Wii Wheels (1 each Red, Green, Navy and Yellow)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Special edition Mario Kart Wii with playable Yvan and Wolley Toads.
$399
Wouldn't that be more exciting than this?:
Wii system
1 remote
1 nunchuk
Wii Sports
Now only $199!
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
