I saw it, it was my inspiration for the statement

Woot.... I was thinking it was a heck of a coincidence, or that you did see it. ;)

Just wait till they release black and blonde colored Wii's.... They could just call it Blacks on blondes.

I don't think removing Wii Sports from the bundle is a good idea.

 That would require there being a game better than Wii Sports. 

I would say that Nintendo should just keep Wii Sports in and pack-in Smash Bros. along with it. People would go insane for that.

These are some pretty good points, but I don't think that they constitute sufficient reason to avoid different colors, or black in particular, at all.  

Black is also seen as clean, simple, and elegant.  (That is, as long as it's not a dust magnet that scuffs as soon as you breathe on it like my PS3 -- but even that gets two out of three.)   I don't know about the "less friendly" bit but I will back up what others have said by saying that every last one of the many pieces of equipment in my main home entertainment center is black or dark grey and I didn't plan it that way at all.  Many of the walls in my house are white or off-white but there is also a lot of dark wood and dark brick, which is true of my friends' homes as well.  And I don't think color is anywhere close to the main reason Wii is selling gangbusters and PS3 is not.  

Microsoft may be benefiting from a Wii60 effect but I don't think Nintendo will until supply comes closer to demand in the States, and it won't be a big factor then either.   

As for color differences, this may indeed cause a certain degree of uncertainty in weak-minded consumers (who are legion) but I don't think that many people have trouble with the concept that they can buy a new car in any color they want (except of course a Model T) so I don't know why a second or third color option for the Wii would send them screaming for the hills, especially when five seconds with a non-idiotic salesperson will set them straight.   

Personally, though, mine's been wearing an NES-like skin ever since last Christmas.  Sometimes I almost forget it was originally white.  I think it looks quite handsome.  

One problem with all these pack-in suggestions is that these are popular full-retail games people are proposing be pack-ins.  That's just not going to happen without a price hike, which would be counterproductive.  (Although I suppose Wal-Mart and others are already doing this unofficially.)

The biggest thing, though, is that Wii Sports is simply the perfect pack-in game.  Maybe not for you or me, but for the people who might actually need convincing to buy a Wii.  I still remember -- several months ago, now -- seeing some guy in a computer store, who looked like he might retire in a few years, sucking horribly at one of the Wii Sports games and grinning like a maniac the whole time. 

Wii Sports is a system seller, and there is no other game better at getting more Wiis out the door than would have sold with just the bare system.  That's the bottom line.  

Interesting info on what the new SKU might include:

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/10/rumor-nintendo-.html

Is Nintendo planning an educational Wii package aimed at younger players? The blog Codename Revolution dug up a UPC code for a new Nintendo of America product that its anonymous retail source says is a new Wii console SKU.

Wired News looked up the code on a UPC database and found that the data attached to it has been modified just today. The product name is Wii Play 'n Learn.

Perhaps some signals have been crossed and this product is an educational game. Or maybe it will indeed be bundled with Wii hardware in an attempt to bring in parents buying Wii as an early-learning device.

UPDATE: Or maybe, as a couple people have suggested on GAF, they're bundling existing games with thc console, like Big Brain Academy or Wii Play. That also sounds possible.

Wired News has requested comment from Nintendo.

 Nintendo could do that for one of two reasons!!!

-To promote the DS Downloading station feature from the Wii to DS

-When Wii/DS sales are really falling BADLY (PS3 numbers), this might boost sales up again!!!