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Nintendo has confirmed that the Wii Mini will be releasing in Canada on December 7th for the price of $99.99. At this time it appears this is only for Canada and comes only in the color shown above for systems and controllers and does not support any gamecube features or wifi.
 
Looks good for someone like myself who has never gotten into playing the Wii, is it going to be available for the rest of the world as well??
 
The Wii Mini looks good for someone who just want to play Wii games, but not play online, or go online.

It could be useful as a console in a car, or RV where you don't have internet, and you need a small console to play on.

I wonder would Nintendo or another company will make a small TV for it.
 
Most people who buy the Wii Mini probably don't have or want to pay an extra $200 for a Wii U.

Some people may also not want to play games with the new Wii U Pro or tablet controller, and prefer the Wii Classic controller instead which is also cheaper.

A lot of people also like to wait for release consoles to drop in price to 199 or less before buying them.
 
I didn't buy into the hype when Nintendo released their original 7th gen console so I'm not interested in this mini version. Especially since it lacks gamecube backwards compatibility and wifi capability. And the console likely isn't that much smaller than the original. (I could also see it's power requirements similar so it's not like it'd be that much of a difference for travelling. Not like 1st gen PS3 to 5th Gen where they went from 380 watts to 190 watts.)

Plus I'd imagine that you could find the original pretty much anywhere for a similar or lesser price since they sold a ton of them (and a ton of them got returned when there were barely any games for the bloody thing). So buy a used one for cheap and pick up any of the games you wanted then. Skip this mini-nonsense.
 
A new original Wii seems to be gone from most of the popular Canadian websites for buying games like Bestbuy.ca , Futureshop.ca, and Walmart.ca unless you buy a Wii Bundle with Super Mario Bros for 149 dollars, or buy it used at Gamespot/EBworld. Stores in Canada only seem to be selling the Wii Mini online.

From seeing pictures online, the Wii mini seems more durable then the original Wii because it uses a top loading tray instead of a slot loading disc tray, and sits on the side instead of the narrow bottom like the original Wii. A top loading tray has the advantage of being able to remove the disc when there is no power, or your Wii is broken because all you need to do is press a mechanical button to unlock the Wii Mini's disc tray door which springs open on the top.
 
Indeed, I think the Wii Mini is Canadian only since most websites say it is Canadian only.

I wonder would an unopen plastic-wrap Wii Mini be a collectors item in a few years since there most likely be a lot less Wii Mini if it is only Canadian only compared to regular Wii which has many millions of Wiis sold worldwide

The more rare the console is, the higher a game console collector will pay for it especially if it is unused.
 
The Internet is not very good in a lot of places in Canada unless you live in a big city or town, or you are willing to pay more for expensive internet prices for high speed internet. Download limits still exist in many parts of Canada, so a lot of Canadians just use the internet for stuff like e-mail, web browsing, social networks, school, etc instead of Netflix, and online gaming because they might go over their download limit, and either be cut off from the internet or pay overage fees of $5 for each additional GB over the cap. This is one of the reasons Netflix and other streaming services are not popular in many parts of Canada.

Even the owner of Netflix complained that Canada's internet is bad as the third-world countries according to http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09/15/netflix-canada-internet-third-world_n_1887114.html

The Gamecube was also not very popular in Canada. I knew very few people who owned a Gamecube except for 1 person. Most people I knew owned either a PS2, or Xbox back in the past, so I think backward compatibility with Gamecube games is not a problem with a lot of people in Canada.

The Wii Mini makes sense for a lot of Canadians with bad internet, and never owned a Gamecube or any GC games.

Also, Canadians are more likely to have $99 to spend on an older console then countries with more poor people like Mexico, or Russia.
 
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