Wii-U - Amazon listing UK prices and launch date
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ScreenSplitter
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Or if you own a Wii, way, way cheaper. The WiiU itself is too expensive right now, but will obviously be moreso when you add in the kitchen sink.
grimshawish
Banned
Nintendo really should do a family pack of Wii+ Motes tbf.
fabricated backlash
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Nintendoland now back in and Premium is now 24 months :/
Ok if I could get this bundle for say 380 Euros, that would be a done deal for me. And I'd get Rayman Legends as well.
ScreenSplitter
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Nintendoland now back in and Premium is now 24 months :/
24 months like... two years? Like till December 2014?
gingerbeardman
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Zavvi £299.99 for that, but details thin on the ground: http://www.zavvi.com/10639054.html
Good to see Nintendo Land is back in on Amazon
24 months like... two years? Like till December 2014?
YEs, we all knew it was, but amazon were stating 3 months hence why I pointed it out.
Wozzer
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Considering the consoles specifications and it's questionable lifespan this upcoming generation, no I'd say that the console itself is too expensive. The accessories are well priced, but that's mostly thanks to being able to rely on old hardware that has now drastically fallen in price - a nice move that I'd love to see replicated in MS/Sony's next offerings.
milkybar1983
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i don't trust that zavvi price, sticking with tesco
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Ordered the ZombiU version from Amazon. Don't like the price, but I hope it will drop.
Ein Bear
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I just straight-up don't trust Zavvi. If the bundles do work out to be the same on both sites, I'd rather spend the extra money on Amazon so I at least know my order won't wound up sent out to India three months late or something.
radioheadrule83
Banned
https://www.sainsburysentertainment...ndo-Land-Black/product.html?product=E11134256
This worked for me, applied the code, got the £269 price. Paid up.
Better deals will probably come along but what the hey...
Great! And they already said till the end of 2014 during the presentation.
Man they've only announced the thing yesterday and it is already like I'm riding a roller coaster with all the ups and downs.
£330 is around 410 so hopefully they will get closer to 380. I was already prepared to shill out 400 for Wii U + 2 games but since I'll have to get Mario U separately it will be a bit more I suppose.
SuicidalSteve
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Wii U Premium with zombiu bundle is £299 over at zavvi
addyb
Member
Damn i still think its too much. I dont know whats wrong with me as ive spent far more on console launches before but this time round i really dont think its worth £299.
The more i think about it the more im going to leave it til next year and wait for a price drop. If i could get a premium pack with 3 games for £250 then id bite.
:facepalm:
Christ amazon, and to think, all these changes and not a single person who pre-ordered it has been notified of changes to the item description.
Ein Bear
Member
I don't understand why these things keep changing to begin with. Surely Nintendo have told them what's in each pack?
Diablohead
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the url to them is but a lot of us are using them, I personally find that I get stuff from them quickly and a day or two before release.
lettermassing
Neo Member
Will it matter if I just get the basic Wii U then use an external HDD with it? I'm not entirely all that interested in Nintendo Land.
Not at all. In fact that's a fairly good option as HDDs are cheap and you can pick up a pretty big one for cheap.
Bu-but 3 stands dude!
In all seriouness, yes SD and/or USB storage will be used as expanded storage
ScreenSplitter
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Any idea what's the max SD card size?
Yep. Tesco were doing 750gb Samsung portable USB HDDs for £50 a few weeks ago in my local store.
32gb, or if it's like the 3DS it will handle 128gb SDXC cards just fine.
FiveMinuteHero
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Amazon Spain's 330 Euro Premium bundle offer is gone.
ScreenSplitter
Member
This seems like a cheap, compact little harddrive. 200GB.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00518DML0/
Considering how much a 200GB Xbox 360 harddrive used to cost, very good.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00518DML0/
Considering how much a 200GB Xbox 360 harddrive used to cost, very good.
Not too bad, but I'd rather pay the extra £20 or so for a 750gb Samsung.
I'm waiting until I know about sdxc before I bit the bullet on storage. If they are go, then I may just go for a 128GB one of those over an HDD/sdd. Bit of a price jump I know, but I despise clutter around the tv so might be tempted.
I've been trying to work put if they take VAT off for CI customers. If so I may also go that route over amazon...
It eventually comes to the fact if you're going to spend 500 at the eShop for the first two years (in order to recoup the extra cost you're paying in further discounts) or not. I know I will most likely do, so that's why I went with the Premium.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
@NintendoUK
The ZombiU Pack is like the #WiiU Premium Pack but instead of Nintendo Land it includes the #ZombiU game and a black Wii U Pro Controller.
The ZombiU Pack is like the #WiiU Premium Pack but instead of Nintendo Land it includes the #ZombiU game and a black Wii U Pro Controller.
milkybar1983
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ah this changes everything lol
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Yeah, just seen this tweet. Disappointing, but then again I'll play Zombie U for a hell of a lot longer than Nintendo Land anyway so no great loss as far as I'm concerned.
lettermassing
Neo Member
just got the basic edition for £225, i'll get a terabyte drive or something to use with it.
Diablohead
Member
Think i'll go with the nintendoland bundle for now, zombiu can be bought at a later date and these launch games all seen to use the gamepad for things.
grimshawish
Banned
Am hoping the price drops a bit if thats the case then. I'd dive for that if the price was better.
"The ZombiU Pack is like the #WiiU Premium Pack but instead of Nintendo Land it includes the #ZombiU game and a black Wii U Pro Controller." Nintendo UK Twitter Feed
[edit]Hah, too late.[/edit]
[edit]Hah, too late.[/edit]
milkybar1983
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ok cancelled tesco pre-order as they have advertised it including nintendoland
not sure what to do now...
not sure what to do now...
Exterminieren
Banned
Bundling Nintendoland and Zombi U together made absolutely no sense. :lol
radioheadrule83
Banned
Your expectations need dialling down.
Pre-owned 360s and PS3s might be cheap but the brand new models aren't. A brand new slim Xbox (admittedly more storage) with one crap game is like £199 -- the premium Wii-U model you're talking about is newer hardware, it comes with the main controller, which lets not forget has to house its own video decoder, a touch screen, speakers, NFC etc., and an extra pro controller, a game and more flash memory than the basic model. The 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect actually retails for around £235 too. The 160GB-320GB PS3s are £199-250 new as well.
Acknowledging the storage disparity - its not an issue to me when you can get double the capacity of either console (and more) for £40-50 on the likes of eBuyer
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
"Fun for all the family..."
gingerbeardman
Member
Anybody used the Sainsbury's code recently? I can add it but on final checkout confirm, it is removed...
radioheadrule83
Banned
Worked for me about 30 minutes ago. It did show as £299 in the final checkout screen, but below - in smaller text - in a box on the left hand side of the screen it had the deduction of £30, and subsequent price.
Ein Bear
Member
Oh COME ON. Do they even understand the point of a 'bundle'? There's no point if you're not saving any money over buying stuff seperately.
milkybar1983
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has anyone seen nintendoland available on its own in UK?