Wii U Priced at $300 for Basic, $350 For Deluxe

September 13, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:40 pm

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Nintendo announced the price of the Wii U in New York City today, and to the surprise of some, the Wii U will come in two price SKUs:

Basic Set ($299.99) – 8 GB white Wii U, white Wii U GamePad
Deluxe Set ($349.99) – 32 GB black Wii U, black Wii U GamePad, GamePad Cradle, Wii U console stand, Nintendo Land

Already, GameStop is offering the following trade-in deals:

$50 trade credit for a Wii
$90 trade credit for an Xbox 360 (original), PS Vita or 3DS
$115 trade credit for a PS3 (original) or Xbox 360 (slim)
$140 trade credit for a PS3 (slim)

Nintendo also released the list of launch titles as well:

505 Games -Funky Barn
2K Sports- NBA 2K13
Activision – 007 Legends, Black Ops 2,Transformers Prime, WipeOut 3, Skylanders Giants, Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013, Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
Capcom -Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
D3Publisher – Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game, Ben 10: Omniverse, Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade
Disney Interactive – Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
EA – Mass Effect 3, Madden 13, FIFA 13
Frozenbyte – Trine 2: Director’s Cut
Gaijin Games- Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Majesco Entertainment – Zumba Fitness Core
Maximum Games- Jett Tailfin
Namco – Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition, TANK TANK TANK
Nintendo – Nintendo Land, New Super Mario Bros. U, NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor’s Edge, SiNG PARTY, LEGO City: Undercover, Wii Fit U, Game & Wario, Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101 from Platinum Games
SEGA- Aliens: Colonial Marines, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Shin’en- Nano Assault Neo
Tecmo Koei- WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Hyper
THQ- Darksiders II, Wheel of Fortune, JEOPARDY!
Two Tribes- Toki Tori 2
Ubisoft – Assassin’s Creed III, Just Dance 4, Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, Rabbids Land, Sports Connection, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013, ZombiU, Rayman Legends
Warner Bros. – Scribblenauts Unlimited, Game Party Champions, Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition

Let us know what you think.

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Alphashard says:

September 15, 2012 at 11:18 am

Launched yesterday (9/15/12) with the goal of making 1.1M dollars, this morning they are 95% towards there goal. They want to make a game in the spirit of Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape torment. With a month left on there kcickstarter timer looks like they will make it. Might be interesting for The Gaming Podcast.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/

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