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Local Wii distributor Core has announced that the South African Wii price will be reduced to R2500. New Local Wii Price Confirmed

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The last few weeks have seen various rumors circulating suggesting that Nintendo will soon be cutting the price of the Wii console.

Recently an image appeared which unofficially confirmed the imminent price cut in the USA from $250 (R1900) to $200 (R1500).

Nintendo yesterday announced that the Wii will have its price reduced by $50, and that the new $200 price tag will take effect as of this Sunday, September 27.

Unfortunately, from what we can gather at this point, the price cut will only be implemented in the USA. Instead of a price cut, PAL territories will reportedly receiving a new Wii console bundle.

Apart from the current standard features that come with the regular Wii package, the new bundle will include the addition of Wii Sports Resort and Wii Motion Plus according to Eurogamer.

As usual, Nintendo has declined to comment on what it calls rumor and speculation.

The new bundle will retain its €250 (R2750) price tag which means that South African’s can expect to continue to pay around the R3500 mark for the console locally. Once the USA price cut has been implemented, South African’s will officially be paying over double the price for the console as consumers in America.

Local Nintendo distributor Core could not comment on future Wii pricing at  the time of publication.

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