Nintendo might have another new console to offer up in the coming weeks.
Best Buy Canada today is promoting on its homepage a new
Wii Mini. The company's homepage displays an image of a redesigned Wii, showing a matte black finish and red outline. A red Wii Remote sits alongside the console. Best Buy claims the console will launch on December 7.
It appears that the ad was mistakenly placed on the Best Buy site. Nintendo has not yet announced a new Wii and the "Pre-Order Now" link in the ad doesn't work. When searching the Best Buy Canada site, CNET was unable to find any Wii Mini listing. Similar searches on other retail sites, including the U.S. version of Best Buy's homepage, proved similarly fruitless.
Nintendo launched its new console, the
Wii U, earlier this month. In an interview with CNET yesterday, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that his company sold 400,000 Wii U units during its first week on store shelves. However, during that same week, the Wii was able to muster 300,000 unit sales, indicating that it might still have some gas left in the tank.
Nintendo has in the past offered up new versions of older hardware to keep customers buying. That the company is apparently considering launching a new Wii is not necessarily out of character.
CNET has contacted Nintendo for comment on the Best Buy leak. We will update this story when we have more information.
(Via Engadget)
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