Why did Nintendo Release the Wii MINI ? A look back | MVG
Why did Nintendo Release the Wii MINI ? A look back | MVG
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In 2012, Nintendo Released the Wii Mini. A cut down budget version of the Wii, with no online support, for $99, in Canada. We take a look back at the Wii Mini and try to make sense of why Nintendo released the Wii Mini just before the holiday season of the same year, with the newly released Wii U and both the original Wii being available to consumers.
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The Wii wasn’t selling well after 2010, and Nintendo decided to release a cheaper version which couldn’t be hacked. It didn’t help the Wii to sell better though.
But Nintendo already release the NES 2 and the SNES 2 so that wasn’t a surprise after all
i cant believe it was in 2012. Feels like yesterday, crazy lol
The fact that it has only been released in Canada is not 100% right. It had been released in Germany too!
Yeah imagine gaming without being online. Please do an episode on the Ouya.
nintendo always had these crappy ideas of making new cheaper console versions. The Top loader nes lacks av input, snes mini lacks svideo and RGB (and av input in some countries), earlier n64 lacks svideo, earlier game cube lacks digital input and wii mini lacks component. This is just stupid
the wii the bigest dust collector of all time. ninshit is ninshit.
You should do a video on why N64 emulation is so hard to emulate and the saturn to.
Would be cool if there was a projector on the back
8:41 That thermal paste holy moly, I’m surprised that thing lasts 5 minutes.
Wow I never even heard of it even when wii was out. Why did they even bother? , the wii was low profile. This looks really dumbed down and missing wii features.
The best use of a CRT is the Virtual Console which the Wii Mini doesn’t have.
The only thing I like about this is that it looks nice. Without gc support and lack of I/O connectivity I wouldn’t buy one. The top loading drive is appealing to me though as it is probably less prone to failure.
I came across a few nintendo wii mini’s in my day to day job and they were very simple to use and reminded me of the Nintendo 64 console. Just pop a game and play.
only in Canada?
I like the WII-Mini too, only bummer is the Composite-only Video 🙁
Such an ugly console.
Hacking possibility ?
Nintendo did that to compete with Ouya? I doubt they would be somehow threatened by niche kickstarter android box
I’d wager that the $99 price point was chosen because that was the discounted price of the Gamecube. $99 for a whole system sounds very appealing.
I was actually thinking about the Wii mini today before this video came out haha
This is actually a good system now because Wii online services are offline now.
Hey MVG we need a version of mame that works good on the wii. Hook everyone up.
Does Wii mini have Internet category in settings?
And what will happen if you will Connect Ethernet. Adapter?
I think by the time wii mini was released for $99, you could get "full" wii for the same price.
you must be utterly retarded to believe the Wii U was just an addon to the Wii
get us a NEC console pls
When I can get a OG Wii for $5 with all the basic cables from my local GoodWill, then the Wii Mini for is just an expensive collectors piece.
I only got my wii just because it can hacked and play burned discs sooooo..fuk nintendo.
Thumbs up for showing your Commodore CRT. I miss my Amiga.
Pretty sure they killed internet so it wouldn’t be too similar to the normal Wii. Especially the family edition without gc support. They needed to explain the extrem price drop.
What are your thoughts about Microsoft idea of no making another console, but just have their own Microsoft servers which streaming games for a mensual/annual fee… how heck can someone mod or pirate that?
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It’s such a weird console but I kinda like it. Just how compact it is with the hinged disc drive? Idk…
I liked the wii mini console design. With the open top
The Wii Mini occupies the same kind of market place as the DSi; totally pointless.
Was perfect for my little children, i got one inclusive a wheel, mario kart, the red controller, red nunchuk and bought another controller ect, perfect gaming experience and the funny thing, it is still working….shabbychic retro design…collectible.
I’m still baffled that this thing only supports composite, ugh.
Throughout the entire video, I could hear the CRT’s screech, it was mildy annoying at first then became irritating by the end.
another great review MVG . I did love my old Xbox and kick myself for giving it away., Fingers crossed for the win, My 10 year old loves your reviews as well
People felt cheated with the Wiimotes and how Nintendo later brought out the Wiimotes Plus. There was also too many bad games.
In 2018 it’s usually cheaper to find a Wii Mini than to buy a separate Wiimore + and Nunchuck. That’s the only good thing about it.
The video has a constant noise like old CRT TVs make, a bit annoying
I loved my wii.
It’s been so hard to have any faith in Nintendo after they completely messed up with the Wii U and failed everyone who bought one.
On topic, the Wii Mini was always a cool design to me (toploaders ftw) but I never had a reason to get one.
Woah I had no idea this console even existed! The design of it looks really cool, and the top loader is a nice touch. It’s a shame it cant play Gamecube games though
Awesome look at this, without a doubt the most in-depth video I’ve seen on the Wii Mini! Killing any sort of softmods makes sense to me with this revision, but going as far as to remove component functionality?! Damn. I doubt I’ll pick one up, not only because of the lack of features but because I think I’ve only ever seen 1 in the wild.
Nintendo Ecosystem? Don’t you mean…Nintendo Wiicosystem?
I literally never heard of the Wii mini till now
I remember managing to get my hands on one of these. I wanted to get a new Wii since mine was getting slightly worn. I thought it’d have some stuff taken out, but I didn’t expect so much to be gone. It’s actually kind of insulting to play twilight princess on a wide-screen tv with this. Playing the original on my Wii on a widescreen worked great, and wasn’t super bad with a few adjustments. With this though, I found it to be a waste. Until, I got it onto an old square TV rather than a flat screen, and while twilight princess wasn’t great, games like resident evil 4 worked pretty well! It’s a hit and miss for me. But in a situation like this, the misses outweighs the hits. I’d rather pick up an original Wii. Thanks for doing a video on this forgotten console mini
Random, but the intro music reminded me of the theme from "Unsolved Mysteries" but maybe that was intentional, based on the title of the video.