Wii Mini will not be available in UK

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During the Wii U's UK launch event in London, CVG had a chance to speak with James Honeywell, head of consumer marketing at Nintendo UK, who confirmed that the Wii Mini is "specifically for Canada only"
"We have no plans to launch it in the UK. Our focus here is all about Wii U,"

The Wii Mini is set to be launched in Canada on the 7th of December for $99. We're told it's a cut down version of the Wii console with no online capabilities and specifically comes in matt black with red trim.

The reduced price has been achieved by removing the Wii's disc load/eject mechanism, network adapter and GameCube backwards compatibility.

Do you agree with having specially designed consoles launched in specific territories only or should manufactures treat everyone equally?

Posted: Nov 30, 2012 11:06 am
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Comments

VisionaryMGMTPosted: Tue. Dec 04, 2012

I can't wait until people start buying these and having them go on eBay the same night.

PoonPosted: Mon. Dec 03, 2012

yet So it's only going to be available in Canada? What? O.o

they will deffinatly be loosing alot of money with this.

AnkokuPosted: Mon. Dec 03, 2012

I do not get it? what is so special about this thing?

FallencrazyPosted: Mon. Dec 03, 2012

This is terrible.... No loading mechanism, network adapter, or gamecube games... How the hell do you play games without a loading mechanism... and without downloading the games off the internet.

Spaceman_StuPosted: Mon. Dec 03, 2012

I thought this was a portable Wii when I kept seeing Wii Mini. Oh well, guess that's what the DS is for.

CMTPosted: Mon. Dec 03, 2012

So it's only going to be available in Canada? What? O.o

AllTimeHDPosted: Mon. Dec 03, 2012

YESS!

GrownPosted: Mon. Dec 03, 2012

If this was a xbox or sony product people would be mad but it is wii soo no one cares lol

-LivePosted: Sun. Dec 02, 2012

The Wii Mini dosen't look good at all, the design looks cool but the fact they removed online capabilites,and Gamecube backwards compability(which is the only thing I use my Wii for now anyway)is a big turn off to me. It is not going to sell well at all, espically now since it's only getting sold in Canada.

There is honestly no point in manufacturing this nintendo, so why are you doing it?