Nintendo Wii

adam230881

I'm looking to get my girlfriend a nintendo wii for xmas. I'm just looking for a basic package i.e. the console, a controller (or 2), and the sports game.

Anyone know the cheapest place to buy this?

DCFC79

adam230881 wrote: »

I'm looking to get my girlfriend a nintendo wii for xmas. I'm just looking for a basic package i.e. the console, a controller (or 2), and the sports game.

Anyone know the cheapest place to buy this?

since theres the 2 of you it might be a good idea if you get 2 wii remotes and 2 nunchucks thats if the 2 of you would play against each other, you need a wii remote and a nunchuck to play the boxing game

BillScarab

Have a look at this thread. The sports game comes with the basic Wii along with one Wiimote and one Nunchuck. Ideally you want to get an extra Wiimote and Nunchuck. A lot of people suggest getting Wii Play to get the second Wiimote as it is only a fiver more and you get another game but I thought Wii Play was crap.

lita

We bought wii play from sainsburys recently for 29.97 which is cheaper than most place sell the remote by itself hth

Little_John

I am still to see any major discounting on the wii they are still a very popular buy so they don't need to drop the prices.

Buy the basic package comes with 1 set of controlers (remote and nunchuck) £179.99
Then buy wii play which is a remote and the play games which are basic just a bit of fun for £35 (a remote alone is £33 alone)
and a nunchuck £18 if you want to play 2 player boxing, most games can be played with 1 remote and just keep swaping the controler between turns. tanks on wii play also needs 2 sets of controlers.
total £250

there are some places like argos doing offers where if you buy a wii and wii play you get wii play for £10 and their price for nunchucks are £15 so a total of £205

I wouldnt bother with the offers at the games stores as they all base their prices on RRP and supermarkets sell their games for £5 less than game anyway so buy the ames from supermarkets and youcan choose them rather than having the ones you dont want in the bundles at game.

newlywed

Is boxing the only game you need the nunchuck for?

Thanks.

savemoney

No

I use it on mario cart but if you have a wheel you don't need one

newlywed wrote: »

Is boxing the only game you need the nunchuck for?

Thanks.

DCFC79

newlywed wrote: »

Is boxing the only game you need the nunchuck for?

Thanks.

Im sure theres more but i havent come across any other yet, i think it says on the back of the box if you need a nunchuck and a remote

monkeytennis14

I just bought a Wii console bundle package at Argos - ordered onliine and collected from my local store about an hour later.

Online I ordered the console at £179.95 - Wii Play & controller at £10.00 and then a nunchuck at £15.00 - totalling £204.95 which was the cheapest I'd seen... then, on top of that Argos were giving a £10.00 off voucher to be used up until Feb 14th 2009 - so I bought a copy of the Star Wars Lego game for £9.95 instead of the advertised £19.95.

All in all it was £214.90 for Wii console, 2 x controllers, 2 x nunchucks, Wii Play and a fairly good game - I'm pretty pleased with that...

samhale

Sainsburys recently had a great offer on all consoles, so if I were you I'd wait nearer christmas.