Wii U Price and Release Date September 13, 2012

This morning in New York City Nintendo officially announced the final price and release date for the new Wii U.

The Wii U will ship in two different versions.  One version, which will include the Wii U console and Wii U controller in white, will retail for $299US and contain 8GB of internal memory, as well as an HDMI cable, and charging cables for the Wii U console and Wii U Controller.

The second version, with the Wii U console and controller in black will retail for $249 US and feature everything that the white bundle will include, but will feature 32GB of internal memory, and charging docks for the Wii U controller.  However, what may be most important about this premium bundle is that it will include a full version of the game Nintendo Land.

Part of the reason why the original Wii was such a success was because Nintendo made the brilliant decision to bundle the Wii with a game that took full advantage of all the Wii’s new capabilities, and that game was Wii Sports.  Because of the incredible sales of Wii consoles since 2006, Wii Sports has become one of the highest selling games in history.

The Wii U launches November 18th, 2012.