Nintendo Drops Price of Wii to $129.99

Nintendo is dropping the Wii console to a suggested retail price of $129.99 in advance of the holiday shopping season. The new configuration is beginning to arrive in stores now, and will be available by October 28th. This configuration includes a black Wii console and both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort on a single game disc, as well as a Wii Remote Plus and a Nunchuk controller – both black to match the console. This configuration replaces the current black Wii that comes with New Super Mario Bros. Wii.