Toys ‘R Us of Australia is giving away an “unspecified free game” with Wii pre-orders ($249). Gameworld Network writes: “After contacting Toys ‘R Us for comment, they have indeed confirmed that everyone will receive a free game with their Wii as part of the package, but they did not know which game this might be… Sounds to us like Nintendo might be planning to include Wii Sports, as many have speculated.”
Since Nintendo has yet to confirm a price and promo bundle, this looks to be a Aussie-only special at the moment.
I think Toys 'R Us is doing this on their own. If it were a bundle you wouldn't get a free game IN ADDITION to the system. It would be in box with the system. Unless Nintendo has a new idea up their sleave(not impossible). But if it were Nintendo's idea for the Wii they wouldn't leave it to Toys 'R Us to promote it.
I checked by my Toys 'R Us (Canada) yesterday and they are accepting preorders for bundles.. Bundle includes the Wii console, 2 games and another wii-mote. No price was listed, but you have to put $50 down for the preorder.Sounds like a Toys 'R Us special rather than a Nintendo sales decisionI think I'm going to hold out on preordering until I can do it with EB Games
They Have this pre-order deal in Canada. I pre-ordered my Wii 2 weeks ago.
All I have to say is…Lucky Aussies!And Canadians too, I guess. cool for you guys. ^_^
Yeah, I work at an EB, but all I know is that the preorder's $25 (I think…) and there's some sort of exclusive deal with EB. That's all I know.
Right. Have you entertained the thought that the "unspecified free game" included with the Wii might not be a Wii game at all?? Maybe they just want to get rid of their overstocked GameCube games…