There was a Target ad. There was a Toys R Us ad. There was a Walmart Ad. There was a really poorly kept secret Nintendo has finally officially confirmed. Yup, the Wii is getting a price cut this weekend, down from $250 to $200 on September 27th.

This marks the first time in the console’s three-year lifespan that Nintendo has stooped to price cuts. That’s a pretty impressive show of consumer demand. You can get the newly priced console over the weekend with the same contents it has shipped with since day one.
Japan will see the price reduction October 1st. Guess who’s laughing now, Japan? Yeah, it’s us. We might not get a black Wii, but we get the price cut first. Oh wait, yours is still better.