New Wii boxes trumpet Wii Sports, hide jackets
by JC Fletcher 
{ Oct 17th 2007 at 9:45AM }
A GoNintendo reader who is either a retail employee or a delivery truck robber snapped this picture of the box for the new jacket-included Wii package. On the front, it looks exactly like the old Wii box, which is somewhat of a surprise. Since Nintendo wants so badly for us to use the jackets, we assumed that every Nintendo promotional photo would show a jacketed Wiimote. Nintendo seems to have recognized the importance of their iconic Wiimote design, and put it over the potential danger of suggesting that a Wiimote could ever be used sans jacket.
Speaking of iconic, the back of the box (well, we guess it's the back) has been refocused, removing the Wiimote picture (which is, in fact, already totally covered on the other side) and replacing it with a Wii Sports logo and some little screenshots in circles. Just to make sure that everyone knows that Wii Sports is in there. Could this be a precursor to future Wii packages that reflect different included games in their package designs? Probably not-- this is just Nintendo making sure the Wii Sports presence on the package is as big as possible (while still counting as minimalist).
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
troy @ Oct 17th 2007 10:03AM
Those jackets are as dumb as the people who would need them to protect their stuff from a flying Wiimote that somehow broke through its wrist strap. I mean I guess I can see a little kid being helped by one, but in all honesty I had my NES when I was a kid and I wasn't so spastic (even me!) that I would have broken its plastic. You didn't need to wave the controller around, but there IS a wrist strap... young kids surely couldn't break it by waving their remote even as hard as they could. The 'bonnet' for the remote looks pretty ridiculous to me and everyone I've talked to about it. I am certain that this won't cost Nintendo the $17.2 million that was reported to send those out because neither myself nor any wii owners I know sent in for them, despite their free status, because we dont' want or need them.
Deezul @ Oct 17th 2007 10:18AM
You obviously don't have kids. Yeah, it's well and great to tell them to put on the wrist strap, but telling and doing are different. My Wii is connected to a TV with a wood floor. A good drop from 3-4 feet will do some damage. Plus, I've noticed one of my Wiimotes already has a cracked D-pad. Maybe the bonnet would have prevented this...
troy @ Oct 17th 2007 10:24AM
Ouch! Yeah, I guess very little kids won't really get the importance of the wrist strap. The thing is great for people that need them obviously as it would totally make drops not that big a deal. Did you send off for the free doo-hickeys?
flameofdoom666 @ Oct 17th 2007 10:28AM
I want some wii remote condoms :-)
Thats the only way to play safe apparently! haha
Martin K @ Oct 17th 2007 1:15PM
they also updated all the in game warnings in wii sports to depict the wiimote with the jacket on.