British magazine giving away free Wii Wheel

by Chris Greenhough { Apr 30th 2008 at 3:00PM }

Here's something: despite our initial skepticism, we actually really like the Wii Wheel -- in fact, it's all we use now for Mario Kart Wii. The only downside? At $10 per wheel (or £7 in the UK), buying enough for four-player matches can get kind of pricey.

So the way we see it, you have two choices:

Go with one of our totally awesome (and totally free) homemade Wii Wheels (the option we'd recommend) or:
Pick up the latest issue of NGamer, which comes with the above "free" wheel packed in. It's not technically free, obviously, because you'll have to pony up the £4.99 for the magazine, which optimistically suggests that the free gift is worth £7, meaning somebody in NGamer's accounting department may well be clearing their desk later this month.

Incidentally, while NGamer is a UK publication, some of my U.S-based colleagues think they may have spotted copies in Barnes & Noble, so keep your eyes peeled and you too might save hundreds of cents.

Update: Corrected U.S. price.

Gallery: Reinventing the Wii Wheel

Gallery: The Evolution of the Wii Wheel

[Via Go Nintendo]

Tags: free, freebie, magazine, mario-kart, mario-kart-wii, racing, uk, wii-wheel

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

FreeAgent @ Apr 30th 2008 3:18PM

Wait...the Wii Wheel is 15 dollars? hmm at target they have it for 10 bucks regular priced.

Scotty @ Apr 30th 2008 3:20PM

They're only 10 bucks at Amazon right now...not bad.

TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ Apr 30th 2008 3:24PM

@ FreeAgent
It is $10 for every Wii Wheel! Sadly though, Chris can't do math. :P

@Everybody Else
Wow that Wheel is ugly.
I just want someone to make my Wii Wheel gold like in the Iwata Asks interview :D

velocitystrike @ Apr 30th 2008 4:24PM

Paint it =]

And Chris has good math[s] skills. Sorry to plurali[s]e it, [lad].

/brit

Adam @ Apr 30th 2008 4:18PM

Nintendo should do bulk discounts! Buy one Wii Wheel, $15. Buy two? $27. Buy three (which many people might likely do to play a full four player)? $30.

Good_Bytes @ Apr 30th 2008 4:25PM

15$!!!! WOW
It's 10$ Canadian everywhere here.
Get your facts right!

vidGuy @ Apr 30th 2008 4:39PM

$15! I've seen them on sale for $6 each.

murray b @ Apr 30th 2008 5:10PM

MK 2878-9985-6920

Yeah I thought they were $10. Anyway, how do you make your wheel gold? I've raced against gold wheels online and I don't know what that means.

TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ Apr 30th 2008 8:02PM

Basically use the Wii Wheel only, online and off.
It looks cool, but it doesn't really do anything.

Nirst @ Apr 30th 2008 7:38PM

While $15 may equal £7 at the current exchange rate, the Wii Wheel actually costs £10 for us brits - so this maybe worth the price of the magazine after all...

Ben @ Apr 30th 2008 9:14PM

15 bucks, 10 bucks,... give'm away with boxes of tide.. It won't make them suck less.

TheWarlock @ Apr 30th 2008 9:53PM

Television announcer:This just in! They will be packed with a free
copy of "Fishing Master"!!
Television watcher: Bah! Now I'm even MORE turned off!

angelbabe531 @ Apr 30th 2008 11:35PM

I saw in this week's Circuit City ad that they're selling a 3-pack of (non-Nintendo) wheels for $15, so guess someone was bright enough to do bulk savings...

They were cute, all white each with different accent colors, blue, pink and green.

Jorge @ May 1st 2008 12:00PM

Yeah, I saw this too! I was thinking about picking them up. Has anybody seen or tried these? I couldn't find much on them anywhere online. They do seem to have an IR pass-through, trigger, etc. Seems like a good deal for $15...and apparently they will go up to $20 after the deal ends on Saturday. Might have to go check them out!