Nintendo: No plans for Wii Sports Resort bundle

by JC Fletcher { Aug 12th 2009 at 12:40PM }

Having released a new (and popular) Wii Sports, it seems fairly obvious that Nintendo would start bundling that with Wii hardware, right? Well, Nintendo rarely does the obvious. In an interview with Toronto Thumbs, Nintendo of Canada's Matt Ryan dismissed the idea of a new bundle in the near future.

"The long-term plan is difficult to say, but I can tell you that there are no plans to make Wii Sports Resort what is packed in with the Wii purchase," Ryan said, adding "What is in the Wii box will remain the same." In case you couldn't pick up the subtext, he reiterated "Wii Sports Resort will not replace Wii Sports."

Why not? Ryan described Resort as "more full-on software that you're used to purchasing at retail at that price point," while the original Wii Sports is "designed to show off what the Wii Remote can do." Although Japanese consumers have had no issues with buying separate copies of Wii Sports.

Normally, we'd just assume that there is a plan for a bundle, but Nintendo doesn't want to talk about it -- except that there haven't been official bundles for Wii Fit or Mario Kart Wii. Like we said, Nintendo avoids the obvious.

Gallery: Wii Sports Resort

Tags: bundle, hardware, nintendo-of-canada, wii-sports, wii-sports-resort

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

RWP @ Aug 12th 2009 12:58PM

They could at least start bundling motion + with it. It makes no sense to release a peripheral that improves motion sensitivity and not have it be included. But like the article said,Nintendo rarely does the obvious.

tuunicopapi @ Aug 12th 2009 6:25PM

they DO include WM+ with Wii Sports Resort.

SoshiKitai @ Aug 12th 2009 7:57PM

Of course it comes with it already!

O_o Why in the world would it NOT include it? Have you seen the boxes the game comes in? What's the rest of the empty space filled with? ......... extra money?

RWP @ Aug 12th 2009 8:35PM

Guys I meant the Wii not WSR.

devilsei @ Aug 13th 2009 2:41PM

See, here's the thing RWP.
If they bundled in the WM+ with the Wii console, no one would buy the Resort game.
Which means they wouldn't be making as much money as they are now with it.
Long as the Wii-boys are as gullable and easy to push around as their Mii's, this will keep happening.

Same reason as why Nintendo decided to bundle in 25cent squirt guns and rubber duckies with some of their consoles.