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Wii Mini to be released in Canada
Nintendo has announced a new Wii model today. The Wii Mini is a slimmed down Wii console with no GameCube compatibility and no online. But the price is a measly $99.99 CDN.

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The Wii Mini is backwards compatible with Wii's 1300+ game library and comes in a Black/Red colour.

It's odd they would release another version of a console so close to the Wii U launch. What's even weirder is the exclusive Canada release.

The new console will hit stores December 7th.

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27/11/2012 09:28 AM
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The Wii hasn't had Gamecube compatibility for a while now. Never understood why they took it out.
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27/11/2012 10:15 AM
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(27/11/2012 10:15 AM)Joom Wrote:  The Wii hasn't had Gamecube compatibility for a while now. Never understood why they took it out.
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I've never heard of them ever removing backwards compatibility (neither has Wikipedia) and all the Wii's sold near me still have GameCube controller and memory card slots, so they can't have removed it.
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27/11/2012 11:18 AM
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A friend of mine got the light blue Wii with Skyward Sword, and it doesn't have the GC ports.

Edit: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/930752-/61142792 Not really for "a while", but over a year.
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(27/11/2012 11:25 AM)Joom Wrote:  A friend of mine got the light blue Wii with Skyward Sword, and it doesn't have the GC ports.

Edit: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/930752-/61142792 Not really for "a while", but over a year.

Never saw a blue Wii here. Makes sense now. Thanks for the heads up Madwin
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Very Odd, and yeah gamecube stuff was removed awhile ago.~
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IMO it looks better than the Wii
27/11/2012 02:28 PM
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Well there hasn't been a console that took advantage of the low end of the market I suppose?  With a cheap console and cheap games, there's perhaps something that can be made from this...

(as for myself, well, Wii emulation is actually rather decent from what I've heard these days)
27/11/2012 02:57 PM
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I can vouch, wii emulation is close to flawless, ignoring the lack for buttons.
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(27/11/2012 03:49 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  I can vouch, wii emulation is close to flawless, ignoring the lack for buttons.

I have my Wii remote connected via bluetooth to my computer. No lack of buttons.
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