Wii gets new design, loses GameCube compatibility

Nintendo is the Wii with a subtly changed design. The redesign removes Nintendo the compatibility with GameCube games and accessories. The redesigned Wii console in time for christmas in the shops.

The redesigned Wii will be bundled with Wii Party and Wii Sports, and need for christmas in the shops, says the British Official Nintendo Magazine. Where the current Wii is both horizontally and vertically can be placed, is the revamped version intended to lying used to be.

Website Eurogamer writes that the new Wii without backward compatibility with GameCube games and accessories. Some Wii games can also be controlled with GameCube controllers, in addition to the Wii remote, Nunchuk, and Classic Controller. Probably Nintendo has the new Wii design of the GameCube controller ports and memory card slots have been omitted, which, with the current Wii on the top of the console behind a cover are placed.

The new Wii is not yet a price tag or an exact release date. Nintendo is struggling for some time with declining sales of the Wii, and the 3DS sold poorly. In Japan, there appears the sharp fall in the price of the 3DS the sell out of the valley to have pulled out. Nintendo announced its new game console Wii U at the E3-gamesbeurs in June. The Wii U is on the market in 2012.


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