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June 4th, 2009 Posted in News, Wii, Written by Valay

Last night, Nintendo announced that Japan would soon see the release of the black Wii and red DSi. But what about North America? According to Reggie Fils-Aime, the company has no plans of bringing either product overseas – At least for now.

“We don’t have anything to announce for the U.S. on either of those products. We know that it will be reacted to quite positively in Japan.. but no news for the Americas markets for those two products.”There’s a difference between showing different colors and making the product announcement that new colors are coming. We have shown a plethora of colors in the past for the Wii. We have shown a wide range of colors for the DS. From an Americas perspective, colors do drive the business. We’ve shown that, for example, with the lighter blue DSi that we thought was a nice complement to the black. So there will be more colors for various hardware.”

Also, Hidden away in Nintendo’s E3 list of upcoming Wii games was a confirmed time frame release for Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3. The list stated that the game will be arriving in North America in March 2010. Fils-Aime additionally commented about the launch of the title in Japan which will coincide with the appearance of the black Wii.

“In the end, for us, it’s all about: how do we time it? How do we leverage it, ideally with software? In Japan, linking [the black Wii] with the launch of Monster Hunter Tri [from Capcom] is why that announcement was made and why that’s being positioned as it is.”

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  1. 2 Responses to ““No news” for black Wii in North America, Monster Hunter 3 coming in March 2010”

  2. By Captain N on Jun 4, 2009

    See this is a major issue with the American marketing team, this is something that should have been announced at E3 this year….Next year Black Wii with Monster Hunter 3 for America, that would have been a great anouncement on stage, but no, as of right now, Japan only and announced after E3 showings ! Did we really need to be shown the Vitality device with no software, this would have been a better thing to promote on stage !

  3. By keyz on Jun 9, 2009

    do you have anything else better to do captain N? If you think about it, the vitality sensor could turn out to be big if you think of all the possibilities. Suda 51 said he’s interested. Nuff said.

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