The $99 Wii Mini Is A Very Pretty Console

    Despite its reputation for reinventing gaming every generation or so — the d-pad, the analog stick, motion controls — Nintendo is a relatively conservative company in practice. And one surefire trick it always returns to is shrinking the shrink-and-dye: Miniaturizing a console and releasing it in new colors, as it's done with the Wii Mini, a striking new rendition of the six-year-old Wii that's only $99. It can't get online and it won't play Gamecube games, though.

    Matt Buchanan
    by Matt Buchanan

    BuzzFeed Staff

    The $99 Wii Mini Is A Very Pretty Console

    nintendo.com

    Despite its reputation for reinventing gaming every generation or so — the d-pad, the analog stick, motion controls — Nintendo is a relatively conservative company in practice. And one surefire trick it always returns to is shrinking the shrink-and-dye: Miniaturizing a console and releasing it in new colors, as it's done with the Wii Mini, a striking new rendition of the six-year-old Wii that's only $99. It can't get online and it won't play Gamecube games, though.