Is this a good deal for a wii bundle?

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Is this a good deal for a wii bundle? Console and 3 Games for $390 (http://www.dealstudio.com/viewtopic.php?t=38892&ru=282). The wii console has the Wii Sports, a sensor bar, an AV cable, a Wii Stand, a Wii Remote, and a Nunchuk controller.

[Mynd Hed]

Not really-- you only save $10 off the price of buying a Wii at the MSRP of $50 and three games at $50 each. Unless you'd honestly buy those exact three games anyway, you're better off just buying everything separately and choosing the games you want instead of the ones that are arbitrarily slapped in with the package. You can get some pretty good Wii games for under $50 if you watch for sales or hunt down used copies, too.

[TKnHappyNess]

The only game worthwhile in that is Mario Kart. It would be cheaper just to get the Wii and it.

[Desensitized]

You can also buy NiGHTS for like 20 bucks now. The bundle isn't really worth it.

[Tommy Lawson]

Is this a good deal for a wii bundle? Console and 3 Games for $390 (http://www.dealstudio.com/viewtopic.php?t=38892&ru=282). The wii console has the Wii Sports, a sensor bar, an AV cable, a Wii Stand, a Wii Remote, and a Nunchuk controller.

I think this deal that Frys.com (http://shop1.frys.com/product/5596960) is offering today is a better deal than the Toysrus.com one:

It is offering the Wii console, Wii Play (includes extra Wii Remote), a Nunchuk controller (to go with that extra Wii Remote), Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and the Nyko Wii Charge station for $399.95.

[SirLemming]

Just to make this clear, in case you didn't know: the standard Wii box bundle, for $250 virtually everywhere, includes everything in that package except for the 3 extra games. Everything else they describe is just what's in the box with or without any sort of special deal.

So like Mynd Hed said, it's just the standard Wii deal, plus 3 other games for $140. You can probably actually get those games for less, especially if you're willing to buy them used. In fact, last time I checked, Gamestop has a "buy 2, get 1 free" deal on all used games. The only game out of those 3 that you probably can't get a better deal on is Mario Kart.

[Juu-kuchi]

There's never a good deal in terms of a Wii bundle for right now.

You're just better off buying the Wii itself, and whatever components and games you feel like using for it.

[Duke]

I got my Wii from a Costco bundle about a month ago that had the Wii system, Wii Play, Mario Galaxy, an extra nunchuck, a Classic Controller, and a 2,000 WiiPoints card for $350. Granted, that also requires a $50 membership fee, but that part's already paid for itself thanks to the grocery section (mainly the meats, as the Costco bulk products are only $2-$4 above the grocery prices and offer 2x-3x the amount).

[Mynd Hed]

Now THAT sounds like a good deal:

Standard Wii Bundle - $250
Wii Remote (since the Wii Play it comes bundled with is effectively worthless) - $40
Nunchuck - $20
Galaxy - $50
2000 Wii Points - $20
Classic Controller - $20

That's about $410 worth of stuff (okay, $420 if you count Wii Play) for $350, and everything in the bundle is stuff that just about every Wii owner is going to end up buying anyway. Galaxy is one of the better if not THE best Wii games out there, and everyone's going to need at least one extra Wiimote and Nunchuck eventually. The Classic Controller isn't a strict necessity, but it comes in handy for Brawl, Kart, and the VC if you don't have enough 'Cube controllers lying around.