October 14, 2009 10:27 AM PDT

Black Wii accessories land November 16

by Jeff Bakalar
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Starting November 16, Nintendo will begin offering black accessories to match the black Wii console that you don't have. A black Wii remote and MotionPlus will be sold for $50, and the black nunchuk will go separately for $20.

We've speculated about a possible black Wii making its way stateside before, so it's certainly surprising to see black accessories landing on store shelves before the actual black console does. Could this be a taste of things to come?

Before covering games and gear for CNET Reviews, Jeff Bakalar dabbled in film and video production. An avid writer, reader, and gamer, Jeff is also an obsessive New Jersey Devils hockey fan. Catch him live every day as the co-host of CNET's infamous podcast, The 404.
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by ru4eel October 14, 2009 11:05 AM PDT
Is the motion plus separate or integrated into the Wiimote? If it is separate, that is kinda lame...
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by ajrandall106 October 14, 2009 11:55 AM PDT
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/3779/blackwii.jpg
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by J_Ore October 14, 2009 5:49 PM PDT
I feel cheated that the Wiimote and Nunchuk are still sold separately, when the vast majority of games either support or demand their combined use.
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by Verbex October 14, 2009 9:12 PM PDT
Who ever is running the marketing side of Nintendo, needs to smarten the hell up. Seriously -_-
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by ksmm October 19, 2009 6:22 PM PDT
If this is Nintendo's best announcement for the holiday season, then I consider them cooked for the remainder of this console cycle. I wrote about it more at length in my blog:

http://www.threespace.com/journal/2009/10/17/whither-nintendo.html
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