Nintendo cuts $50 off deluxe version of Wii U, launches Zelda bundle

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Nintendo has taken its lumps, but it’s fighting back today with a price cut for the Wii U video game console.

Effective Sept. 20, Nintendo is cutting the price of the deluxe set of the Wii U console by $50, lowering it to $300. At the same time, Nintendo will launch a new limited edition bundle, The Legend of Zelda edition with black hardware. The system will have 32GB of storage, a special etched GamePad with Zelda lettering, a downloadable version of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, and a digital version of the Hyrule Historia book.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.