Black Wii holiday bundle launches later this month

The Wii is gearing up to face its final holiday as Nintendo's flagship home console with a new black system bundle. This new bundle includes a black Wii system, a black Wii Remote Plus, a black Nunchuk, and a copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It also includes a soundtrack with selections from Super Mario Galaxy that will be exclusive to this package.

One of the more unique aspects of this new bundle is the Wii system itself, as Nintendo has made a few tweaks to the hardware. The new configuration gives the Wii a horizontal orientation, rather than vertical, and GameCube software and hardware are no longer supported.

This newly configured bundle joins the still-available Mario Kart Wii bundle at retail on October 23 for $149.99.