Recession What??

The title of this post is the question Ninetendo must have been asking themselves when they slated the release of their newest set of Wii controllers for somewhere just before Black Friday. Seeing as the Wii system is basically the biggest thing in the industry, putting out a pair of black controllers (Wiimote and Wii Motion Plus, to be specific) plus a specialized nun-chuck (and NO, its not a "numchuck", that's not a word) the Wii folks must be supposing that nobody's pocketbooks are stretched so far as being unable to purchase an added set of controllers for their system and will likely use the holiday consumer onslaught that typically begins in late November to purchase each other the new set of products. And why not right? Because now, instead of punching each-other accidentally, players will be able to accidentally hit each other in the face while trying out their favorite childhood fantasy karate moves, and who doesn't love that! 


Anyway, product photos are up after the jump

Full article via Joystiq