Nintendo's Wii Wheel priced at $14.99
By Darren Murph 
posted Mar 29th 2008 6:15PM
posted Mar 29th 2008 6:15PM
We've known that Nintendo would be bundling a single Wii Wheel in with the forthcoming Mario Kart Wii title, but now it seems that folks riding shotgun (or riding your tail) can grab one of their own. According to a recently released flyer from GameStop, extra Wheels -- should the plethora of steering apparatuses already out there not suffice -- will be sold for a cool $14.99 each. April 27th just seems so, so far away, doesn't it? Check the flyer in full after the jump.[Thanks, Pat]
WOW
I can't wait to buy that useless piece of plastic!
Megati, Megata, Megator!
cheaper than buying the kids a logitech wireless racing wheel
Don't get your panties in a bunch. Third parties will come out with exactly the same thing, except they'll sell it for $5 and make a fortune.
actually they'll probably try to sell them for $20.
They also forget to mention that the wheel itself is only 8"-9" in diameter, so adults will look rather stupid using it.
it's actually been available at 5below (the 5 dollar store) for months now..
@John
Is there any way to play a Wii game and look dignified?
Just duct tape your Wii remote to a Frisbee.
Done.
Good thing we're all mature enough to not care about how we look when we play a game, right?
Holding a steering wheel in front of you - just a wheel, nothing connected to it - seems pretty much like holding a Frizbee in front of you.
Come to think of it, holding a Frizbee in front of you doesn't look quite as dumb.
I wonder if it matters much just how far off-center you duct tape the Wii remote?
can you play the game without this wheel? i don't see the appeal of using the wheel, not much more immersive than just a wiimote
Yeah you can. But the game expects you to hold it up with the buttons facing you (like with the wheel). So if you hold it sideways it's not as sensitive, but if you try to hold right it'd be uncomfortable.
It's just an aid, to keep you from "oversteering" (where you turn the Wiimote so far it stops registering as a turn, I stumbled onto that issue during ExciteTruck)
You can also play with a gamecube controller.
that useless piece plastic looks well fun to use with Mario Kart, lol, cant wait to get that game
Is it just me, or was not calling this thing a Wiil a missed opportunity?
same as not calling it 'wiimote' was a missed opportunity
@austin
I guess Nintendo didn't want to be faced with potential lawsuits concerning a loss of proper diction in today's youth.
It probably would have happened.
Oh, I've been calling it the Wiil since I first saw it, and I'll continue to.
Kids should just make one in shop class instead.
I completely agree with you. Let's hope there's an inspiring educator amongst us here and decides to come up with a project for his/her students creating a steering wheel for their gaming console. I think paying $15 for a stupid piece of plastic, is well, stupid.
I'm a proponent of vocational education, but the sad truth is, kids in public schools are so badly behaved nowadays that letting them into a class like this is dangerous.
Nevermind the parents itching to sue if their kids get injured.
Funny thing is, in China, 4th graders in numerous schools are taught how to solder wires and circuits (I kid you not).
I've seen Chinese schooling after having lived there and the kids are very well behaved and easily managable by even the weakest of American substitute teachers.
This makes just as upset when I bought a new coffee maker for $18 only because I needed the carafe and the carafe alone costs $15.
Now I'm gonna wait until Mario Kart is $20. This wheel should cost 7 bucks and not a penny more. Take that Corporate America (or in this case Japan).
You don't....have.... to buy it....
Let's see, I plug in my Gamecube controller and push start. No way would I play these games with a remote control. Who's dumb enough to spend $14.99 for this anyways and if they are can't they just send me that money in my pay-pay account?
dont you mean paypal?
hey 10$ discount on Guitar Hero!
for like $1 worth of plastic lol
Heh, it'll probably be 39euro in Europe so.
Patapon was 20 in America right? Cause it's 49 here..
Nintendo, king of nickel and diming.
OOOOR....by 4 of these for a complete party set and save $.
http://www.b2cshop24.com/en/racing-game-steering-wheel-for-wii-remote-controller-wh.html
Nintendo plastic 0 - 1 Brandless plastic.
here u can get it today for way cheaper :)
http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.wii%20wheels
lol
Enjoy that...also FREE shipping
Grab any cd and try to use it as a wheel! how do you feel? WTF! Dosn't makes any sense! Holding a steering wheel in mid air dosn't feels right anyways...
I think Ill just stick with my GC controller,thanks anyway.
This should have come with a battery booster thingie for the controller, at the very least.
I got so upset about their pricing so I took the freedom of designing and pateting my own wheel.
It will be priced $2.99 and will have an optional beer holder that you can attach to it.
Beer holder will cost $14.99. Hitting the store shelves soon!
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2038/wiiwheeloi4.jpg
I'll buy it!
Congratulations thedesolate1, you are my millionth customer to preorder the wheel!
For being the lucky millionth you get a discount on the beer holder.
Enter this code at your local Gamestop; r1p0ff5uck3r to claim it for the price of $12.99!
The discount is valid for 12 hours.
Why not just get this? http://www.amazon.com/DreamGear-DGWII-1047-Wii-Racing-Wheel/dp/B0011YRV2E/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1206856416&sr=1-6
Much better as it sits on a desk or table. However, you loose your mid-air tricks...
Asshole, take your spam somewhere else. And who needs the baseball bat and stuff? it's a waste of money! at least the wheel and the Wii zapper help you hold the stuff right
peshue wrote "But the game expects you to hold it up with the buttons facing you (like with the wheel). So if you hold it sideways it's not as sensitive, but if you try to hold right it'd be uncomfortable."
That's not true. If you would have used the wiimote for racing games you would know this.
Wiimote wheels (which by the way author have been on sale pretty much since the Wii came out) help stabalize the remote and make it easier to hold.
the wii is serious business...
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2517
hey $10 off used Metriod. Hell yeah!
I have lookeed in five different stores and have yet to find this....any idea why?
Hey Pirates of the Caribbean is on sale, oh yea and that crappy wheel for Wii is out, stupid wheel, I'm better of driving off a cliff
wonder if they have battletoads
the target i go to sells em at 9.99.