Nintendo Wii Supreme is topped with a layer of gold, sprinkled with diamonds, and priced at £300,000
By Ross Miller 
posted December 18th 2009 2:17AM
posted December 18th 2009 2:17AM
Inventing a new echelon in Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide, Stuart Hughes has managed to Supreme-ize a Nintendo Wii, covering it in over 2,500 grams of solid 22 carat gold and an aggregate total 19.5 carats of flawless diamonds for the three front buttons. Three have been made and were done so reportedly over the span of six months. Asking price is £299,995, or about $484,818 in US dollars, which if you go by Kotaku's admittedly untrained estimations is about $200,000 in raw materials and the rest in labor / profit. The only to make this sound reasonable is if we compared it alongside a $3.2 million iPhone 3GS, and what do ya know, that was also a Stuart Hughes creation. We're gonna take a stab in the dark and say that Wii Sports is not included.
how much for the wiimote?
A fool and a money are soon parted, but he gets a shiny new wii to play with for 30 mins.
@(Unverified) don't buy that!just wait for the Legend of Zelda limited edition wii....
Now I can cross off Goldmember for X-mas...
Calling all residents of the UAE!
Who the heck comes up with these ideas? I mean halfway through even the people working on it must have felt like failures.
"Hey you know what I just realized, we're covering a $200 plastic video game machine with SOLID GOLD, what the hell are we doing?"
/facepalm
@yulebellow anyone who thinks technology can or should be plated in precious metals is beyond me. It's not cyclical or fashionable and dates within a few years.
On a completely unrelated note, my platinum beeper is buzzing.
@yulebellow I bet you had asked that same question before everytime someone made a gold out of something. Gold PS3, Gold iPhone, maybe even a gold stilletos, Or maybe you have asked that question too, when you saw the 1st man in this world who had a gold tooth on his mouth, don't you? Another POV about the gold wii: http://bit.ly/wii-now-on-gold-most-expensive
And nope its not mike tyson.. What the hell are you thinking?
@Floppy If you can afford to buy anything other than jewelry covered in solid gold and diamonds, you don't expect it to be fashionable for more than a week.
u r absolutely rite! who would ever want to do that? once u think about it, the whole thing is stupid!
Guranteed not to experience a RROD.
@Apple Fan
Name + this is a wii not a 360 = total fail.
@Apple Fan
/facedesk
@Apple Fan
Ohohoho!
is funny because is nintendo wiiiiiiiiiii
and can not rrod because that is only to happen to xboooxxxxxx....
/fouad
So this is what Nintendo has been doing with all their money instead of making actual games. ;P
They should only consider the word "supreme" when they release an HD Wii.
Wow, so even if I won a contest for best Video, I still wouldnt be able to purchase this Wii.
The contest video is here if you are interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuyDsNsK7sk
@uShak
Bah, piss off and spread your video elsewhere
Engadget needs to have an abbreviation for gold/diamond encrusted objects; similar to how they already label knockoff products with "KIRF".
@Chavez
and label it KIRR*
*keepin it real retarted
"We're gonna take a stab in the dark and say that Wii Sports is not included."
See? I was going to drop my money for it... UNTIL, I read that.
@MegaJapan Maybe they'll throw in a diamonds encrusted motion plus controller and wii sport resort for $100,000
Now P. Diddy finally has a reason to start gaming
@levi6425
Last time I heard he was going by just "Diddy"...but that was a while ago so it might be even shorter now, "Did" perhaps
Just imagine the display penetrating ability of that gold-covered, diamond-encrusted wiimote.
At least when you get you ass whooped by a 12 year old on wii tennis and get pissed you can easily throw it against the wall...lol
Too bad the graphics aren't as shiny
Proof that you can actually pollish a turd!
it would make a sliver of sense if this was a high-end system...the gold would greatly improve thermal dissipation.
but then again, what the hell is wrong with copper? I'll take a steampunk 360 anyday of the week over this.
*yawn*
Gold plating something that doesn't even have HD graphics, brilliant, just brilliant.(Sarcasm)
@pachi72
well, if an in-box NES can fetch $585 on ebay then this will certainly increase value in the near future.
Hey that's not such a bad price, but why id it .000 cents?
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THAT"S A COMMA?
Disclaimer: Throwing this at the face of a politician is not recommended.
I don't even think I've ever made that much. I can only imagine what it must be like to blow it on a game console. I actually found out that you can pick up a Wii for $139. You can check it out here: http://www.tvlampsnbulbs.com/2009/12/nintendo-wii-for-139-lowest-price-ever/
"The only to make this sound reasonable is..."
Editing error! I assume this was supposed to read "the only WAY to make this sound reasonable is..."
These things are so fucking stupid it pisses me off. Buy a can of nice gold spray paint and give me some of that money you'll be saving. I'll use it to pay off my 1600 sq ft house, asshole. I'm sure there are a lot of people that could use it for ... food. Or something that is obviously not as important as a gold plated Wii.
Eff a recession, I'm rich, bitch!! ~ purchaser
Talk about lipstick on a pig.
To bad its not a NES, I got this old Gold Legend of Zelda cart sitting around doing nothing.
Will look perfect next to my Platinum Xbox 360 and my diamond encrusted PS3!