Nintendo's black Wii console arrives early at Best Buy and Sam's Club

Typical, isn't it? A full four days before these things are supposed to go on sale to the North American masses, an image of Nintendo's black Wii console has leaked from none other than Best Buy. This here shipment was actually received in the Great White North, but we're more than confident that similar packages are hitting the shipping docks of Best Buy stores everywhere here in the US, too. You'll notice that giant "Do Not Sell Before 05/09/2010" sticker there in the lower-right, but as we've seen in the past, all it takes is a pinch of airheadedness, a touch of charm and false sense of urgency to snag one early. Godspeed, Earthlings.

P.S. - The "old" Wii bundle is now on sale at Best Buy for $179.99 ($20 less than yesterday), and we suspect this will be a trend that continues to other retailers as the new packages roll out. Thanks, David!

Update: Seems these are arriving at Sam's Club locations as well, though they aren't to be sold until May 9th.

Black Nintendo Wii leaked in Best Buy and Sam's Club

[xDewfrostx Posted May 5th 2010 4:06PM]

@Nitesh
This one's smart.

[WYGUY Posted May 5th 2010 4:29PM]

Nintendo, leading the charge on innovation. Yawn.

[KupoCheer Posted May 5th 2010 4:46PM]

How much cooler would that look with a red LED for the slot?

[jareth86 Posted May 5th 2010 5:06PM]

Finally, its about damn time Nintendo joined the 21st century and released an HD Wii.

/s

[WestonJones Posted May 5th 2010 5:08PM]

The walmart i work at had them in 2 or 3 days ago.

[Antiapplekid Posted May 5th 2010 5:38PM]

Yep it showed up at Target today also

[Shakarak Posted May 5th 2010 6:37PM]

Damn I wish they brought the Monster Hunter Tri bundle to America. This would go good with my Black classic controller :D

[Metayoshi Posted May 5th 2010 9:01PM]

@Shakarak

They did bring the Monster Hunter Tri bundle to America... Otherwise, I wouldn't have my Classic Controller Pro.

[Agent007 Posted May 5th 2010 7:29PM]

"Black" and "arrives early" in the same sentence? That's a first.

[Ducman69 Posted May 6th 2010 12:31AM]

@Agent007 And its doing the same thing white ones have done long ago, and yet expects special recognition just because of its color.

[kiwi32 Posted May 5th 2010 9:16PM]

It might be black, its still a wii ...

[Ducman69 Posted May 6th 2010 12:28AM]

Who gives a crap about color. That is not a real update.

If you disagree, you're racist.

[RolfSchewe Posted May 6th 2010 2:07AM]

Yawn. Call me when Nintendo goes 1080p.

[Dylbot Posted May 6th 2010 7:54AM]

Had one for a while now (UK over here) and the fucker's a right fingerprint magnet. It was also gathering a bit of dust until Monster Hunter Tri grabbed my spare time by the balls and demanded my very heart and soul.

[inrego Posted May 6th 2010 8:04AM]

Yea I work at a computer store in Denmark, and we had the black wii about November last year.