With Nintendo’s extensive hardware library over the years, there have been a number of consoles that have been very successful. One of them was the leap to the seventh generation with the Wii, Nintendo’s fifth great console. It was released in 2006 and appealed to a broader demographic than ever before, with a greater focus on motion-controlled video games.
The console’s influence was so clear that its competitors, Microsoft and Sony, created their own peripherals, the Xbox Kinect and the PlayStation Move respectively. the console of Nintendo it would go on to sell more than 101 million units, becoming the seventh best-selling console of all time.
During the time of Wii, there were many developers who produced a wide variety of games for the console. Many of these games had to use the console’s motion controls in some way, which made some games lack polish, while others were considered downright terrible. It’s no wonder, then, that the Wii had a lot of bad games, one of them related to a marketing gimmick story involving a gold-plated Wii console.
In 2009, THQ attempted to create its own collection of mini-games, known as Big Family Games, which was seen as another lackluster title from the company. To market this game, THQ tried to ship a gold version of the console Wiiwith its corresponding control, to the Queen isabel II.
Although it made it to Buckingham Palace, it never got past security, so it was returned to THQ. As THQ had gone bankrupt in 2012, the console was lost in time until 2017, where it was found by a collector. The console then passed into the hands of another collector who has put this legendary piece of video game history up for auction.
The gold hardware announcement was posted on auction site goldin, with the description noting that since the console was made for the Queen, both the Wii and its controller are plated with 24-karat gold. In addition, it will also come with a copy of Big Family Games, with its box and disc, along with the necessary cables and sensor bar.
This isn’t the first time this console has come up for auction, as the gold Wii was auctioned off online last year for $300,000. However, it was removed from the market due to doubts about the account that was selling it. The new starting bid for this gold Wii is $2,000, and the auction will close on Saturday, May 21.