- Within the past week, major retailers such as Amazon, Target, GameStop, and Wal-Mart quietly dropped the price of the latest Wii bundle (which includes Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, a MotionPlus remote, and Nunchuk) from $199.99 to $169.99. If you’re reading this site yet somehow still don’t own a Wii, it looks like there couldn’t be a better time to finally get your hands on one and be the envy of all your early-adopting friends. (Technorati)

- Speaking of price drops, if you’re like many of us, you may have picked up Wii Sports Resort to take a stab at the MotionPlus technology. But for those who have held off, both Wii Sports Resort and Wii Party have dropped in price to $39.99. There’s a party in your wallet and Nintendo hopes they’re invited. (Press Release)

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Looks like there aren’t any new physical media games coming out so close to Christmas, but over on the downloadable side of things it’s a different story. Frobot is now available for WiiWare and there’s even a free demo. It’s a fun little game that sort of reminds me of Robotron 2084. And if the recent Wii Party didn’t float your boat, the N64 classic Mario Party 2 is now available as well.

Wii Party is a fun game. There are a lot of game modes–more than Mario Party. Great music. And upwards of 15-20 motion controlled mini games you’ll want to replay often. But it’s hard to recommend at the full price of $50, unless you’re BFF with Mario Party or are looking for a replayable four player game. I’d say $40 is the most I’d pay. $30 would be a steal. What do you think?

Sorta feels like Wii Play with a $50 price tag. Am I wrong?

IGN recently put up an article detailing some information regarding Wii Party. A game that was announced at an investor meeting by Satoru Iwata.

“Nintendo has not launched a marquee party game since Mario Party 8, launched in summer 2007,” said Iwata during the briefing. “However, since Wii is usually being played by several people at once and the global sales of Mario Party have reached 7.6 million units, a party title has great potential.”

From the details that were release… Wii Party is a game that will of course use all the mii’s on your system. While pitting them against various Mario Party-esque mini games. Now, I know Mario Party is a huge franchise and many people love that game. but the real question is…

Without the Mario characters would this be a game you would be looking forward too?