Nintendo offers Wii Remote Jacket for free

Reuben Lee | Oct 04, 2007

Yes, you read it right. Nintendo has announced that it will be including a free Wii Remote Jacket in all its hardware sold from October 15 onward. The Wii Remote Jacket (as shown) is a silicone sleeve that wraps around the wireless controller for the Wii gaming console. It is often used to help protect as well as provide a more comfortable grip of the controller. While similar offerings have been offered by third-party vendors since the launch of the Wii, this latest announcement means Wii gamers need no longer buy them as an addon accessory. The best part is, existing owners can also request for the free (read: No charge) Wii Remote Jacket from its online site.

However, before you start bombarding the Nintendo site with your Wii Remote Jacket requests, it should be noted that the offer currently applies only to Wii customers in the US and Canada. A quick check with Maxsoft, the official distributor of Nintendo products in Southeast Asia, revealed that the company is considering the same offer for its users in Asia. But plans are presently tentative and Maxsoft will not comment further until after the US launch on October 15.

If you are thinking of getting silicon sleeves for your Wii, it is probably wise to hang on to that thought for a while longer. In the meantime, we're keeping our fingers crossed.

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bhwong says...
It's so not fair for Asians. We have already paid double the price and still no free jacket? In US, Wii is 3x cheaper than PS3. In Singapore Wii cost the same as a PS3! :(

Oct 05, 2007 17:10