The e-tailer Amazon has slashed the price of the Nintendo Wii to £139.99 in the UK, down from £179.99.

The Amazon bundle includes one wireless controller and the game Wii Sports and seems to be a way to clear stock for the more expensive Wii MotionPlus bundle.

That bundle will sell for £179.99 and include Wii MotionPlus, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort.

Some retailers have increased the price of the Wii Sports Resort bundle, given low supply and high demand, with Play.com even charging £199.99 for it.

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Wii owners who are looking forward to yet another interesting peripheral this summer can check out the Riiflex from Power Play – this pair of dumbbells actually intend to build your musles while you wave the Wiimote around, weighing in at 2-pounds each for $35. The Riiflex not only works with any game on the Wii, it will also make for a nice companion gift with Wii Fit. It may even make it to the UK.

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It had to happen and I’m surprised it took this long. Someone had to clone the Wiimote. That someone is Nyko. According to Mark Wilson of Gizmodo, who had a chance to play with it at CES, the device is pretty impressive, with no tangible difference aside from the red, white and blue color scheme.

The quality and response seems dead on. But aside from one-upping the Wiimote on good looks, “the Wand” has one advantage. Nyko is using it as the basis for their new Trans-Port peripheral technology. Where most Wii peripherals like the Zapper use mechanical contacts to link a trigger to an actual button on the Wiimote, Nyko makes this connection digitally.

According to Nyko, not only could they then remap buttons on attached peripherals, but transfer vibration information as well. So the next Nyko-branded Nunchuk may vibrate. Expect it to be on the market in a few months. Nyko hopes to price the Wand between $30 and $40.

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