Nintendo Fan Buys Wii Fit U Bundle and Gets Unexpected Surprise

One Nintendo fan recently ordered the Wii Fit U bundle, only to receive two of them in the mail. This pleasant surprise was made all the better by the fact that both of the Wii U products were in mint condition.

November 1 marked the 11th anniversary of the Wii Fit U hitting the market in North America and Europe. While the Wii U console was a commercial flop, Wii Fit U was fairly well-received, with VGChartz estimating it sold a little under a million units within its first three years on the market, meaning roughly one in 13 people who bought Nintendo’s eight-generation console also purchased its exclusive fitness game.

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Looking to join this subset of Wii U owners, Reddit user DarkNemuChan recently ordered an unused Wii Fit U bundle for $30 online. Once their package arrived, they were surprised to discover that it included two whole bundles. DarkNemuChan didn’t specify the exact seller of the bundle, but considering that Nintendo stopped selling Wii Fit U years ago, it stands to reason that the package came from a reseller.

Given the contents of their shipment, this lucky Nintendo fan effectively paid only $15 for each unused Wii Fit U bundle. Their pleasant surprise subsequently emerged on the front page of the r/WiiU subreddit, where someone commented that they would gladly pay to take the extra product off their hands. It’s unclear whether DarkNemuChan took them up on that offer. Each of the bundles that they purchased includes a balance board, pedometer, carrying case, and a copy of Wii Fit U.

Online Sellers’ Shipping Mistakes Sometimes Benefit Buyers

Getting twice as many products as one paid for is an occasional occurrence in online retail. For instance, someone else received two PlayStation Portals in late 2023, while Sony’s handheld was in extremely short supply. In most such cases, the extra products are shipped by mistake. In this particular instance, there’s a chance that the extra Wii Fit U bundle was sent on purpose, perhaps because the seller was just looking to get rid of some old inventory that isn’t attracting much consumer interest nowadays.

Wii Fit U is one of only a few dozen Wii U exclusives that haven’t been ported to Nintendo’s next console. Given its reliance on multiple accessories, the game is unlikely to ever make the jump to a different system. Nevertheless, since the Switch got Ring Fit Adventure and Nintendo Switch Sports, it’s plausible that the newly announced Switch 2 will also receive some exergaming titles from Nintendo.

Source: VGChartz

Nintendo Wii U

The Nintendo Wii U was the original successor to the Nintendo Wii and featured upgraded motion controls as well as a new controller that had a touch-screen tablet interface. It was part of the eighth-generation of the console wars and went toe-to-toe with the Xbox One and PS4.

Brand

Nintendo

Original Release Date

November 18, 2012

Original MSRP (USD)

$299

Deluxe Sets: $349

Weight

3.3 lbs