Was intended as a gift for the Queen: gilded Nintendo Wii is auctioned

The Nintendo Wii was overtaken by the Nintendo Switch a few months ago, but with its units sold over 101 million , the 2006 console is still one of the most successful products that the Japanese Company has ever produced. A very special model of the Wii can now be purchased at a auction by Goldin Auction .

• Gilded Nintendo Wii should go to the queen
• The first eBay auction had to be canceled
• Auction runs for almost two weeks

Gilded Nintendo Wii should go to the queen

Publisher THQ had the curious idea in 2009 to cover a Nintendo Wii with 24 Karat Gold in order to then give it away to Queen Elizabeth II . Due to strict security guidelines, "The Royal Wii" never made it into the hands of the Queen of Great Britain. Perhaps the royal family just didn't feel like being used for marketing purposes, on top of that for a cucumber game called Big Family Games, the Wii. Nevertheless, the Gülden Wii model naturally represented a very special collector's piece for fans from all over the world. After ThQ 2012 had been spit, a collector bought the gold-wii.

The first eBay auction had to be canceled

The current owner actually wanted to auction the Wii through a eBay auction . However, because its sales price was $ 300,000 , Ebay had to intervene and cancel the ongoing auction early **. The reason: the sum was too high for the auction of a private person. Now the right partner for the gilded Wii was found with Goldin Auction. Images of the console can be viewed on the website.

Auction runs for almost two weeks

As soon as the auction has started, the first potential buyers have already been active. At the moment the maximum bid is $ 2,000 . So we are still far from the $ 300,000 that the previous owner wanted for it. Incidentally, the package also includes Big Family Games - the party game that THQ brought in 2009.

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