Wii U Bundle Target: Retailer Offers $50 Gift Card with Purchase of Mario & Luigi Bundled Console
A Wii U Mario & Luigi bundle at Target comes with a $50 gift card after purchase until April 12.
The bundle is $299 at Target this week, and comes with New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U. The gift card is obtained whether purchased online or in the store.
According to Wii U Daily, Target also has a Wind Waker HD Wii U Bundle as well, but it does not come with the $50 gift card.
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President and CEO of Nintendo Satoru Iwata recently received the lowest approval rating by his board since taking over the company.
According to IGN, Iwata had a 92.9 percent rating from Nintendo's shareholders in 2011. Last year, that number dropped to 77.3 percent, which is most likely due to the company's inability to make money off of the Wii U console.
Nintendo announced earlier this year, the company is anticipating a loss of 25 billion yen instead of making 55 billion yen as expected. Sales of the console were lowered from 9 million to 2.8 million as Nintendo's lofty goals in sales are falling well short.
"In particular, sales in the [United States] and European markets in which we entered the year-end sales season with a hardware markdown were significantly lower than our original forecasts," Iwata said, reported IGN.
While projections for the home console were off, the handheld numbers were lowered as well. 18 million 3DS, 3DS XL, and 2DS' were collectively predicted to sell. Now that number has been adjusted to 13.5 million.
Nikkei reported that Iwata along with a number of other Nintendo execs have collectively decided to cut their pay until the company is back and kicking. The other directors will get a 20 to 30 percent pay cut, and this will be effective from February to June. Iwata will be losing 50 percent of his pay.
