Wii Stand Variants

[austin532 | 467]

I never bothered to look before but how many Wii Stand variants are there? I found one that looks more gun metal in color and the bottom is black. Did this come with the later released RVL-101 models?

[bowser | 600]

Are you sure it's OEM? The 101 models never came with a stand because they were meant to lie flat. Can you post a picture?

[austin532 | 467]

Yes, it's OEM. RVL-017

 

[captmorgandrinker | 1,650]

Maybe it came with the red Mario one?

[bowser | 600]

Very interesting. Can't really say where it came from but I noticed Nintendo likes to change colors around without updating the model number. Few examples:

1) GameCube composite AV cables always have black connectors for the multi-out plug compared to grey for the SNES/N64

2) Wii U sensor bars are always black on black compared to grey on black for Wii

3) Switch HDMI cables are always black compared to light grey for the Wii U

4) The ports on the back of the 32GB deluxe Wii U are all black for some units and colored for others seemingly randomly

[austin532 | 467]

I'm guessing it came with the very last RVL-001 systems. I believe the Mario Kart Wii bundle was the last one?

[Tanooki | 4,953]

I have the Mario red edition Wii, bottom of it is not black.  So you can strike that unless it randomly ended up with some of this (or others) but not consistently.

[TDIRunner | 2,779]

I have a red Wii in box and the stand matches the one that came with my original white launch model.  However, my red Wii was bought used at a flea market, so I can't say 100% for sure that it's the stand that came with it originally.  

[austin532 | 467]

So after looking at some pics it does look like it came with the Mario Kart bundle. Hard to tell in this pic but this looks brand new and the bottom of the stand looks black. Sooo maybe?

[bowser | 600]

I was going through my collection and I found three colors for the Wii U stands.

Also I was looking at some YouTube unboxings and I spotted the black stand in several videos for the black Wii with motion plus.

You'll see it at the 1:33 mark in this video: 

 

Also looks like the dark grey one came with the Red Wii. I think I see it at the 6:09 mark in this video: 

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by bowser

[Tanooki | 4,953]

The Mario 25th Wii, it came with the silver bottom that matches the visible sides of it because that's the system I've got and just checked it.

[austin532 | 467]

Ok sooo?

Light gray on bottom = All white Wii's
Dark gray on bottom =  Mario 25th Anniversary Red Wii
Black on bottom = Late release Black Wii's
 

Edited June 4, 2021 by austin532

[bowser | 600]

1 hour ago, austin532 said:

Ok sooo?

Light gray on bottom = All white and blue Wii's
Dark gray on bottom =  Mario 25th Anniversary Red Wii
Black on bottom = Late release Black Wii's
 

I don't think any blue Wiis came with stands since they were the latest model designed to lie flat.

And I got a CIB black Wii that was barely used with a black bottom stand. It's the earlier model that came with the motion plus attachment and not the built in one.

I assume black Wiis with motion plus came with black stands.

[austin532 | 467]

It seems you're right. There's no slot in the box for the stand on the blue models.