The Wii is one of the best-selling consoles in history with more than 100 million units purchased at the time when it was available in stores. Among all of them there was one that was extremely rare and very special, since it is a Wii that is plated in 24 karat goldso you could say that we are talking about a really very valuable collector’s item.
In reality, this golden Wii was never put on sale. This is a special model that the THQ company created in 2009 along with the video game Big Family Games and that was intended exclusively for the late Queen of EnglandElizabeth II. Now, after all this time, you will have the opportunity to see this very rare Wii if you decide to attend this year’s Gamescom.
The Console Variations portal has communicated its intention to show several consoles in the stand that will be available at the popular German fairso all attendees will be able to see up close what this gold Wii looks like, along with its own Wii Remote that is also gold-plated and a copy of the aforementioned game that accompanied this model.
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The truth is that the story behind this console is very curious. Years ago we told you about her and the fact that THQ did everything possible to contact the royal family to offer them this gift. However, this detail was rejected because, for security reasons, The Royal House rejects any gift sent to them as long as it has not been requested by the Queen herself.
However, that was not the end of it. After the closure of THQ in 2013, this golden Wii ended up in the hands of one of its employees, who personally delivered it to Donny Fillerupa Dutch collector and the propietario de Console Variations, which is the company that will show this model in a couple of months in Cologne. Of course, a few years later he thought it was time to get rid of it, so he decided to auction it off.
In truth, what I expected was to get a good cut for it, because He put it up for sale on eBay con a price of 300,000 dollars, a figure of true madness. Unfortunately for him, his plans did not turn out well, because the online portal withdrew the offer for being excessively high. That led him to auction it a year later in Goldin Auctionsalthough this time for a much lower price than what was originally proposed.
Finally, after 44 bids with a starting price of 1,500 dollars, the gold-plated Wii It was sold on May 22, 2022 for $36,000. (about 33,600 dollars). Even so, after these events that took place a couple of years ago, Console Variations will have the opportunity to show this very exclusive Wii again and for the first time at an in-person event.
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