Update: White Wii U Basic Bundle Recalled By EB Games In Australia

Last month it was revealed that US retailer GameStop would not be selling the 8GB Wii U Basic bundle, the system was being recalled by head off for reasons still unspecified.

Now the same is happening here in Australia, we’ve been informed that EB Games Australia is recalling all 8GB Wii U Basic Bundles as well with immediate effect. We’re not sure why, but it is happening and happening soon.

The Basic 8GB bundle we’ve been told hasn’t sold at all well in Australia, a sentiment that is echoed worldwide. We’re not sure if this means that the White 32GB Premium Wii U is headed our way, but if Nintendo is behind these recalls its certainly possible.

We’ll let you know more as we do.

Update: We have received a statement from EB Games Australia, Its fairly similar to the one given by Nintendo America to IGN in the US. It is as follows;

[quote]Recently it has been reported that EB Games is doing a recall on the Wii U White 8GB Pack. This information is incorrect. We are currently conducting a stock rebalance, which is standard procedure with all of our products and involves sending a portion of our stock back to our Head Office to get redistributed. All stores still have inventory of this product, and will continue to stock it as per normal for the foreseeable future.[/quote]