So... did you get a Wii?
By Ryan Block 
posted November 19th 2006 1:35PM
posted November 19th 2006 1:35PM
posted November 19th 2006 1:35PM
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Anyone who cares enough to be posting crap like you did needs to get a life as well.
haha wrong place to be bashing people like that -- I think you're words are falling on deaf ears..
And you're a high rolling jet setter who posts aon a wii thread in a sunday afternoon? You're a joke and in denial. :(
Daniel, you're a sleazy bastard.
Seriously. If you're gonna post crap like that, then you need to take a hard look at your own life. Engadget is letting us post comments like this to let us tell their employees how popular their articles are. You are just abusing that. Shame on you! : (
Ya, we're shell of human being, who would rather play a video game that requires some physical activity. I don't think that it is us who need to look at where we are going in life.
Ever heard of black friday? People go out of their way all the time to get a deal on stuff to buy. It's the american way - like it or not.
Thanks! I think you're a turd too!
No store in Montreal had it in stock :(
Future Shop Anjour (in Montreal) had 63 units in stock and nobody was in line saturday @ 16h00.
The days of buying a console at launch just by walking into the store are over. Now that everyone got a taste of greed with ebay, unless you are a camper, pre-ordered or very wealthy and desperate person, there is no way of getting a console at launch any longer.
I think all 3 console makers should pressure Ebay to stop sales of latest gen consoles during the first two weeks of their launch. This is the only solution I can think of that may disuade people from buying consoles in mass just to sell on ebay. They are ruining the thrill of a console launch for all gamers.
Got to Target at 5:30 AM. When they passed out tickets at 7:00, I was #36 in line out of 51 Wiis.
I was at that exact same Target! On Peterson in Chicago right? Me I was number six....love mine so far.
why cant it come out in europe first to piss of the yanks who get it 3 weeks before us brits!
bet all the americans are gonna rank my post dead low now!
im a yankee and i just voted high on your post just to spite your comment. your welcom
The European Union has stricter rules and standards for manufactured goods, that is a BIG reason why a lot of products take longer to get to Europe than to America.
Well not all Americans will at-least not me anyway. I think it would be a interesting change for them to release something in Europe first just to see what happens.
Anyway I did get a Wii and have been playing it more than my PS3 (it's still in the box) I love Zelda and Red Steel is great too. Those are the only two games I want right now but I look forward to the newer games and how they will utilize the controller into the game play. The down loadable games don't really interest me too much as I can already play all the old school games on my XBOX and PSP. I know I can't play them online but I don't really like online games so it's fine with me.
I bought the Wii today at 11:00 In a bundle it comes with a extra wii remote, nunchuk and 2 years warranty from circut city.
i went to a local target surrounded by a best buy, eb games, and walmart. needless to say, more people went to the eb, best buy and walmart... leaving the 80 wii's at target untouched. i got there at around 10:30pm and was only the 33rd person online. as the night went on, however, more and more people realized how laid back and full of wiis target was. it was an experience.
wii is awesome!
zelda kicks ass!
w00t I got one! XD
The best thing that happened in our wait was when the belated wal mart truck pulled in with the stock of zelda games we otherwise would not have gotten ^^
The system is great and so is zelda as it has very nice controlls amoung other things. And Wii tenis is the best thing since sliced bread XD
As I thought, Red Steel wasn't that great (my friend bought it). I didn't get to try out sword play, but the multiplayer gun fights was a pain...
Overall it was a well spent $401.34 ;D
Went to a tiny little town about 2 hours from my house in CA with a walmart, walked in got #18 + #19 out of 20. LOVE IT!!!!
i went to a chicago TrU at about ten last night and there wasn't a person around...so i came back around 730 and was 35 out of 38 consoles...with about 20 to 30 who lined up afterwards. TrU only had like six games so i only ended up with Zelda. but this is off the hizzie, i'm all worn out from wii sports.....or maybe it was the two hours of zelda taht i lost when i failed to save before my wii locked up. hopefully thats a one time event. best day ever.
I got mine this morning. I went to a Target and Wal-Mart, but they opened earlier than I thought and were sold out. I drove to the local Microcenter (not the first place people think of when it comes to gaming), got there about 90 minutes before they opened, and was 9th in line. Fortunately, they had 10 consoles and were even nice enough to let us wait inside the vestibule area so we didn't have to freeze (it was ~44F this morning and a little windy).
Since it's NFL Sunday, I haven't hooked up the console yet but will post my thoughts after halftime.
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While I'm no expert on international matters, I think it has something to do with the myriad of laws in EU countries. That's why it took so long to get access to the iTunes Music Store.
Imagine if every US state had different laws regarding imports, tariffs, etc etc.
Fortunately, the EU trying to convince member countries to find common ground which will lower barriers and the cost of doing business there. The Euro is a good example of this common ground working to benefit everyone...
I got one!
I woke up at 5AM and went to a Walmart. I was about 35th in line when it was anounced that there were only 20 Wii in store but that they were going to raffle them off. We each recieved a ticket and mine was called!
I went home with a Wii, Red Steel, and Twilight Princess.
Yep I got a wii I was 53 in line of 58 and I got call of duity which so far is pretty good. I am not used to the controller yet so before I really get he hang of it I'llplay wii sports for a while
No, and I am pissed. Called 30 stores went to 4, all are out, damnit!
i got my wii, was #55 out of #60 at targhetto, showed up at 6:45
You know Ryan, a better title for the post would've been:
"So... Are you playing with your Wii?"
:-)
Got mine at Sam's Club this morning. They only had 5 and I was the 4th in line. I showed up 10 minutes before they opened. Worked out very well.
I got to my local Target ~7:30, and all 51 tickets had already been given out. I drove to another Target that had 69 consoles, but none were available. The Toys R Us had given out all their tickets at 7am (for only about 14 consoles). At that point, I figured it was pointless to try Walmart or Best Buy, so I went home.
Sears.com listed the Wii "in stock" until you tried to add it to the shopping cart, then it was listed as unavailable. Circuitcity.com had not started selling their Wii bundle when I was looking online, but at some point it went on sale and sold out in 30sec - 1min.
Amazon.com was not selling the Wii yet, and there were ~830 "reviews" of people posting "omg, are you selling it yet?!?!?" Over the next hours, the review count kept dropping (down to 526 now), and the page indicated they would be selling them sometime this morning. I happened to catch the page when they turned on the purchase buttons for about 2 minutes. I managed to "1-click" purchase it, with a shipping estimate of tomorrow, but that quickly updated to January 20! I figure I'll let the order stand until it ships or I find something better. ;)
Yeah I got one! Got to target at about 4:45, watched Family Guy on my lappy for a couple hours, got ticket number 22 and walked away with a hunka hunka burning (...no not literally) Wii. Also got Zelda (but who didn't?). I'm loving just about everything so far!
i recently download pokemon snap and played on my computer, brings back memeories but i would like to see a pokemon snap 2 for wii. i would so buy !!!!
Circuit City In Union SQUARE NYC Are scammers.
I waited online for 2 and a half hours to be told they are sold out. I went inside and waited at the counter to find they put about 25 of these away for employees. What BS. Another woman saw them there and complained she was calling corporate. I joined in with about 3 others. Guess what we got ours. Circuit city is shady.....
Nintendo World was worse. I preorderedpurchased. Yeah, I was one of those dumbasses that paid for it all beforehand. When I got to the line for the store I was told, "the line is closed." Even for folks, like me, who had already given them money. Apparently it will take until closing to deal with the line that is there. I guess it never dawned on anyone to have a separate "will call" line. Fun.
Got up at 7:30 and everywhere had lines past their quota. There was about 250 in my half of the city... Even the grocery store (who sells electronics for some reason) had 6 but gave out all their tickets at around 6 am...
I got it on Amazon.com. Just had to keep trying. I got it after essentially 8 hours of refreshing...
My advice to all of you out there who still haven't got one- keep trying Amazon!!! And add it to your cart (NO 1-CLICK until it's in your cart), and have your payment stuff sorted out before hand.
I tried the walmart near school but all 29 were accounted for at 7pm last night, but someone special at home went to target at 6.30 this morning and was #36 of 50. I'm happy, but I won't get to play until Thxgiving break on Tuesday :/ Better than not having one though.
I got mine at the midnight opening at Toys R Us near Minneapolis. Instead of waiting in line all day, I just showed up around 11pm to near 150 people in line and just hopped in the back to see what happened. And I still got my Wii thanks to a huge shipment of what appeared to be about 200 Wiis they had. Also got my copy of Zelda and my dang component cables are still on back order from the online Nintendo Store.
I arrived at Best Buy at 7:00AM and they handed out the tickets at 8:00AM. I was the last person in line to get a ticket...it was a close call, but at least I didn't have to sleep in the cold (which I was willing to do, but for various reasons could not). I then grabbed the last extra nunchuck attachment at a Best Buy. First impresssions of the system: Wii Sports and Zelda are awesome! Red Steel feels like it could've used a bit more work with the controls...often they're quite jumpy and are a bit inaccurate. Oh well, hopefully I'll get used to them.
I arrived at my local EBgames at 7PM and three people later showed up before it opened. We got free "Reggienator" t-shirts since there were so few of us. I took my prepaid Wii and copies of Excite Trucks and LoZ:TP -- and I bought an extra remote and sling bag (since I was first in line, I had dibs on those).
Overall, AWESOME launch. Since the Wiis were all preordered, the remaining four people probably came today since they would be too tired to play at night!
oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that the Best Buy had around 45 Wiis, and that there were roughly 60-65 people waiting there by the times the tickets were handed out.
I preordered it at a Gamestop at a mall 2 min from my house. was like 10th in line when i showed up 10 min before mall opened and had no problem preordering. today came and i went to the Gamestop like 10 min after the mall opened and just got on line and picked it up. had absolutely no problem. people were coming in asking about it and the guys at the counter said sold out only for preorders. smooth deal. i had to go right to work after (there now) but i get off in like 2 hours and i cant wait. but when i saw all those people waiting in line for days in the freezing cold i was like damm, it was so easy for me. lucky
=(
I stayed up till 1:45 PST waiting for it to go on sale at amazon and it didn't start selling till 8:02 PST
I mean, when they say it begins selling sunday the 19th PST, u would assume midnight, right?
Shoulda left with my friend at 7am to go to best buy...
O well, i'll just wait like 2 weeks then go.. =/
Unfortunately no, radioshack.com screwed me, and many more, over.
Went to my first midnight launch at Walmart last night with a buddy. A 12 hour wait at Walmart is nothing when everyone has a ds and 2 people brought gamecubes with wave birds to setup right in the electronics department! Everyone had a great time and their were enough accessories and Zelda copies to go around. #6 out of 20 =D
I went to a Circuit City at 5:00am. Store opened at 10:00am.. I was 17 and my wife.. oops... a stranger I live with.. was 15 on the line. They had 63, at 10:00am they still had 12 Wiis available for sale. I won't even open them... I just got them to make some money on eBay.
Now... I was unable to get a PS3 but I'm #110 on the waiting list of my local Sony store... that one.. I'm keeping!!!
Number 3 out of 29 at the Somersworth, NH Wal-Mart.
Arrived at 5:30AM. Numbers one and two were there at 7:30 AM on Friday
i got it yeahhhhhhhhhhhh babyyyyyyyyy friggin had to wait in line in front of the circuit city for 5 hours. i dont care. was # 18 of 58. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa im playin wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
even though i am dying to play Zelda, I just had to get the XboxHD-DVD first. so i'll probably get in by in january. Wii60!