Mario Kart Wii

[AntiFreze]

So I was looking to purchase mario kart wii, and the following places were sold out:

Gamestop, Target, Bestbuy Circuit City, Frys, Toys R Us.

Is this game really that hard to get? Anyone know where/when to check?

 

[Queasy]

Huh. You may be on to something here. Gamestop.com doesn't list Mario Kart Wii and Amazon.com is only selling it through 3rd parties at higher prices.

Sold Out at Best Buy. Not Listed at Target. Out of Stock at Wal-Mart and Circuit City.

Nintendo is selling the Wii like gangbusters but they've had some really odd supply issues.

 

[Modeps]

That's really weird.

 

[Modeps]

http://www.toysrus.com/product....jsp?productId=3041629 (oos)
http://www.gamestop.com/browse...Ntt=mario%20kart%20wii (not found)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...&cp=1&id=1205450857146 (oos)
http://www.target.com/gp/searc...&ref=sr_bx_1_1&x=0&y=0 (not found)
http://www.walmart.com/catalog....do?product_id=9188482 (oos)

 

[Slew Foot]

I heard Nintendo was diverting shipments of goods away from the US but this is ridiculous.

 

[tk149]

I've been casually looking for it since launch, and haven't seen one yet.

 

[Xavier434]

I've been hunting it for weeks. I cannot find it anywhere.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Nintendo hates America, clearly.

Really though. I bought this game at launch, no problem at all. Just walked into a GameStop and bought it that weekend. But now it's hard to find. What did they do, send a couple million copies and then just quit sending stuff?

Again, it's one thing when you're talking about Wiis and how Nintendo makes just as many as they can sell to maximize profits, but it makes no sense for games that are just pure profit and cost nothing to manufacture and relatively little to ship. Nintendo confuses me and it makes me think that they actually do hate people in America... enough that they're willing to actually make less money just to infuriate us.

Well, not me, not anymore. I got out of Nintendo a few months ago and they won't get any more of my money. But they're certainly not doing anything to convince me that I made the wrong decision.

 

[R Nilla]

They just can't keep up their steering wheel production to match the demand.

 

[ed21x]

probably diverting supplies to Europe for the time being. Despite selling the most, Nintendo is notorious for how conservative they are with supply.

 

[CasioTech]

yeah mario crap wii is the easiest to find of the three (wiifit, wii, mariokart) they go for about $90 on ebay but after shipping and tax and fees it's maybe $10 each. Not the best return on $53.

 

[BassBomb]

my cousin bought it off dell.ca when it launched (took a week or so to arrive though)

 

[AntiFreze]

I was hoping for a "moron... you can get it here: x, y, and z"

for once, I wasnt wrong.

 

[I4AT]

Tried to get it for my sisters birthday, all stores around me OOS. It definitely isn't the wheel holding back supplies, because every store I went into had some wheels on the shelves. Now I have no reason to buy it, so if they're redirecting stock overseas, I'm kind of glad they won't be getting my money.

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Nintendo hates America, clearly.

No, they still hate Europe. They just hate the dollar.

Anyways, I can confirm this - I was in two GameStops today hunting for Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (wound up with SO3), and both were out. *shrugs* I didn't think it was very hard to find closer to release, interestingly enough.

 

[Baked]

Good thing I got mine at Target on launch day. Got an extra wheel for S&G as well.

 

[Slew Foot]

Originally posted by: CasioTech
yeah mario crap wii is the easiest to find of the three (wiifit, wii, mariokart) they go for about $90 on ebay but after shipping and tax and fees it's maybe $10 each. Not the best return on $53.

Thats a better return than youll get for a Wii console.

$90-10(ebay/paypal)-5 shipping=75 for $22 profit

Wii console

320-32(ebay/paypal)-15(shipping)=283 giving you about $20 profit

 

[lupi]

I picked one up I think 2nd week it was out form whomever had some type of sale for it. Haven't opened it yet thought

 

[CasioTech]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot

Originally posted by: CasioTech
yeah mario crap wii is the easiest to find of the three (wiifit, wii, mariokart) they go for about $90 on ebay but after shipping and tax and fees it's maybe $10 each. Not the best return on $53.

Thats a better return than youll get for a Wii console.

$90-10(ebay/paypal)-5 shipping=75 for $22 profit

Wii console

320-32(ebay/paypal)-15(shipping)=283 giving you about $20 profit

of course you forgot to add the featured plus listing fee which is $10 because without it you won't even get $60. Besides, they close often times for $80 or less even as featured listings.

I never said selling wiis is better right now. Only wiifits can make you rich right now.

 

[CasioTech]

Originally posted by: Modeps
That's really weird.

does that mean you are on the hunt to take pics to show us your target has wiicart in stock?

 

[Dari]

Maybe they're coming out with a new sku, without that useless wheel. Same price, of course.