The **Official** Nintendo Wii Thread

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Hmm... BB has a 12% off coupon for Reward Zone members and it mentions nothing about Wii. I wonder how many my local store will have?

Says game hardware excluded.

 

[herkulease]

stopped by my target to check it out see if they put out accessories so I can buy it advance.

there's only two people who decided to camp out. I'll swing by later tonight and see if the line grew at all or not.

I figure i'll be out there around 615am or so. according to those inventory lookup sites, my target as 81. target about 8 minutes away has about 80 also. oddly enough the target that's in the poor area which has the newest and slightly largest only has 24.

 

[dugweb]

So has anyone gotten theirs yet? How is it?

 

[Pastore]

Just was at my local walmart that's doing a midnight launch. There are only 20 units available and there were 40 people in line when I got there at 9:30. Also, this is in a small town of only 7,000 or so people....

 

[maziwanka]

im curious to see if the BB in my area has a long line or not yet.

 

[microAmp]

Originally posted by: herkulease
stopped by my target to check it out see if they put out accessories so I can buy it advance.

there's only two people who decided to camp out. I'll swing by later tonight and see if the line grew at all or not.

I figure i'll be out there around 615am or so. according to those inventory lookup sites, my target as 81. target about 8 minutes away has about 80 also. oddly enough the target that's in the poor area which has the newest and slightly largest only has 24.

Linky for inventory sites?

 

[Vortex22]

Originally posted by: Pastore
Just was at my local walmart that's doing a midnight launch. There are only 20 units available and there were 40 people in line when I got there at 9:30. Also, this is in a small town of only 7,000 or so people....

Ack, I hope my Wal-Mart has more.

 

[herkulease]

target inventory sites.

link

I don't know the accuracy though.

 

[Queasy]

eek - Gamespot gave Red Steel a 5.5.

Red Steel isn't completely devoid of merit, but it's a half-baked, buggy game that feels rushed and poorly executed. There's a good concept in here somewhere, as a swords-and-guns shooter pitting you against yakuza villains certainly seems like it could be very exciting. However, the experience itself hardly fulfills any of the promises behind it. So if you're looking for an exciting new way to simulate gunning or cutting lots of dudes down using the Wii Remote, you'd best keep looking.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Vortex22

Originally posted by: Pastore
Just was at my local walmart that's doing a midnight launch. There are only 20 units available and there were 40 people in line when I got there at 9:30. Also, this is in a small town of only 7,000 or so people....

Ack, I hope my Wal-Mart has more.

yeah that sucks. there is like 60 people in line at wal-mart. wich is funny there was only 15 inline for the PS3 heh

 

[mpitts]

I'm headed to GameStop to pick up my Wii and Zelda at midnight.

They are going to be tough to find tonight. Sounds like the supply will not meet the demand. I expect that this will change within a week, but I think a lot of people are surprised that they can't just go to the store and pick one up tonight/tomorrow.

 

[Vortex22]

Originally posted by: Queasy
eek - Gamespot gave Red Steel a 5.5.

Red Steel isn't completely devoid of merit, but it's a half-baked, buggy game that feels rushed and poorly executed. There's a good concept in here somewhere, as a swords-and-guns shooter pitting you against yakuza villains certainly seems like it could be very exciting. However, the experience itself hardly fulfills any of the promises behind it. So if you're looking for an exciting new way to simulate gunning or cutting lots of dudes down using the Wii Remote, you'd best keep looking.

Not all that surprised, really. I could tell from a long way off from the early previews that it was probably going to turn out as a 'meh' game.

I'm not buying Wii for Red Steel though, I'm buying it for Zelda.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Vortex22

Originally posted by: Pastore
Just was at my local walmart that's doing a midnight launch. There are only 20 units available and there were 40 people in line when I got there at 9:30. Also, this is in a small town of only 7,000 or so people....

Ack, I hope my Wal-Mart has more.

yeah that sucks. there is like 60 people in line at wal-mart. wich is funny there was only 15 inline for the PS3 heh

The people in line for the Wii probably think they're going to turn this into an investment like the morons with the PS3's on EBay....

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Vortex22

Originally posted by: Queasy
eek - Gamespot gave Red Steel a 5.5.

Red Steel isn't completely devoid of merit, but it's a half-baked, buggy game that feels rushed and poorly executed. There's a good concept in here somewhere, as a swords-and-guns shooter pitting you against yakuza villains certainly seems like it could be very exciting. However, the experience itself hardly fulfills any of the promises behind it. So if you're looking for an exciting new way to simulate gunning or cutting lots of dudes down using the Wii Remote, you'd best keep looking.

Not all that surprised, really. I could tell from a long way off from the early previews that it was probably going to turn out as a 'meh' game.

I'm not buying Wii for Red Steel though, I'm buying it for Zelda.

I'm impressed by Madden, as well. I don't even like football games, but I think that the controls would make me like this one.

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: BKLounger
i am getting on board this whole wii phenom a little late but it's been growing on me i was just curious if some place are doing first come first serve, like either target, best buy or what other big stores might be doing that. Also anyone have an average idea of how many each store is getting. Lastly how late do you think a person would have to get in line to get one of these. say the store opens at 9 would 4 or 5 am be ok?

you should be able to walk into stores tomorrow and pick it up, without camping. most stores will have PLENTY of these things. I'm not talkin bout EB or Gamestop though, I'm talkin about stores like Target or Best Buy. They will have plenty of them. I don't have the link, but there is a link for the target allocations of Wii's. I have like 6 target's near me and they are all getting ATLEAST 60 units. One guy posted on here his Best Buy will have like 150 or so. When I was in a line at BB for PS3 raffle, they told me the backroom was full of Wii's, and they were getting shipments daily this past week so it kept getting more and more abundent.

I think you won't have to camp out is my point

Originally posted by: AkumaX
got/<3 my wii XD

Where did you get yours from? I really REALLY am trying to get one today!

a friend in the gaming industry. my whole family loves it. eat that sony!!!

 

[Vortex22]

Yeah, so I went up to Wal-Mart at 10:30. There were about 100 people lined up outside, one of the employees walked out and said they only had 32 in stock. FFS... looks like I'm gonna be waking up early tomorrow. The Target nearest me is only getting 24, so I'm not sure what store to hit. Maybe BB?

 

[fustercluck]

The EB closest to me won't have any tomorrow, guess they sold em all as pre-orders. I did get to play the Wii however, and i have no complaints, I thought it was real fun. I played Excite truck, had a good time with that. I heard a few people saying it was too sensitive, but I didn't think that. Graphics were pretty muddy, I think it was a combination of the Wii and the bad TV they had there. I expected the graphics to be gamecube-like though. The game was too easy (much like Burnout is) but they probably just had it on easy mode for the demo.

 

[secretanchitman]

im leaving to go wait in line at best buy just to see if i can get some component cables. then ill just stroll on over to ebgames and pick up my wii (preordered) and zelda.

this will be a fun night.

seeya'll later!

 

[Slew Foot]

You know the difference between this thread and the PS3 thread? On launch day, people will be talking about how much fun they're having playing the console, as opposed to how much they're losing on ebay on it

 

[CKDragon]

I'm in Northern VA. At 10PM tonight I started my trek... way too late, apparently.

Every Walmart (I called 6) had more people in line than Wiis. The Toys R Us in Alexandria that is doing the midnight launch had a line at least 150 deep for an advertised 84 units (dumb people).

Looks like a 4 AM rise from bed tomorrow to hit the Fair Lakes shopping center with a BB, Target, & TRU all in one location.

CK

 

[Chaotic42]

My roommate pre-ordered his Wii weeks ago at EB. He got nervous tonight and we took a drive to the mall (Where the EB is). Lots of people camped out at Target and Best Buy.

Sucks to be them, out in the cold like that. Man, this bed sure is warm...

 

[Aimster]

Originally posted by: CKDragon
I'm in Northern VA. At 10PM tonight I started my trek... way too late, apparently.

Every Walmart (I called 6) had more people in line than Wiis. The Toys R Us in Alexandria that is doing the midnight launch had a line at least 150 deep for an advertised 84 units (dumb people).

Looks like a 4 AM rise from bed tomorrow to hit the Fair Lakes shopping center with a BB, Target, & TRU all in one location.

CK

my friend left the house at 10 and said "ill be back with a wii trust me theyll have it"

I believe he went to best buy in springfield or costco in alexandria. He went to one of those.

He comes back home with nothing in his hand.

I didnt even need to ask.

 

[noagname]

did this whole thread start 15 mins ago

it is crazy

 

[ponyo]

Just came back from Walmart. About 50 people in line and only 20 units.

I'm going to try Target in the morning. If I can't get one tommorrow at Target, I'm not buying one until the DVD model is released in late 2007.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Naustica
Just came back from Walmart. About 50 people in line and only 20 units.

I'm going to try Target in the morning. If I can't get one tommorrow at Target, I'm not buying one until the DVD model is released in late 2007.

wtf???

I drove by Target and Best Buy and there were already long lines. I'm wondering now if I should just wait until I get my preorder from Amazon sometime this week.