Wii Launch Thread
polycounter lvl 18
Y HALO THAR! Wii is coming out tonight at Midnight, who all is getting on, what games?
Legend of Zelda, best launch title ever?
Red Steel, good test in wii FPS controls?
Monkey Ball, one party game to rule them all?
GO!
Legend of Zelda, best launch title ever?
Red Steel, good test in wii FPS controls?
Monkey Ball, one party game to rule them all?
GO!
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sadly they are for my neices and nephews (sister's 3 and bro's 4) for christmas ....
...of course I need to make sure they work and not part of a dodgy batch...
three weeks left
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ps3&thread.id=744589
I'm quite positive you'll be able to casually walk into a store and pick one up.
Aren't there like 500,000-1,000,000 units for the US launch?
Compare that to the paltry 180,000 units or so, for PS3.
DIE!!!
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Go to the nearest mountain range and freeze yourself. Then have someone come to thaw you in three weeks. It's a foolproof plan.
Hopefully more stuff will hit the net soon to curb my anxiousness. But, sadly I'm having to force myself to wait. I've got hospital bills still left to pay since our baby was born...and I should probably wait until after the holidays and my Xbox sales. But I haven't been this excited about a console in the last 20 years. And I'm proud to say I've been WOW free for 8 months now. Yay!
I'm totally buying one in February when they come out for real though.
Luckily I can buy a Wii in two weeks from where I work, but I'm so excited for this launch I don't want to wait
DIE!!!
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same here... not sure why they have delayed the Japanese launch...
I'm looking forward to putting movies on my 2gb SD card and watching them on my Wii - as I don't have a computer at home any more.
same here... not sure why they have delayed the Japanese launch...
I'm looking forward to putting movies on my 2gb SD card and watching them on my Wii - as I don't have a computer at home any more.
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I heard its cuzz the holiday shopping season is differ in the us or something. But still weird that their waiting for the japanese for 3 weeks, unless they have nifty treat for japanese versions only.
There are plenty of Wii's to go around, unlike the PS3.
I'm quite positive you'll be able to casually walk into a store and pick one up.
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Unfortunately I don't believe thats the case. Me, my girlfriend and a group of our other friends camped outside our 24 walmart for 11 hours to get one today. They had 35 units, and there were at least 30 people behind us at one point, and that wasn't even late into the night. While I was at the counter exchanging my voucher for the system there were still many people coming in thinking they would be in great supply. Keep in mind also that I live in New Braunfels, TX, with a population of 50,000 that is comprised mostly of people who do nothing but drink beer, swim at the river, go to dance halls, and listen to americana. The walmart told me that they expect only a few more, if not just one shipment before the end of the year. I also drove by Target to see some friends and they had the entire stock already reserved by people in tents - same with circuit city and best buy. I also managed to grab 3 copies of zelda and 2 more remotes. Between me, my friends, and our friend who runs the local lan center we have all the launch titles covered.
Do you think that the price of the Wiis on ebay will increase right before Christmas? There's little point to both me and my girlfriend having one since we're always together.
http://wii.yahoo.com/buyers-guide
They release the wii at the 7th of December over here so if anybody wants one and really cant handle the wait for the next shipment let me know and I might be able to pre-order another one
Also we need to get a thread for the system codes going. I'd like to see some PCer Mii thingys showing up in Wii Sports.
flaagan is such a negative nancy, with all your xbox360 is the next generation and its already been here a year mumbo jumbo and wiik sauce crap. i think a Wii360 is an excellent combination
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Despite the fact we have a 53" big screen tv, my gaming is 99% relegated to this location, so having the space to play with the Wii without looking like I'm playing with MY wii isn't likely most of the time.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a cool system, but I'm very happy with my 360, and don't care much for the ps3, so for the time being I'm gonna be a MS only gamer (Pc and 360).
I haven't heard any feedback on how well it works with a 96'' television so I hope I'm not in trouble :X
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I hope you suffer... a lot....
We've had friends over all weekend, played redsteel for about 10 minutes on multiplayer, wii sports for like 2 hours, monkey ball for 20 minutes (boring, though) and spent almost 9 hours making Mii's.
That's right.
9 FUCKING HOURS ON MII'S.
sonic, can I come over to your place and play yours?
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yes
or you could by my other one
I have to say, wii sports is ridiculously fun. Especially when all the characters in it are your personal avatar. Something satisfying watching your little 3d self beating the crap out of your buddy.
I flailed like a wounded monkey, but it was damn fun.
Zelda's graphics aren't anything you didn't see on gamecube, and some of the environments hearkened back to N64's ocarina, but that doesn't matter once you get into it. Where else can you pick a pumpkin and nail a chicken with it, or call an eagle and have it attack a cat?
I finally picked up a 360 the other day, and after playing the wii I was sad because I knew I'd have to pick one up.
A victory for Upfish(re: Nintendo)!
I hope you suffer... a lot....
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Hahahha oh there is much suffering! Though I must say, the projector and screen were less then most 42'' flat screens, and you should see my makeshift PVC pipe screen hanger with the red Target window blind trim for that oh so theatric movie experience.
looking like I'm playing with MY wii
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Wasn't the DS' ad campaign "touch it"? hehehe
As for the Wii, I was hoping to walk in and buy one. WTF happened to those days? I think the PS2 started this whole unit-shortage-stand-in-line-mania. Hell, I remember just walking in on launch day, picking up a PS1, and Dreamcast. I got to BestBuy about 5 minutes early for the Xbox launch. There were 10 others already there. I stood in line for 4 hrs for my 360.
But seriously, people are camping out a WEEK or sometimes more, and the fuckers more of than not, are just reselling on Ebay. Grrrrr
If you play the virtual console stuff, let us know how it is.
Its not worth importing if you just want to save money because if customs stop it you most likely end up paying more not to mention the possible hassels with warranty and stuff.
ONLY in bundles, though
$650 bundles, that is.
Talk about bullshit.
There are many xbox360 or ps3 blockbusters anounched, but no wii titles.
I want to buy a wii, but I don't know which cool games will be released after the huge launch
That's a problem.
Basically what happened with me was all day long the Walmart employees promised there would be at least 35 units, maybe 40. So at 11 pm, right before they passed out the vouchers, they announced they only have 28 and there will be no rainchecks passed out to the remaining 7 who were promised one. I was number 26 in line (I should have been number 20 actually, but these old asshats cut with their family at the last second and even though 95% of the line complained, Walmart still gave them a voucher), so I already was guaranteed to get one. When I got there and me and my 2 friends both got theirs, me and my girlfriend stayed behind to make sure they didn't bullshit the remaining 7 out of a raincheck. For the PS3, they were supposed to get 10 at walmart and only ended up getting 5, and they gave rainchecks to the remaining 5, but they refused to give them out here. My girlfriend and I argued with the 2 assistant managers on duty (night shift doesn't have a real manager) for over an hour with an angry mob of about 30 people behind us. Finally, they agreed to take everyone's name down and call them as soon as the Monday/Tuesday shipment came in and they would have a Wii waiting for them behind the counter. So not only did the remaining 7 get guaranteed one, but so did the other 20 or so people behind them (which was a by-product of my bitching, I wasn't meaning to make sure they got one, they knew there wouldn't be more than 35). Afterwards I had the 5 people that were behind us come up to me and shake my hand for getting them to come to a compromise. All in all it seems kind of silly when I think about it, but those people waited outside for 10 hours and were guaranteed to get one, only to be told they would have to wait in line again for hours on Monday or Tuesday, and that's bullshit.
Also, there was a couple of douchebags who brought two of their infant sons who were out there for over 20 hours in the hot and cold (we live in texas, it went from over 90 degrees with the sun coming down right on top of us to below 37 as the sun set) just to get 2 more vouchers so they could sell more Wiis on ebay. When we went inside to purchase the systems, both of their sons were asleep and curled up on the tile floor near the bathrooms and were coughing and wheezing. Right before their number came up, they came over and yelled at their sons to wake up and carried them over to the counter, shoved a credit card in their hand, and forced them to buy one. I wanted to throw up when I saw how fucking lame these people were. I made sure to tell those pricks how shitty of parents they were as they walked by, but of course the coward couldn't even look me in the eye.
then again, i had a go at a station employee the other day for not telling me where the bathroom was. I also needed a wii