[TheMarchingMule]

Go get them

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...031274-8514567

Just...have a really big credit card ready

 

[pds6]

I thought there will be plenty of Wii's for Christmas.

Price is crazy.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

Well, according to this news article, the second shipment is being sent out.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162154...stnews;title;3

 

[3DCadman]

I stood in line for 12 hours the day it was released and got one for retail price.

Those prices are nuts!

I hope they don't sell.

 

[DanT]

PS3 on ebay many with free shipping

http://search.ebay.com/playstation-3...QQsofindtypeZ0

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

What is Wii's retail?

 

[Possede]

Think it's $250.

 

[Possede]

I've pre-ordered mine for the launch on 8th December (Getting it for Christmas).

Getting Zelda and Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz. It should be good.

 

[pds6]

DanT says:
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PS3 on ebay many with free shipping

Free shipping AND Santa!

 

[rreynol]

Showed up at Toys R Us this morning hoping to score a GBMicro. Got lucky and was greeted by a manager handing out tickets to people that wanted Wii's. Yay!

 

[puiah11]

$250 seems a decent price if all the games aren't like chinpokomon master deluxe and earthworm jim. That's the main problem I had with GCN and such nintendo products.

 

[squall2072]

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Originally Posted by DanT /img/forum/go_quote.gif PS3 on ebay many with free shipping http://search.ebay.com/playstation-3...QQsofindtypeZ0

How many Americans actually bought it to play and not to re-sell?

 

[Mercuttio]

You know what's kind of funny... I brought my Wii to my girlfriend's house for Thanksgiving, and her parents absolutely LOVED it. We played the Wii sports games for nearly 5 hours.

Today they were doing their traditional Black Friday Christmas shopping, and actually FOUND one at Toys R' Us. One of the last in stock, apparently from the Black Friday shipment many stores got.

After much hemming and hawwing, they ended up not buying it. Amazing that they'd come so close though, and actually found one!

 

[nsjong]

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Originally Posted by Mercuttio /img/forum/go_quote.gif You know what's kind of funny... I brought my Wii to my girlfriend's house for Thanksgiving, and her parents absolutely LOVED it. We played the Wii sports games for nearly 5 hours. Today they were doing their traditional Black Friday Christmas shopping, and actually FOUND one at Toys R' Us. One of the last in stock, apparently from the Black Friday shipment many stores got. After much hemming and hawwing, they ended up not buying it. Amazing that they'd come so close though, and actually found one!

I guess the innovation is working.

Banana Blitz and Twilight Princess are both EXCELLENT games.

 

[Mercuttio]

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Originally Posted by nsjong /img/forum/go_quote.gif I guess the innovation is working. Banana Blitz and Twilight Princess are both EXCELLENT games.

Yeah, they absolutely loved Wii Sports. To the point that they're considering picking up the unit just for that game... most likely why Nintendo's packaging it with the systems.

Honestly? Playing is believing with it. Yep, some cynical gamers won't go for it, but I don't really think they're able to see the common consumer's point of view. These are people who take one look at a traditional controller and just immediately have a reaction of "I can't play that." They know there's a learning curve and that they're not going to be able to play and have fun with games like Soul Calibur... but hey, my Girlfriend's dad loves golf, and he was totally able to pick up and play against me. Heck, we even tied score at the end of the game.