The Wii is Here.

[SethSquall]

The only site I know of at the moment is Play.com. There not that good service wise mind. Oh and they only deliver to the UK. Im very tempted still. Im waitng on a bundle at the moment. Hopefully Zelda and Red Steel with be in a bundle.

[Squeek]

Please don't pre-order.

It's a trend that must be stopped.

I'm still waiting to see what retailers do for it. Costco always has good prices on bundles and every bundle they do is original console box + extra controller + 2 games. It's usually cheaper than getting it all together. Hopefully that will come out to be $350 or at least under $400.

As of now the Wii is listed as a future product on their site.

[SethSquall]

Originally Posted by Squeek

Please don't pre-order.

It's a trend that must be stopped.

Why? My luck always tends to be, "out of stock". I won't make that mistake with the Wii.

[Squeek]

Even so, it's just becoming stupid to do.

I used to have a good argument for this but I lost it.

I only pre-order things I know won't be there on opening day. I know the Wii will be there opening day. 4,000,000 units are shipping to the United States. You guys should get plenty of units to hold you over on the other side of the lake as well.

[nforcer06164]

Originally Posted by Squeek

I only pre-order things I know won't be there on opening day. I know the Wii will be there opening day. 4,000,000 units are shipping to the United States. You guys should get plenty of units to hold you over on the other side of the lake as well.

You say that without realizing that this is the most anticipated new console in quite a long time.

[jamuko]

I'm going to try to preorder even though I fully intend to camp outside the store until it opens on release day. :P

What's wrong with preordering? I have actually had mulitple discussions with workers at EB Games where they did all they could to stress that they NEED preorders (this is in general, not Wii-specific), because the number of preorders they get directly influences how many units they get shipped. The guy told me numerous times that if they don't get many preorders, they aren't getting many units and there's nothing they can do about it and end up with many gamers unhappy when the shipment finally comes and then sells out in minutes.

So yeah, if you're planning on getting it from a certain place, preordering is a good thing. If you want to shop around and hope for a better deal like at Costco, go for it, but it's risking your ability to get one on release day or really for a while afterwards.

[Squeek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uuzZpOHBXk

The first owner of a Wii.

[Afrobean]

That sounds like total bull****.

The echolocation thing that is.

He said he wants to be a game designer. How could a blind person realistically do that.

[SethSquall]

Awesome. I want to know what games he got.

Edit: Has anyone here actually been to Wii.com

[Squeek]

Amazing ad.



http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/red-ste...-ad-203148.php

PS, after you make it into ninja stars, they spell out things. It's hilarious.

PS this is the end result: http://www.bomb-omb.com/audio/RedSteel_Phone_Ad.mp3

[SethSquall]

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA. I made it. Thanks for putting that MP3 up. I don't think I'd be able to call the number. I messed it up first time. Got it this time though. I won't say whats written down. You guys should make it. Its fun. You get a funny message AND a really cool paper ninja star!

[nforcer06164]

Well, I talked to the local Game Crazy. They're not taking preorders for Wii, because they "aren't getting enough." Their initial order is at 25, but the manager said it was going up to 40. They get the systems in about a week before the release, November 19th. I didn't know they got them that far in advance, but they won't sell until the "release date." People will be playing it long before, anyway =/

Oh, and the number is A LOT better than the PS3. The same store I mention is getting FIVE PS3s. That's right, only FIVE.

[Squeek]

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/26/wi...til-june-2007/

So those who pay for a Wii within the first 6 months of its release get to have Opera for free on their Wii.

Haha, it just gets better and better.

[lord_carbo]

Man, as appealing as all of this is, I'm still getting a PS2. Too many games on the PS2 I don't have and really need. All the Wii games worth getting will be easy to find next year. Not so sure about the PS2.

[vashthestampede0987]

NSFW but very true

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3&q=PS3+vs+wii

[TheRapingDragon]

Originally Posted by vashthestampede0987

NSFW but very true

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3&q=PS3+vs+wii

Hahahah that was ****ing awesome. So true indeed.

[nforcer06164]

How was that NSFW? And old. But still awesome.

[vashthestampede0987]

Well, for some it might be considered as NSFW and I realized it was old, I just don't remember it being posted.

[Squeek]

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/30/up...l-with-the-wii

Pretty much answers a bunch of questions anyone still had.

[Afrobean]

usb ports? What are those for? Things like microphones for online play?

I'm wearing a batman shirt right now too 8)

ps looks like I did good by not bothering to get a gamecube

pps holy **** that mother ****er is tiny as hell i seriously had no idea it was so ****ing small