Wii Reservations Start 10/13

[Po]

Yay got my Wii preordered !
I was like the 5th one there at 9 am, 3 guys got there at like 6 am lol, kinda crazy. The store only had 9 preorders, man I am so excited/relieved.
Also the District Manager told us that the internal 512 flash memory will not hold the Virtual Console games so you may want to get a memory card. So I got everything but an extra controller/nunchuck and a memory card additional. The cool thing is if Nintendo confirms later the the Virtual Console games can be saved to the internal memory then they will return the reserve price for it. Either way the 512 memory card is 39.99 and you may want to get one.
Also, regarding periphial (sp?) preordering they said that if you want to make sure that you get the accessories you should preorder them since Nintendo will not be sending many additional accessories and games, probably only 1 or 2 more than are preordered, something to keep in mind.
Also, Daydreamer, all of that with the sales tax adds up to 404.68, so you may want to check your math.

[Achika]

I had to find a representative to go camp Gamestop for me. Luckily, my dad is off work this week, so I sent him.

My friend in FFXI got online and told me that he got there early, and the store he went to ran out of preorders four before his turn.

So worried, I called my dad on my lunch break. The conversation went as follows:

Me: So what's the word?
Dad: Well, they only had 14 preorders to give out, and I was 16th in line...
Me: NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Dad: I'm kidding, I was 7th in line.
Me: OMG WIIIIIIIIIIIII!

[Lbelle]

Oh man, what a fucking terrible, terrible morning. All you me haters will love it I guess though.

Left for GS at like 830 am, drove my car halfway to the mall and got a flat tire. I figured, fuck it, I'm halfway there I'll just drive there and worry about the tire after I reserve the damn Wii. So I finally get to the mall (driving really fucking slow cause I had a damn flat) and I get there, and the line for EB is pretty long, 20 people already. So I head down to GS where the line is shorter, step in, and call AAA. Deal with them, then the GS guy comes out and says they have only 8 preorders available. I was 12th in line I think?

So I'm like, "awesome!" and leave the mall, get a repairman to come fix my car, go to the tire store, wait there for TWO HOURS while they give me a new tire (wtf) and drive home, with jack shit in tow.

Friday the 13th? Yeah I'm a believer as of this morning.

[Headspace]

Toys R Us saves you so much trouble.

And only 8 per some stores? Some places got more Ps3's than that.

[SephYuyX]

Wait, your extra remotes were 40 + the 20 for the extra chuck? It was only 20 for the remote at my gamestop...odd...

Everywhere ive checked says 40$ and 20$, I highly doubt that they would be sold at different prices, anywhere.

I just called my GS/EB and verified, give your one a quick call.

[SephYuyX]

Yay got my Wii preordered !
I was like the 5th one there at 9 am, 3 guys got there at like 6 am lol, kinda crazy. The store only had 9 preorders, man I am so excited/relieved.
Also the District Manager told us that the internal 512 flash memory will not hold the Virtual Console games so you may want to get a memory card. So I got everything but an extra controller/nunchuck and a memory card additional. The cool thing is if Nintendo confirms later the the Virtual Console games can be saved to the internal memory then they will return the reserve price for it. Either way the 512 memory card is 39.99 and you may want to get one.
Also, regarding periphial (sp?) preordering they said that if you want to make sure that you get the accessories you should preorder them since Nintendo will not be sending many additional accessories and games, probably only 1 or 2 more than are preordered, something to keep in mind.
Also, Daydreamer, all of that with the sales tax adds up to 404.68, so you may want to check your math.

I dont see any reason why they wouldnt save on to the internal memory, that doesnt make sence.

Also, dont buy their SD cards, its a rip off, buy normal SD cards from anywhere else: 1gb for 20$ http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=380& Nintendo confirmed theyre just using normal SD cards.

I was using http://www.n-sider.com/newsview.php?typ ... oryid=2440 to do the math, and I guess it didnt update properly, fixed now though.

[LAGUNA]

Was #1 for my line today, and when store opened we had about 30 people, but my store took 32 Preorders. What was so badass is the first 6 people in line all brought our DSs and we were there early as fuck and played Mario kart and Tetris DS and shit for hours until store opened.

[Maguspk]

Oh man, what a fucking terrible, terrible morning. All you me haters will love it I guess though.

Left for GS at like 830 am, drove my car halfway to the mall and got a flat tire. I figured, fuck it, I'm halfway there I'll just drive there and worry about the tire after I reserve the damn Wii. So I finally get to the mall (driving really fucking slow cause I had a damn flat) and I get there, and the line for EB is pretty long, 20 people already. So I head down to GS where the line is shorter, step in, and call AAA. Deal with them, then the GS guy comes out and says they have only 8 preorders available. I was 12th in line I think?

So I'm like, "awesome!" and leave the mall, get a repairman to come fix my car, go to the tire store, wait there for TWO HOURS while they give me a new tire (wtf) and drive home, with jack shit in tow.

Friday the 13th? Yeah I'm a believer as of this morning.

That sucks I am pretty sure Nintendo will be good about getting more systems in fast though. I don't plan on waiting long before I'm able to get mine (I didn't reserve one). But like I said, I doubt Nintendo will pull an XBOX360 and not have systems available for everyone. Don't sweat it :D

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

*smashes head against keyboard*

Slept in Thought they'd allocate a lot more units...

[Daydreamer]

Also, Daydreamer, all of that with the sales tax adds up to 404.68, so you may want to check your math.

What mat hare you talking about? I dind't have anything like that in my post. I just said at my gamestop they told me the basic controller was 20$, and the chuck addon was an additional 20.


But yeah I've been hearing 40 from almost everyone else, but he seriously did tell me 20 when I was checking out. I guess I shoulda got one and held him too his word >.>

[Ishido]

I went down to my local EBGames at about 9:15, and I was number 42 in line. They took 36 preorders I believe, which surprised me because they had 16 PS3s for preorder... and there are going to be a lot more than ~2x Wiis over PS3s at release.

However I got on a call list if they were going to havve any extra units, and there are a few places around here that don't take preorders and just wait for the lines on release day.

I did get 3 games, a memory card, and extra wiimote/nunchuk set reserved though.

[Po]

Oh man, what a fucking terrible, terrible morning. All you me haters will love it I guess though.

Left for GS at like 830 am, drove my car halfway to the mall and got a flat tire. I figured, fuck it, I'm halfway there I'll just drive there and worry about the tire after I reserve the damn Wii. So I finally get to the mall (driving really fucking slow cause I had a damn flat) and I get there, and the line for EB is pretty long, 20 people already. So I head down to GS where the line is shorter, step in, and call AAA. Deal with them, then the GS guy comes out and says they have only 8 preorders available. I was 12th in line I think?

So I'm like, "awesome!" and leave the mall, get a repairman to come fix my car, go to the tire store, wait there for TWO HOURS while they give me a new tire (wtf) and drive home, with jack shit in tow.

Friday the 13th? Yeah I'm a believer as of this morning.

Sorry Belle !
I believe Target and BB are not taking preorders so if you get there early you should be good.
And Seph, I did not realize they are using normal SD cards, but that is definitely confirmed? I suppose I'll wait for a few and see.
Sorry Daydreamer, I meant Seph.

[Demosthenes]

I want to make out with my Wii reserve receipt.

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

I want to make out with my Wii reserve receipt.

I want to steal your girlfriend/reciept

[SephYuyX]

they told me the basic controller was 20$, and the chuck addon was an additional 20.

But yeah I've been hearing 40 from almost everyone else, but he seriously did tell me 20 when I was checking out. I guess I shoulda got one and held him too his word >.>

Well the 'basic' (classic) controller is 20, did you specify 'remote'?


Po: Everywhere ive been reading, I believe I even saw it on a Nintendo sheet, that they wouldnt be using a 'special' SD card. But, I guess who knows, 512 is a lot anyway.

[LAGUNA]

I want to make out with my Wii reserve receipt.

Will your Wii Reserve reciept marry mine? Or it can marry my PS3 reserve

[Po]

Po: Everywhere ive been reading, I believe I even saw it on a Nintendo sheet, that they wouldnt be using a 'special' SD card. But, I guess who knows, 512 is a lot anyway.

Man I sure hope it isn't special since the 512 card was 39.99 and for the normal SD cards the 2 gig is only 40! That is 4 times as much (obviously) for the same price. I need to figure this one out. Halp.

[solsovly]

I want to make out with my Wii reserve receipt.

Will your Wii Reserve reciept marry mine? Or it can marry my PS3 reserve

If your Wii Receipt isn't a completely paid off pre-order, I don't want it near mine. You skank receipt.

[Demosthenes]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ntknow/Wii.jpg

[SephYuyX]

Po: Everywhere ive been reading, I believe I even saw it on a Nintendo sheet, that they wouldnt be using a 'special' SD card. But, I guess who knows, 512 is a lot anyway.

Man I sure hope it isn't special since the 512 card was 39.99 and for the normal SD cards the 2 gig is only 40! That is 4 times as much (obviously) for the same price. I need to figure this one out. Halp.

Just remembered about this:

IGN Sucks