I got one!!!

Went to Toys R Us at Concord Mills around 10. There were 32 people in front of me. The manager came out around 10:30 and said there were only 30 available but that only one per family. Turns out there were 32 available and one person ahead of me did not want on.

I'm doing all the updates now. Going to play Zelda and Red Steel tonight!! WooHoo

PS. I live in the Charlotte area so I did not drive 2.5 hours to get one

11/19/2006 12:39:47 PM

I gots my zelda and madden and the extra controller and nunchuck. I don't have wireless internets, so I'll have to wait on the updates.

Everything looks so nice and works so well though. Wii Sports is way cooler than I expected.

11/19/2006 12:41:36 PM

yea i also had to listen to a guy go on and on about how he was "breaking into the gaming industry" and was "taking classes" bla bla bla - all the models in games are done in maya or whatever

oh well

11/19/2006 12:54:40 PM

How do I hook it up to the internet? I only see USB ports on the back, no ethernet...

11/19/2006 12:58:02 PM

i used wifi

its almost exactly the same process as connecting a DS

when will the news/weather channels be online?

[Edited on November 19, 2006 at 1:00 PM. Reason : s]

11/19/2006 1:00:04 PM

Oh so you have to have Wifi to connect? Damn I don't have a router. I suppose I can get the updates when I go home for Thanksgiving, my dad has a wireless router.

11/19/2006 1:01:54 PM

Heh, im in charleston , sc. I showed up to wal mart around 7:15am, was 16th in line and they had 20 systems. At 7:45 they passed out the tickets and at 8 they took us back to electronics where they had drawn a line on the floor. Had 5 people working the counter each manning different items: games, systems, controllers, etc.... You just told them what you wanted and were out.

I was at a restaurant eating breakfast by 8:15.

Very nicely done.

11/19/2006 1:07:45 PM

got to Cary Best Buy at 6:45. Saw Lutz about eight people in front of me spazzing out when he didn't get a ticket. Drove to Durham, never found one. Went home empty-handed. Pretty much my fault for underestimating the demand.

I guess I'll just finish up FFXII.

11/19/2006 1:18:34 PM

^i didnt really care that much, i just found it kind of funny.

11/19/2006 1:22:12 PM

It's cool at least you're not like that guy they had to wrestle to the ground when he didn't get a PS3.

11/19/2006 1:23:07 PM

ok so I just read a review that pretty much trashed Red Steel. It might be a return for Madden

11/19/2006 1:48:46 PM

I only got to play my madden for about 10 min, but I thought it was bad ass as hell. I still wish it were NCAA football, but I'll take it for now.

11/19/2006 2:02:05 PM

i wanna play zelda

11/19/2006 2:04:11 PM

Anyone know Best Buy's return policy for games? I think I may be returning Red Steel

11/19/2006 2:11:10 PM

as long as it's new and still packaged, I don't see how they can say anything. Especially if you get another game

11/19/2006 2:14:02 PM

yeah if it's unwrapped, you'll get hassled

11/19/2006 2:28:29 PM

Did you even watch a single video of red steel before you bought it? It looked horrid..

11/19/2006 2:33:32 PM

heh heh..good thing i didn't get it then...might have to go with madden or maybe look into that monkey ball game if its anything like marble madness...4 hours into zelda and i'm at the first temple..yay...need a break though

11/19/2006 2:48:32 PM

Has anyone updated their system yet? I got through the first update and it's now on the second but it's taking a hell of a long time.

11/19/2006 2:57:19 PM

my 2nd update is going right now... it is about 60% done and has taken about 15 minutes so far.

probably b/c everybody is trying to update theirs at the same time...the server is slow

11/19/2006 3:05:17 PM

I updated both of mine this morning around 1030. Both did fine

11/19/2006 3:06:13 PM

I am an extra Wii if anyone is interested. Just let me know.

11/19/2006 3:32:00 PM

State laws prohibit you from selling yourself.

11/19/2006 3:34:19 PM

I got to the Target in Garner, the one on Timber East, around 5:45-6:00 this morning and was 15th in line. They had 24 total, and the 24th person got there around 7am. At 7:30 they had tickets handed out, at 8 they took us to the electronics department where I picked up my Wii, a Wiimote and a numchuck, Zelda, Super Monkey Ball, Madden, and Red Steel, at 8:20 I was leaving, and at 8:30 I was eating breakfast from Bojangles.

So far I think the system is BAD ASS.

Quick review of the games I've played so far.
Wii Sports - Fun for the most part, but glad its not the only game I have.
Madden - Fucking bad ass! It's soooo much more fun on the Wii than on the Xbox.
Red Steel - Was hating it the first 15 minutes or so, but once I got used to the controls it was fun. Nothing will beat a keyboard and mouse though.

Monkey Ball is actually my girlfriends so I haven't played it yet, and Zelda will be in the Wii all night long after she goes to work

[Edited on November 19, 2006 at 3:35 PM. Reason : .]

11/19/2006 3:34:21 PM

I'm hoping that the increased Wii demand means that we'll be seeing some good deals on DS, what with everyone clamoring for Wii and not DS.

11/19/2006 3:35:13 PM

Wii Sports is a LOT better than i thought it would be. I enjoy doing the "Fitness Test" it told me my wii age was 48 ahahaha

my hand got sweaty as hell though, thank God for the wrist strap

11/19/2006 3:56:38 PM

The updates were really fast at 9am this morning EST.

Already bought some of the old school games too.

Love this thing.

I havent even cranked up zelda yet, been playing excite truck all morning, i think i want one of those steering wheels.

11/19/2006 3:57:59 PM

my fitness age is like in the 60s

[Edited on November 19, 2006 at 3:58 PM. Reason : and I suck hitting HRs in baseball]

11/19/2006 3:58:12 PM

Also, does the wii take ANY SD card or does it have to be those Wii ones?

I am too lazy/busy to look it up in the manual.

11/19/2006 3:59:11 PM

will take any SD card, to my understanding

11/19/2006 4:01:31 PM

any i think

11/19/2006 4:01:42 PM

Any. It takes the smaller ones too if you have an adapter.

Just woke up from a nap...so I'm gonna try to get the 2nd update again. Better not get another connection error!

11/19/2006 4:04:51 PM

mine has been almost finished with the 2nd update for the past 30 minutes or so

11/19/2006 4:06:07 PM

you may have to restart it and start the download again...

the controller speaker is AWESOME>.. i love that feature

11/19/2006 4:26:07 PM

this rayman game is really freaking fun

zelda is kind of "eh"

wii sports is awesome - i love the baseball and tennis games

monkey ball is solid, just like it always is

11/19/2006 4:53:12 PM

hey you guys who still wish you a had Wii / Nintendo fanboys:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/nintendos-wii-opened-up-the-easy-way-and-the-hard-way/

11/19/2006 5:33:46 PM

i was at best buy buyng a digital camera card reader, and heard the word "wiitard" used in a serious conversation

made me ashamed to play video games

11/19/2006 5:39:33 PM

so um...how do you aim in tennis? i manage to hit the ball pretty much every time, but as far as what that hit does, i cant seem to get much control over.

11/19/2006 5:41:29 PM

^I haven't figured that out myself

for whoever was asking, the weather channel and news channels will be up and going Dec 20 and Jan 27 respectively. I don't think Nintendo had partners setup quick enough to have these going at launch.

per IGN

11/19/2006 5:54:35 PM

^Tracer, its almost all timing from what I can tell. You can put top/back spin on it but the angle of the racquet doesn't really come into play.

11/19/2006 5:55:43 PM

Quote :

"The first buyer, Isaiah Triforce Johnson, had been waiting in line outside the store for more than a week. He wore a Nintendo Power Glove, a wearable controller that came out in 1989, while shaking hands with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime after buying the first Wii. Johnson said he had legally changed his middle name to a reference in Nintendo's "Zelda" series of games. "

from the cnn article
sad thing is I think it sounds kinda cool

11/19/2006 6:07:08 PM

sad thing is that Zelda is a female name

11/19/2006 6:40:50 PM

i'm naming my future daughter zelda
and my son Link

you can do a back-hand and a forehand hit in the tennis game...and put backspin, topspin on it...

11/19/2006 6:42:03 PM

key to baseball game is short strokes. threw a 98 mph fastball a little bit ago

11/19/2006 6:48:39 PM

I knew a girl with a daughter named Rydia.

So, uh....yeah, don't name your kids after video game characters.

11/19/2006 6:50:41 PM

^^my trick was flickin the wrist...gave me some nice speeds. i cant really figure out the spins in the tennis. i play tennis, but my topspin is just lobbin it up, and my backspin is also just lobbin it up. i havent found a way to slice it yet.

[Edited on November 19, 2006 at 6:54 PM. Reason : .]

11/19/2006 6:54:00 PM

I think the main concern with naming your kids after video games character is that you're setting up them up to be made fun of. Rydia is a fairly normal-sounding name based off a fairly obscure video game character. It's unlikely that anyone would ever catch the reference.

Now if you named your kid Nidoking...

11/19/2006 7:29:15 PM

I have a way around my kid getting picked on

Nobody would pick on a kid named Bowser

11/19/2006 7:32:14 PM

I just played a bunch of Monkey Ball, and it is incredibly dissappointing. With 50 games for multiplayer, I realized many would be toss-aways, but it didn't think it would be this many. All in all, there are about 20 games that are unplayable. Many others a retarded and no fun. I think there are about 10 that I think are decent.

The biggest problem is that they took a complete crap on some of the older minigames. Bowling is pretty unplayable due to poor spin controls. It also lacks any of the nifty courses that existed in past games. Golf is pretty much unplayable. I spent about 10 minutes trying to get the monkey to swing. Monkey racing is fine, but lacks grand prix. Lastly, Monkey Target now sucks. The Wiimote controls are decent for aiming him, but the biggest downsides are that you shoot out of a cannon instead of rolling and THERE IS ONLY ONE level.

I haven't messed with the single player, but I heard there are only half the levels of the previous games.

11/19/2006 7:48:12 PM

did anyone see the zelda strategy guide anywhere?

11/19/2006 8:10:33 PM