Ended up 7th in line at Best Buy in Garner. Went in there to find out that they had zero. ZERO. Talk about pissed.

12/3/2006 11:37:14 PM

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"the idea of a collection of very quick mini-games sounds like it'd get old pretty fast...sounds like it could be fun with a group of people, but just sittin around playin somethin like that by yourself, i just dont know"

I play it alone and it's a blast. The ADD nature of the game makes it addictive. Plus it has tons of bonus material (some good, some worthless) that keeps you coming back.

12/3/2006 11:53:10 PM

Got to Target on behind Triangle Town Center at 7:30 and was 24th in line, they had 24. So i got one and it was my first time trying to get one. It is one of the coolest things that i have ever bought.

PS: ZELDA RULES!!!

12/4/2006 12:33:08 AM

Yea I've played all the handheld warioware games and I'm looking forward to seeing a console version

I never did try the gamecube one since it was basically a rehash of the gba game

12/4/2006 12:37:02 AM

i was at CC @ cary about 7.10am ..they got 26 units ..i was 27 or 28th in line

12/4/2006 1:32:59 AM

i can't believe people are still lining up to buy the wii every week. this hasn't happened for a nintendo console since super nintendo.

12/4/2006 10:21:54 AM

Apparently you dont remember when N64 came out^ It was just as hard if not harder to get than the Wii's.

12/4/2006 10:40:42 AM

i just remember my parents got me one with no problems, and they're not going to camp out to get me a game system.

12/4/2006 10:47:21 AM

and considering the n64 had like two launch titles lol

12/4/2006 12:02:16 PM

yeah, the n64 had literally two launch titles. i wasn't too impressed with this launch, either. not enough real games, too many mini game compilations. once i'm done with zelda i won't have anything to play until metroid or smash bros. comes out next feb or march.

12/4/2006 12:15:14 PM

Yeah, I'm about half through with zelda so I'm taking a break from it. Been playing Madden and Red Steel (which honestly, force yourself to play it for 40 minutes so you can get used to the controllers, its actually kinda fun)

12/4/2006 1:09:57 PM

supposedbly all wal-marts will have wii's available at 8 AM on wednesday

12/4/2006 3:24:29 PM

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/55794

[Edited on December 4, 2006 at 3:55 PM. Reason : there]

12/4/2006 3:54:58 PM

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" i was at CC @ cary about 7.10am ..they got 26 units ..i was 27 or 28th in line "

i was the loud guy with shaggy hair playing cards with the two drunk guys in there twenties and one older guy in his thirties. if you showed up 20 minutes earlier the group behind me wouldn't have been there and they all got the last ones

12/4/2006 4:27:49 PM

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"Ended up 7th in line at Best Buy in Garner. Went in there to find out that they had zero. ZERO. Talk about pissed."

haha, you gotta do your research. people just assume that if CC or target are getting theres that other places will the same time. Garner supposedly is next sunday btw.

Quote :

"So kimslackey and I now have a Wii."

haha, it's mine, i stood in line i bought it, nice try i'm letting you play it though

[Edited on December 4, 2006 at 4:41 PM. Reason : nice try]

12/4/2006 4:29:59 PM

i bought a n64 no problems when it came out....i sure as shit didnt sit outside a store waiting on a shipment that i had tracked online.

12/4/2006 6:31:26 PM

is there any place around here that actually has extra wii remotes in stock or am i gonna have to go to walmart on wednesday?

12/4/2006 6:52:44 PM

I drove by the CC in Cary first before going to Target but the line looked way too long.

12/4/2006 6:58:52 PM

So, how do we find out about additional shipments now? After playing the Wii at the kid's I babysit's...I'm hooked.

12/5/2006 9:23:55 AM

^^^try calling some places. it took me about a week to find extra nunchucks but several places I checked still had a couple extra remotes.

12/5/2006 9:50:55 AM

^^check their weekly advertisements (walmart, target, cc, bb and maybe toys 'r us or gamestop)

12/5/2006 9:53:50 AM

http://www.ps3seeker.com/wii/

That said, do we know if they're definitely releasing a better/DVD model next year? And how soon?

12/5/2006 10:43:04 AM

i played a round of excite truck and this thing has tremendous potential...

12/5/2006 10:49:18 AM

^I own at boxing.

12/5/2006 10:57:49 AM

^ x 8 . i got my wii-mote from walmart glenwood last wed.


^x11. i was behind the sleeping bag guys' group.


^x13, why it has to be 8am ? i'll sleep in walmart then

12/5/2006 2:09:18 PM

So outside of Zelda, what are the next two best games out right now? Picking up one soon and I can;t decide.

12/5/2006 2:28:02 PM

rayman, super monkey ball, excite truck, red steel

that's a rough estimate of the order, but those seem to be the most popular 4

12/5/2006 2:32:19 PM

I was all excited about red steel but it has gotten some awful reviews.

12/5/2006 2:45:17 PM

my friend like trauma center & excite truck

i'm expecting for elibits

12/5/2006 2:52:09 PM

^^^I'd definitely shunt Monkey Ball further down the list. Its a huge letdown that chose quantity over quality. I have yet to play it after the first time.

12/5/2006 3:25:18 PM

I hope Elebits winds up to be good...

12/5/2006 3:34:53 PM

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"Its a huge letdown that chose quantity over quality"

ummm... did you play/like the main game?

12/5/2006 4:17:31 PM

^ x7 outside of Zelda and Wii Sports I would vote Rayman as the next best game.

12/5/2006 4:29:08 PM

What about call of duty 3?

12/5/2006 5:02:25 PM

[Edited on December 5, 2006 at 6:30 PM. Reason : http://youtouchmywiiwii.ytmnd.com/]

12/5/2006 6:30:09 PM

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"What about call of duty 3?"

i checked it out and thought it was pretty good. they added some little extra things to take advantage of the controls and those were probably the weakest part. there's a part where you drive, and that was fun, but there was also a part where you fight for a gun with a german, and a part where you have to pull and turn levers, and it just didnt recognize the movements that well. overall, i definitely think its worth a play, but 50 bucks might be a bit much for it. i liked it better than red steel though.

[Edited on December 5, 2006 at 6:51 PM. Reason : .]

12/5/2006 6:50:42 PM

my friend has just called new hope church branch & they said they're forming line

12/5/2006 6:50:53 PM

hard to find controllers and nunchucks, anyone know something i don't?

12/5/2006 8:21:19 PM

If you don't mind driving down to Sanford, the Wal-Mart there had them during Thxgiving weekend, so it's a safe bet it does now.

12/5/2006 8:55:42 PM

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"ummm... did you play/like the main game?"

Monkey Ball has always been a party game. Single player comes second to that. On the multiplayer level they pretty much failed.

When it comes to the single player game (not "main" since Monkey Ball is all about the multi), I've heard decent things about it. On the downside, it has only half the levels of the previous games. Plus I don't believe there is any real unlockable content. Take all that as you will.

12/5/2006 9:47:10 PM

my mom got me all the accessories today in the burlington walmart

wii remote, wii nunchuk, wii point card, and zelda

do all the raleigh walmarts have long lines already? i was thinking about riding by around 7am, but it's not worth waiting in the cold for...again...since i did it for the 360 and my plasma

12/5/2006 10:09:32 PM

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"Monkey Ball has always been a party game. Single player comes second to that."

That's your opinion.

I disagree.

12/5/2006 11:36:41 PM

^ same here i dont want to wait more than an hour

any walmarts have lines yet?

12/5/2006 11:37:03 PM

when mi madre got my accessories in burlington around 4pm...she said that a line of 10 people had already formed. i'm sure it's gonna be tough to get one in the morning.

walmart glenwood got 6, tickets have been given out, people are camping.
walmart kildaire gets them tonight, no word about tickets or quantity, open at 8, lots of people already waiting.

there's really no use in getting up to go imo...unless you want to go camp now, which i surely don't.

[Edited on December 5, 2006 at 11:48 PM. Reason : .]

12/5/2006 11:39:19 PM

There were already 6-8 people at the Walmart in Cary.

12/5/2006 11:48:18 PM

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"Plus I don't believe there is any real unlockable content"

there are two extra worlds once you beat the first eight

so i think there are 100 vs about ~150 levels in this game

i don't know why i'm defending it so much because i'm not a huge fan of the series or anything.. i guess i just like the fact that it's two games in one (as long as you like the single player side of it.. which is definitely growing on me)

I originally bought it for the mini games and was regretting my decision because those alone are not worth 50 bucks... but after getting into the single player side of it, and knowing that there are at least a few of the mini games i'll be playing again it seemed pretty good to me

12/5/2006 11:48:51 PM

walmart glenwood 'll have 5 units
walmart brier creek 'll have 9 units

and i give up T.T

12/6/2006 12:26:56 AM

In the first Monkey Ball I never beat anything past about level 20-something on Hard (if I even got that far)

12/6/2006 12:28:51 AM

Got Rayman and Extice truck from Gamefly today... Rayman is fun as hell... Excite truck is a blast... still trying to get a hang of it though

12/6/2006 12:32:07 AM

any update on lines?

12/6/2006 3:24:11 AM