NFC - Nintendo Fan Club

[Klonoa]

I think they should have that fixed by now, I haven't heard anything but they should have fixed it already, either that or they are currently working to fix it. I downloaded that update on my 360 too, except mine didn't die, I guess it's just my luck. It doesn't make a difference though because my 360 is still a $400 paperweight thanks to the Wii and Twilight Princess. Gears of War was good but very short and it was also pretty repetitive, but I admit that it was fun while it lasted but better than TP it is not. Anyways, to make my last few sentences Nintendo related I will just say that because of the Wii I have forgotten about my 360 and Gears of War. Also, to those of you have played a 360 you must also know that the 360's controller is very comfortable, well, the Wiimote and nunchuk feel even better.



I hate eBayers, they ruin it for people who actually want to go home and play with their consoles.

I hate eBayers too and those people that put a controller in a blender or buy a console just to smash it.

 

[Arcanine]

I think they should have that fixed by now, I haven't heard anything but they should have fixed it already, either that or they are currently working to fix it. I downloaded that update on my 360 too, except mine didn't die, I guess it's just my luck. It doesn't make a difference though because my 360 is still a $400 paperweight thanks to the Wii and Twilight Princess. Gears of War was good but very short and it was also pretty repetitive, but I admit that it was fun while it lasted but better than TP it is not. Anyways, to make my last few sentences Nintendo related I will just say that because of the Wii I have forgotten about my 360 and Gears of War. Also, to those of you have played a 360 you must also know that the 360's controller is very comfortable, well, the Wiimote and nunchuk feel even better.

I hope they fix it before I get my Wii. I'm not going to be very happy if I download it and get all messed up.
I wonder if it'll be the same case with me (that is if we get the 360 fixed anytime soon). I mean GRAW is one of my fav games, so I can't just toss it aside. XD

I hate eBayers, they ruin it for people who actually want to go home and play with their consoles.

They do. I mean I said "If I had the money I'd buy a PS3 and sell it on eBay" but after running into these probs with the Wii I sort of second thought that.



Anyway, this is something I got off the GS Forums. I don't know where this dude got this info. So take it all with a grain of salt. But if it is true then, well yea....

"From Amazon.com by J.Deats:"This isn't a review (sorry for the rating, no I don't own the system). I'm instead using this space to help would-be Wii shoppers who don't have all the information obtain a system for the Holidays. If your up on all the latest game news from websites, you probably know all of this.

Here are some quick facts: Nintendo has shipped about one million Wii units to the US for this holiday season. Of that lot, about 600,000 units have already been distributed to retailers for the product launch date on the November 19th. A few retailers, namely some BEST BUY and TOYS R US stores held back roughly one half of their shipment. A local BEST BUY I know got in 62 units, 36 were solid on November 19, 26 were held in back and sold on November 24 "black friday".

The second shipment from warehouses for Gamestop and other retailers is coming the last week of November and, based on the number of units available, there *may* be one more shipment after that (there are only about 400,000 Wii units left in warehouses as of November 24, no more will ship from Nintendo this holiday).

To get your hands on one here are the options:

* GAMETOP and EB - are being nice enough to tell customers when their next shipment is coming, but they won't say exactly how many units are coming each day, you can call them and plan to camp out three to four hours before they open. In my area, the Gamestop camp out lines have been the shortest making them the best place to go, but the downside is these little stores only get 5-6 units at a time, if even that many. So if you have six people in line you probably won't get one.

* BEST BUY, TOYS R US - These two retailers have been lieing to customers about withholding Wii stock from lunch for November 24, it's now been confirmed. Some stores have been told to lie to customers and tell them they will have units for sale Sunday, November 26. By many accounts BEST BUY sales clerks and blogging telling people that managers are telling them to say this and that there will be no stock Sunday. one local TOYS R US reportedly withheld their left over Wii stock from lunch until 9:00 AM November 26th (screwing all the customers who waited in line from 8:00 PM the day before). One of my local BEST BUYS had roughly 1500 people camping out prior to opening at 5:00 PM on the 26th. If you want to get a Wii, BEST BUY and TOYS R US are going to be probably the most difficult path.

* WALMART, SEARS, etc... Will get a few more shipments from their warehouses. Nintendo is showing priority/favoring BEST BUY, TOYS R US, CIRCUIT CITY and the GAME STOP owned stores. Some retailers (i.e CompUSA) are expecting no stock of Wiis.

* EBAY - Of of November 24 (date of this writing), EBay has facilitated around 40,000 Wii auctions. Those auctions were from the initial 600,000 lunch units. In monitoring the Wii units auctioned between November 19th and November 24th, most units are either selling individually or with three games included and the average profit over retail is surprisingly low. Most Wii auctioned without extras are selling for $370-$400, after taxes that's only roughly $100-$120 above retail. That may sound like a lot, but if you consider the people at the front of the BEST BUY line waited about 12 hours or more, you can think of it like paying someone $10/hour to stand in line for you. If you think of it that way, for many it's not such a bad option. The EBay sellers would like to get more, but with the supply so great on EBay most aren't getting much more. Many auctions are ending with the reserve not met."
---Great now I don't now if BB is going to have them or not"

 

[Samurai X]

Hmm, this could be true considering one million consoles for the US is close to 25% of the Wiis that are going to be available worldwide this year which is 4 million. Nintendo said that the Americas will be getting a majority of those 4 million(estimated goal, not real number), let's just say Canada gets around 250,000 Wiis, Mexico gets around 100,000, and the rest of the Americas gets around 200,000. This would now be 1,550,000 for the Americas, seeing as they will launch in Japan, Europe and the rest of the world too I think 1,550,000 Wiis is indeed a majority of the 4 million worldwide. That's just what I think could be a possibility but then again that's just assuming he is right and not making this up.

On the other hand, my Wal-Mart got a lot of Wiis and so did my Gamestop and EB close by which contradicts what he said about Wal-Marts and Gamestop/EBGames. If I were you I would take this with a grain of salt too, a huge grain of salt. Also, some of his stories seem a bit fishy but I don't know what to say. I mean, what normal BestBuy opens at 5 p.m.? Even if it was a typo, BestBuys don't open at 5 a.m. either. Actually, I think this guy is full of it, he already looked fake to me when he said Wal-Marts will only be getting a few shipments and then he contradicts himself on the same paragraph. Let me make it stand out for you:

"Gamestop camp out lines have been the shortest making them the best place to go, but the downside is these little stores only get 5-6 units at a time, if even that many"

First he says that and then he says this:

"Nintendo is showing priority/favoring BEST BUY, TOYS R US, CIRCUIT CITY and the GAME STOP owned stores."

I don't know, I wouldn't trust this guy. What I said in the beginning makes sense but only if he was right, which after some thinking, I think he's not.

 

[Esupio]

Woah, know I realize why I pre-ordered.

That guy, he has 16 wii's
People like you, andy could have one of those, and he's selling them over price (I believe, I'm not sure on the US Price)

 

[Dawson]

Americans are funny. Complaining and moaning that they haven't got a Wii for launch and have to wait a little longer to get one, whereas there's still a two week wait for Europe just for the launch and all we can do is wait.

On the plus side though, I'll be getting two Wiis on launch day, one for me and one for my brother. I'm number 2 and 3 in the queue so I'm definitely getting one. That's the plus side of living in England really, gamers aren't as over-the-top-camping-outside-for-12-hours crazy as America and Japan. I reckon I could get a Wii even if I didn't pre order and just strolled into GAME a couple of hours after it opens. So, although I have to wait a little longer, I'm guaranteed to have a Wii on European launch day.

I'm sure some of you Americans are delighted to hear that..XD

 

[Esupio]

Americans are funny. Complaining and moaning that they haven't got a Wii for launch and have to wait a little longer to get one, whereas there's still a two week wait for Europe just for the launch and all we can do is wait.

On the plus side though, I'll be getting two Wiis on launch day, one for me and one for my brother. I'm number 2 and 3 in the queue so I'm definitely getting one. That's the plus side of living in England really, gamers aren't as over-the-top-camping-outside-for-12-hours crazy as America and Japan. I reckon I could get a Wii even if I didn't pre order and just strolled into GAME a couple of hours after it opens. So, although I have to wait a little longer, I'm guaranteed to have a Wii on European launch day.

I'm sure some of you Americans are delighted to hear that..XD

Same, I love being in the UK sometimes but not all the time

 

[Arcanine]

I hare eBayers too and those people that put a controller in a blender or buy a console just to smash it.

I saw that blender thing, that pissed me off.

Hmm, this could be true considering one million consoles for the US is close to 25% of the Wiis that are going to be available worldwide this year which is 4 million. Nintendo said that the Americas will be getting a majority of those 4 million(estimated goal, not real number), let's just say Canada gets around 250,000 Wiis, Mexico gets around 100,000, and the rest of the Americas gets around 200,000. This would now be 1,550,000 for the Americas, seeing as they will launch in Japan, Europe and the rest of the world too I think 1,550,000 Wiis is indeed a majority of the 4 million worldwide. That's just what I think could be a possibility but then again that's just assuming he is right and not making this up.

On the other hand, my Wal-Mart got a lot of Wiis and so did my Gamestop and EB close by which contradicts what he said about Wal-Marts and Gamestop/EBGames. If I were you I would take this with a grain of salt too, a huge grain of salt. Also, some of his stories seem a bit fishy but I don't know what to say. I mean, what normal BestBuy opens at 5 p.m.? Even if it was a typo, BestBuys don't open at 5 a.m. either. Actually, I think this guy is full of it, he already looked fake to me when he said Wal-Marts will only be getting a few shipments and then he contradicts himself on the same paragraph. Let me make it stand out for you:



First he says that and then he says this:



I don't know, I wouldn't trust this guy. What I said in the beginning makes sense but only if he was right, which after some thinking, I think he's not.

I also thought them two quotes you quoted there was pretty odd.
See, leave it to Sam X to find out the truth in things. XD

Woah, know I realize why I pre-ordered.

That guy, he has 16 wii's
People like you, andy could have one of those, and he's selling them over price (I believe, I'm not sure on the US Price)

It is over priced. The link is broken (or the dude got it in the butt), but I think it was around $450 for a Wii. If it's $450 then it's $200 over priced.

Americans are funny. Complaining and moaning that they haven't got a Wii for launch and have to wait a little longer to get one, whereas there's still a two week wait for Europe just for the launch and all we can do is wait.

On the plus side though, I'll be getting two Wiis on launch day, one for me and one for my brother. I'm number 2 and 3 in the queue so I'm definitely getting one. That's the plus side of living in England really, gamers aren't as over-the-top-camping-outside-for-12-hours crazy as America and Japan. I reckon I could get a Wii even if I didn't pre order and just strolled into GAME a couple of hours after it opens. So, although I have to wait a little longer, I'm guaranteed to have a Wii on European launch day.

I'm sure some of you Americans are delighted to hear that..XD

You wouldn't be saying that if the Wii came out in Europe first and week later you still don't got one (and if you wanted it as much as me). Like I told Kaen, me and Robo might not see a Wii till after the Europe launch.

You might be surprised Dawson, come Dec 8th you might be glad you got them pre-orders XD. Sure I don't know how big gaming is in Europe. But I'm pretty sure if you ask any of us from NA "Did you think the Wii would sell out so fast?" I'm sure most of us will say "No, I thought I'd get one launch day even without a pre-order.".

 

[Pikachu_Charizard]

Nintendo should have made double the amount they have.
Well....you`ll all get a Wii.......eventually.

 

[Klonoa]

I say a guy with 50 Wiis at ebay this morning I don't care because my Wii is hooked up in my room but that is just plain RETARTED!!! (Am I allowed to use that word)

 

[Arcanine]

Nintendo should have made double the amount they have.
Well....you`ll all get a Wii.......eventually.

I think they made as many as they could have. That's why they went only with the white Wii, might have been one of the reasons why they pushed the launch date so far back (I know they said it was for the developers, but it also gave them more time to make more Wiis).
Getting a Wii isn't the question. It's when I'll be getting one. The launch of the 360 was bad, you couldn't find one, yet I can walk into Wal-Mart now and see 20 or so 360s. Yet it's a year after launch. So it isn't "You'll get one someday" for me, Robo, and the others. It's when we'll get one.

 

[Morkula]

What I'm worried about is that where I already have TP for the Wii...if I don't get a Wii by December 11th, then the GC version will be out. And one of two things will happen.

1. I'll sit there with the Wii version and be unhappy because I could easily go out and buy the GC version and be playing TP right then.

2. I'd go out and buy the GC version, which means I'd be unhappy because I'd wasted $50 on the Wii version.

Yeah...I just want a frickin Wii. And soon. x.x

 

[Pikachu_Charizard]

Nintendo could have started making the Wii way earlier.

 

[[Phantom Upheaval]]

I got a Wii, I just don't know how to set it up! XD
*currently trying to set it up*

 

[Klonoa]

It's not that hard to set up. lol

 

[[Phantom Upheaval]]

It's not that hard to set up. lol

I thought the sensor thing was TV dependent.

 

[Esupio]

I saw that blender thing, that pissed me off.

The ps3 grill FTW

www.ps3grill.com

https://www.therealps3grill.com/ps3grillpics.htm
I believe

Random.

I suppose its still playable that PS3

anyway onto nintendo... erm.
I saw a Wii advert on ITV last night (UK station)

Well it was TP but it goes Wii at the beggining

 

[TRIFORCE89]

There has to be more Wiis coming by Christmas. Even if it is in lesser amounts. That 1 Wii thing still baffles me though. Just try every time a new shipment comes in. I guess that's all you can do. T_T;

Good luck

Andy? Mork? I'm playing for you guys.

 

[Morkula]

You're not making me feel any better knowing that there's even one more person playing TP when I'm not... XD

Hopefully I can catch a shipment this week. I've heard rumors of Walmart tomorrow and GS/EB midweek...with Best Buy again possibly on Thursday.

 

[wakachamo]

This should now be called "Have you sacrificed your bones for a Wii yet? - Gaming Guild".

 

[Esupio]

yeah, I read somewhere theres supposed to be at least another 400,000 (not sure on the exact figure) coming into the US before the end of the year.