NFC - Nintendo Fan Club Page 94

Started by Arcanine May 14th, 2005 8:05 AM
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TRIFORCE89

Guide of Darkness

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Posted October 21st, 2016
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19.1 Years
I am annoyed. Really annoyed. I've being going to my local Best Buy almost weekly since June asking about the Wii, release date, price, availability, pre-orders, etc.

So, annoying.

Yes to preorders, but not yet. Sometimes no. Preorders only on the site. Can't use gift certificiates on the site. Don't know what a Wii is. Blah

I went through months of nonsense with these people.

Best Buy was opening an hour earlier today. So, I got there at 7:02 with $300 in gift certificates. It was packed. I ran into Erica who said they were sold out. Only 90 units, and there as more than 90 people and we were in the back.

So, we went to Future Shop. Three hours until that opened. I chose not to wait in that. But, she did. Hopefully she got one.

Went to Costco. Not selling any. Went to Best Buy again. Line is shorter because people left but we were told not to bother staying.

Bah. Next shipment better be soon.
Age 33
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Eglin AFB, FL
Seen January 17th, 2023
Posted July 27th, 2013
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17.6 Years
Wow, no one managed to get a Wii? Well, I got my Wii and Twilight Princess now. Zelda really is great. The nunchuk feels great in your hand, it's also very light but once you start playing it feels great in your hands.

I guess I could post pictures later but I warn you, I only have a cellphone camera.

Morkula

Get in the Game

Age 34
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Posted March 4th, 2018
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Please don't. It's not exactly going to make us Wii-less folks feel any better to see someone throwing pictures in our faces. -_-

And I thought I was gonna spend the afternoon playing TP >>

Arcanine

There is no "-tina"

Age 34
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Seen November 9th, 2012
Posted October 31st, 2012
24,271 posts
19.7 Years
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You know what I'm doing right now? I'm crying.....I'm not kidding......... Most of the damn stores around here sold out at midnight.... 4 Wal-Marts, a Target, 2 EB Games, a Circuit City, a Toys R Us, a Sam's.... all sold out...
HOW THE FRACK CAN THEY ALL SELL OUT SO QUICK?!!!!!!

Yes I am all messed up right now, right now I wanted to be playing the Wii, playing Red Steel, playing Zelda.... Playing the Wii...... sounds so far away right now.....

Sam X. I want to know one thing. HOW IS IT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Dies* XD


Well I guess one good thing did come out of this.
http://nexgenwars.com/
The Wii is kicking the PS3's butt all over the floor. It passed the PS3 with only 12 hours of selling (and not all stores had midnight launches).

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Morkula

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Posted March 4th, 2018
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I want to know what the frick happened to "1,000,000 at launch" and "Everyone who wants a Wii on launch day will have one".

According to that site, they've sold under 400,000. Where the frick are the other 600,000? Everywhere in the whole country...check that, CONTINENT, is sold out. >>

So much for a great launch, Nintendo. You really screwed us over this time.

TRIFORCE89

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Posted October 21st, 2016
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19.1 Years
What I don't understand if how that "consoles sold" number is still rising.

Where are all these consoles being sold that they didn't sell out in the morning?
Age 33
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Posted July 27th, 2013
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Well, I have only had my Wii for about 12 hours and so far I have logged in 1:34 hours of Wii Sports and 5:16 hours of Zelda, I like how the system tells you what you've played.

Anyways, I wouldn't know about shortages but the Gamestop I got my Wii from is sold out of everything. Zelda and Rayman are the only sold out games, all extra Wiimotes, nunchucks, and classic controllers, and of course the Wii itself are sold out.

Arcanine, the Wii is great and so is Zelda, it starts off slow but then it gets going! Wii Sports is fun too, boxing doesn't seem to always work but everything is cool, especially bowling which is my favorite, tennis also rocks, haven't tried golf yet. Also, if you have Wi-Fi the Wii will ask you if you want to upgrade. I upgraded and it took forever and then at the end of it an "error" screen came up, I was mad. So I had to turn off the Wii and then turn it back on, so then it said the same thing and I tried it once more, again it took forever but this time it actually worked.

parallelzero

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Age 32
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Posted May 20th, 2013
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Andy, and all that didn't get one.
I feel your pain

Times 19 days.
thats how long I have to wait till I get can it.
But atleast mine is guarnteed
which eases my pain, somewhat.
Nothing is guaranteed these days, so make sure you keep the possibility in your mind that something could go wrong. I'm not trying to discourage you or anything, just bringing up a point. XD

Some people are overreacting though. Although it may just seem that way to me since I had no intent of getting one right away since no games come out until next year anyways.

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Jeremy

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Seen March 5th, 2023
Posted June 20th, 2022
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19.6 Years
Everybody who didn't get the Wii...I feel your pain. ;-;


FECK! I fecking worked myself to death trying to get money for the Wii. I slowly and patiently waited...and waited...and waited...but now look. I didn't even get one. ><; All I wanted was just to play TP...

Andy, I was crying too, sweetie.

Arcanine

There is no "-tina"

Age 34
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Seen November 9th, 2012
Posted October 31st, 2012
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19.7 Years
What I don't understand if how that "consoles sold" number is still rising.

Where are all these consoles being sold that they didn't sell out in the morning?
Well there has to be some still out there. I mean I got home, called and no place had them. But Jorfe said his Wal-Mart had 3, and David said he called a store and they had 2. So They're still out there.

Well, I have only had my Wii for about 12 hours and so far I have logged in 1:34 hours of Wii Sports and 5:16 hours of Zelda, I like how the system tells you what you've played.

Anyways, I wouldn't know about shortages but the Gamestop I got my Wii from is sold out of everything. Zelda and Rayman are the only sold out games, all extra Wiimotes, nunchucks, and classic controllers, and of course the Wii itself are sold out.

Arcanine, the Wii is great and so is Zelda, it starts off slow but then it gets going! Wii Sports is fun too, boxing doesn't seem to always work but everything is cool, especially bowling which is my favorite, tennis also rocks, haven't tried golf yet. Also, if you have Wi-Fi the Wii will ask you if you want to upgrade. I upgraded and it took forever and then at the end of it an "error" screen came up, I was mad. So I had to turn off the Wii and then turn it back on, so then it said the same thing and I tried it once more, again it took forever but this time it actually worked.
That is one of the things I love about the Wii. I mean sure it's there for parents to track how much time their kids play. But for me I love it to see how much time I've been playing on that game.

As soon as I see TP and or Red Steel I'm getting them. I'm not going to wait because I heard they are flying off, even if people don't got a Wii they're getting the games so when they do get one they don't have to find the games.

Andy, and all that didn't get one.
I feel your pain

Times 19 days.
thats how long I have to wait till I get can it.
But atleast mine is guarnteed
which eases my pain, somewhat.
No one feels my PAIN! My pain is was larger then anyone else here....... I died today......

Uh... yea... XD

Everybody who didn't get the Wii...I feel your pain. ;-;


FECK! I fecking worked myself to death trying to get money for the Wii. I slowly and patiently waited...and waited...and waited...but now look. I didn't even get one. ><; All I wanted was just to play TP...

Andy, I was crying too, sweetie.
At least I wasn't the only one that cried. It's a sad day for us people who don't own a Wii. And what's going to suck even more is I get this damn feeling I'm going to be the last one here that says "I got a Wii!!!!!!!".


http://nexgenwars.com/
Anyone else think it's funny how the Wii is so kicking the PS3's butt?

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Well there has to be some still out there. I mean I got home, called and no place had them. But Jorfe said his Wal-Mart had 3, and David said he called a store and they had 2. So They're still out there.

That is one of the things I love about the Wii. I mean sure it's there for parents to track how much time their kids play. But for me I love it to see how much time I've been playing on that game.

As soon as I see TP and or Red Steel I'm getting them. I'm not going to wait because I heard they are flying off, even if people don't got a Wii they're getting the games so when they do get one they don't have to find the games.

No one feels my PAIN! My pain is was larger then anyone else here....... I died today......

Uh... yea... XD

At least I wasn't the only one that cried. It's a sad day for us people who don't own a Wii. And what's going to suck even more is I get this damn feeling I'm going to be the last one here that says "I got a Wii!!!!!!!".


http://nexgenwars.com/
Anyone else think it's funny how the Wii is so kicking the PS3's butt?
Considering that you may get a chance to get one before the 8th of Dec, you'll stop feeling the pain before me ;-;
Spain get it on the 9th.
and a tonne of people are getting it for christmas, so ya never know about the being last

Nothing is guaranteed these days, so make sure you keep the possibility in your mind that something could go wrong. I'm not trying to discourage you or anything, just bringing up a point. XD

Some people are overreacting though. Although it may just seem that way to me since I had no intent of getting one right away since no games come out until next year anyways.
I ordered it the second i got the e-mail from the retailer, and I'm actually going to go into my nearest game (the UK retailer) and check wether my Wii is safe.

Arcanine

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Age 34
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Seen November 9th, 2012
Posted October 31st, 2012
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19.7 Years
Considering that you may get a chance to get one before the 8th of Dec, you'll stop feeling the pain before me ;-;
Spain get it on the 9th.
and a tonne of people are getting it for christmas, so ya never know about the being last
Since my pain is worse I'll be eat out far quicker then you. XD


Oh, and people, when you get your Wii make sure you use the wrist strap. Don't be like this poor sap (you got to be a member of the site to see the page, so I just copy/pasted it to a freewebs page, on top of that, it's on a forum. So I don't want to lose my head for linking to another forum XD).
http://www.freewebs.com/arcylj/wiimotesmash.htm

What's ticking me off right now is on the GameSpot forums. Some people are going "The Wii is crap, I'm returning it. | I shouldn't have got the system.". I'm sure someone didn't get a system because of these people.

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Seen January 17th, 2023
Posted July 27th, 2013
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17.6 Years
Looking at those numbers from NexGen Wars it looks like Nintendo shipped around 700,000 consoles for launch. I had heard that they would launch anywhere from 600,000 to 800,000 units and 700,000 is right in the middle of that. You have to realize that the 1,000,000 at launch from Nintendo was just their goal, when it finally came down to a couple of days before I was hearing that 600,000 to 800,000 number everywhere. I have been hearing from some sites though that Nintendo might have actually shipped and sold over 1,000,000 units which mean Nintendo kept their word but apparently the demand was higher than expected.

Anyways, my basic point was that Nintendo never promised 1,000,000 units so you don't have to say Nintendo lied to you, it was simply their goal and they couldn't reach it apparently. 700,000 on launch is still good even though the demand was higher than the supply. Don't go too crazy guys, I'm hearing that Nintendo should ship out it's second bunch of Wiis this week.

Morkula

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Posted March 4th, 2018
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I want a frickin Wii. NOW. x.x

I'm going to go check for second shipments tomorrow. I noticed some identical, unmarked boxes behind the electronics counter in Walmart today that looked like they could hold three Wiis (what each box is supposed to hold), but I couldn't read the shipping labels on them to see if they were from Nintendo. -_-

Apparently Walmart, Target, and Circuit City may be receiving second shipments tomorrow, so I'm gonna go check before and after class. I'm definitely gonna pick up Zelda at Target tomorrow, since I saw it today and stupidly didn't buy it just to have it for when I get the Wii. x.x

And EB and GS are getting their second shipments today and tomorrow, but aren't allowed to sell them until Friday.

Arcanine

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Posted October 31st, 2012
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19.7 Years
Well if stores like Wal-Mart is getting a second shipment tomorrow then I might be in luck. I mean sure my chances are still slim, but at least it's not Sunday and me getting out of church till after 1 pm.

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Guess what that 8.8 rating did to Twilight Princess? Nothing except some mad Nintendo and Zelda fans. As of right now, Twilight Princess is already in the top 10 games of all time at two meta review sites. It is #2 at Gamerankings and #7 at Gamestats. Well, I guess without that rating it would probably be higher up in both, maybe #1 at Gamerankings. This just goes to show how great the game is, even with that bad rating it's managed to be in the top 10 on two meta review sites. Just for some more thought, Twilight Princess is #21 at Metacritic. Things could change though and it could go higher or lower depending on future reviews. Anyways, that's some good news I guess.

Arcanine

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Yea I heard that it was 2nd on Gamerankings. And that is pretty darn good. I mean second only to OoT and only .7 points off. It could very well beat it. But still, GS' score would have uped the score right now.


Well X-Play had reviews on a few Wii games. I find it funny because.... well I'll just post the scores.

Red Steel: 3/5
Rayman Raving Rabbids: 4/5
Madden NFL 07: 4/5
Exicte Truck: 4/5
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: 5/5

PS3 titles...
Genji: Days of the Blade: 2/5
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire: 1/5
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom: 2/5
Madden NFL 07: 3/5
Resistance: Fall of Man: 5/5

Anyone else find that funny? I mean the PS3 is so great yet the second highest PS3 game has the same rating as the lowest Wii game. And as far as I know, X-Play has never given a Madden game over a 3/5.
Yes I do get my reviews from X-Play. XD
And out of the three launch titles, they liked TP the best (sure they didn't say it. But TP got best in show at E3 05 and E3 06, and it had the least downsides).


In other news, Zelda Retrospective Part 6 is up. But Triffy, you don't need to watch this one. It deals with timelines and I just get this feeling you'll disagree with it all the way and then get mad or something. XD

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Morkula

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I saw the Zelda retrospective. Pretty sure they screwed up on LA - I always thought it came right after ALttP. Triffy will be able to set that straight though, I'm sure... XD

For crap's sake, I hope they get those shipments tomorrow. I don't even feel like really playing any other games because I'm so upset about the Wii. It's like... "I could be playing TP right now. I don't wanna play this..." -_-

Ronike

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I really do feel sorry for you Arcanine for having to go to church instead of getting a Wii. But even now, consider checking around at stores you don't think would have it. I know that on the nineteenth, some people came from a kohls I think having just got a PS3 b/c nobody thought they would have it. Check some wierd places. I do hope you all get one though.

Morkula

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Every frickin store around here is sold out. It's insane. Even crappy stores like Sears and Kmart. Nintendo really screwed this launch up...

I'm going to go insane if I don't get the frickin thing soon. x.x

Arcanine

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Age 34
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I really do feel sorry for you Arcanine for having to go to church instead of getting a Wii. But even now, consider checking around at stores you don't think would have it. I know that on the nineteenth, some people came from a kohls I think having just got a PS3 b/c nobody thought they would have it. Check some wierd places. I do hope you all get one though.
Why? The way you put it it's like I was forced to go. XD

I checked every single store. As I said in another thread "I called 10 stores (4 Wal-Marts, a Target, 2 EB Games, a Circuit City, a Toys R Us, a Sam's. That is every friggen store in a 30 min drive)". No one had a Wii, they were ALL sold out.

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