Nintendo Wii madness

Patting myself on the back. I got my middle schooler a Wii for her Sept. Birthday/Christmas. Even back then, I had to call our local Wal-mart every morning at 7:15 and ask if the Wii's had come in. Of course, the one day I forgot and didn't call until 9:00pm, they came in. I sprinted to Wal-mart way after dark, in regulation Wal-mart attire T-shirt, sweat pants, no make-up, baseball hat and tennis shoes. (I did have all my teeth). Got my Wii and called it a day. I have friends who have been calling every morning at 7:15 waiting to rush in and snap one up. Wii Madness in Griffin, Ga. Ain't Christmas grand!?

Thursday at Costco i watched customers[mostly 40s/50s] strip 25 Wii game console off a pallet in less than 30 minutes to buy as Christmas presents. Does anyone have one, and is it that much funn?

Hopefully they weren't planning on selling them on Ebay. :roll:The thing about the Wii is that you don't have to be a hardcore gamer to have funn with it. There are quite a few of us here that have Wiis.

Forgot to mention, we love our Wii. It is way fun. We are looking foward to more games from Santa for Christmas.

Boxing with your husband is especially fun. Particularly if you knock him out.

over for 600.00 for a computer console, no thanks, nothing can be that much fun. I tend to encourage my child to play outside... I ps2 does just fine for rainy days and late nights.. I can not believe people pay that much for a christmas present.. no thanks

over for 600.00 for a computer console, no thanks, nothing can be that much fun. I tend to encourage my child to play outside... I ps2 does just fine for rainy days and late nights.. I can not believe people pay that much for a christmas present.. no thanks

Uh...they are $250....less than what the PS2 came out for when it was new.

Wii's are awesome! They're unlike any other video game I've ever played. I mean, I work up a sweat playing tennis on the Wii -- you really do strokes like you would with a racket.

Forgot to mention, we love our Wii. It is way fun. We are looking foward to more games from Santa for Christmas.

Boxing with your husband is especially fun. Particularly if you knock him out.

domestic cyber-abuse??? cooool!!!!!

over for 600.00 for a computer console, no thanks, nothing can be that much fun. I tend to encourage my child to play outside... I ps2 does just fine for rainy days and late nights.. I can not believe people pay that much for a christmas present.. no thanks

The $600 is for a bundled package of console/3 games/accessories that you can order online. I've even seen $800 bundles. I'm sure the retailers are hoping to cash in on the alleged controller shortage by forcing consumers to order all the bells and whistles just to get the $249 console.
You just have to be patient with your local wal-mart/Sam's club or Best Buy and you can get one. I don't think there is a shortage, they are just rationing them out to create the illusion.

well crap! Thanks for the infor. I searched it on Toysrus and that is the one that came up and iw as like you have got to be kidding me, that price was crazy!! That is good to know the price is not near what I thought... I will check again and reconsider this item!! Sorry, should have researched more, but a week or so ago I searched it and when I saw it I was like NO WAY! So thanks for the info!!!

Call Best Buy on their delivery days. Around here it's Tuesday and Thursday. Call Game Stop every day. Good luck! I scored a Dance, Dance Revolution for the Wii today at Game Stop. No one else had one.