Pre-orders start tomorrow...

...at GameStop/EB. I'll be using my tried-and-true tactic of waiting in my arcade until 9:25am, 5 minutes before they open the mall doors to the public, and then waltzing right over to GameStop to stand by the gate before anyone else. I love owning an arcade in so many ways.

I don't know if there'll be as big a rush for the pre-orders as there were for the ps3, though. It's common knowledge to anyone who would know about the pre-orders starting tomorrow that the Wii will not be in as short supply as sony's hardware, so I wonder what the ebay situation for the Wii will be like. Maybe there won't be a shortage at all for the holidays, and nearly everyone who wants one will be able to buy one off the shelves. I'm not taking any chances, though.

I went to target today and saw that they had a spot just for the WII. but I work at wal-mart and iv had to travel to 3 diffrent stores and no one no's if we will be getting the wii in because the cases have been pre fabbed for the ps2,gambecube,xbox(360),DS and gameboy(if im forgetting any srry). and they havent made room for the PS3 yet. but I'm still undecided if I wanna reserve it yet or not. I think I will play it for 2 weeks then sell it an high price then get some moron to buy it.

Three questions.

1. Is Wii Sports offer a four-player mode? I have a lot of people living with me and we're going to need some multiplayer action as soon as possible. I'm not sure how many players Wii Sports is, so I'm not sure how many controllers I should get.

2. There are, like, three different controllers here and I'm confused as to what comes with what. I'm assuming the system comes with at least one Nunchuk, one Wii Remote, and one Classic Controller. Does Wii Sports use the Nunchuk? If so, I'll have to order extras, as well as some extra Wii Remotes. Do you have to order all these controllers separately?

3. If I pre-order it, will they send it earlier so that it will arrive on the day it is released or will they send it on the day it is released, making it show up about two days later?

I don't know, people were selling their 360s for more than they were buying them for. All they had to do was get one, which wasn't an easy task.

You can probably get a profit from it, I'm just saying Wii's won't be in short supply, so there won't be such high bidding. And opening it first will decrease the value by a LOT.

I don't think it'll be in short supply either. I'm actually not worried at all about getting one early on in its release.

I thought there was a Dragon Warrior game ready for launch? I don't see it listed. :(

I can't find any information about Wii Sports using the Nunchuk. I'll probably get a couple anyway, because I'l eventually need them. The controllers are going to end up costing a bunch, possibly more than the actual system! With three different types of controllers, and needing four total, it'll accumulate.

So can I pre-order as soon as midnight comes around? That's only an hour away. I'LL BE THE FIRST VGC MEMBER TO PRE-ORDER!!!

Wii Sports only uses the Wiimote. They aren't complex enough to need anything more than that. And you'll have to call your local EB/Gamestop. I know for a fact nowhere around me will be open at midnight just to take pre-orders, but I wouldn't put it past some other locations.

I thought I would be able to simply pre-order everything I want online and have it arrive on the release day. I'd like to do that instead of driving to the closest game shop.

Then you'll have to check the website, since I have no clue. You're more likely to get it on the release date too, if you go through a website. Then again, this is a console release. The dates you see are almost always the date you can pick it up. It's not like a game where "street dates" are in fact just ship dates.

[quote=Vampiro]Wii Sports only uses the Wiimote. They aren't complex enough to need anything more than that.

Boxing uses the nunchuck aswell, and it's a mistake to assume that the games aren't complex because you don't need it for most of them. They're all a heck of a lot deeper than you'd think. If Tennis has nunchuck control for movement it'd rival quite literally any tennis game in complexity and most likely surpass it.

I dunno bout you guys, but I went the Pre-order route, and as of today, I have the satisfaction of knowing I own a Wii. I got my pre-order 8:00A.M. this morning from EB along with an extra remote/nunchuck, classic control, 1 gig card, Red Steel, Twilight Princess, CoD3, NFS, Excitetruck, and Metal Slug Anthology.

I decided to wait until there's something I want to play.

Ive heard stories of people camping to pre order a Wii. Nothing like that in Ol Blighty. You just walk in and youre fine.

I forgot about the extra memory card. What's the biggest one there'll be? Is the 1 gig card as much as the 1,000 + block memory card for the Game Cube? That thing works nicely, fitting all my games and still having room for more.

I have a couple 2GB cards for my camera so I'm prepared in that regard.

Still, I can't find any place to pre-order the Wii. I must have missed the window of opportunity, unfortunately. That's too bad, but I'm sure it will soon be easier to pre-order the systems. Best Buy is usually pretty good about such things...

Don't you get 512 megs out-of-the-box? Should be enough for a bit.

I just pre-ordered mine September 5th.

Where? How? huh?

A litle place called Toys R Us.

Yeah, I have a feeling that I'll load up what it comes with quickly, especially with the Virtual Console games. I know the two smaller memory cards I got for the Gme Cube wasn't enough and I wasn't satisfied until I got the largest one possible, which easily fitted all my material.

i preordered my wii today :D. i got the last one at my local eb (they only had a total of 14). did anyone else preorder one?

All that costed me a total of $115.00. 50 for the system, 10 for each part of the control, 5 for the classic control, 5 for the memcard, and 5 for each game. As for where I got it, EB! I've been on top of pre-order info with them since Ninty announced the release date...plus if you signed up for their mailing list on their website, they'd have sent you an E-Mail telling you stores are going to be taking pre-orders on the 13th. My EB had a total of 30 up for grabs, all of which were taken before the store opened :) .

So that's just the down payment, then. How much is left to pay? I don't want to do the math and I'm sure you all ready have.

My bundle cost's $250 and includes 2 controllers, 2 nunchucks, 3 games of choice, Wii sports, the consol of course, and a hardware whatever that means

Hold on youre getting 1 complete controller AND 3 games extra without paying more? I thought Wii was already $250 :-/

I'm not going to bother preordering. Its like one paycheck anyway, and theres going to be plenty of them.

The preorder is a paycheck? Christ if I were you I'd look for a better job

I'm thinking that it'll cost me a little over 500 for everything I'm going to want at launch.

PS3? [color=lightgreen]Check
Wii? Check

I'm a lot more excited now than I was before. I finally got to play the Wii on Thursday (Wii Sports - Tennis), and I want more of that.[/color]

Where did you get to play the Wii, Big Boss?

And where are people pre-ordeing their Wii supplies from? Someone give me a link so I can get in on this action.

How much is the cheapest memory card? are you guys shure it has that much memory right from the box? Im not going to pre order cuz no games intrest me and i in my opion don't like pre ordering. At my game stop i saw the space for wii:) . when does WW come out and when does SSBB come out.

How could Zelda and Wiimote not be enough for you? :(

I think the Wiimote and Nunchuk attachment will add plenty to the game. Swinging the sword, aiming the arrows, etc. The extra graphics of the Wii will also be a nice addition. It's the first time we've gotten a Zelda game at launch and it's a wonderful game to initially play the Wii with. If you were going to eventually get the Wii anyway, I don't see the reason to wait. It's pretty easy to see that the game will be more enjoyable on the Wii. Couldn't you still use a regular controller, if that's what you desired?

That doesn't really answer his question and a picture would prove nothing. I think he's simply curious as to how you've discovered this deal, as am I.

I didn't really expect a deal such as this I simply wanted to reserve my Nintendo Wii so that when it is released I can get it ASAP. So I made a couple phone calls, and asked what the bundles are, low and behold Toys R Us had an amazing deal. It should come out to about $300 becasue I live in Canada.

They should have the kiosks up and running in EB's and other retail outlets by November if I remember correctly.

Even if they have singular public out posts Im guessing their going to be busy with actually gamers.

I think non-gamers are going to be curious about it. It's not so difficult that it'll scare them away from it completely. Exposure shouldn't be too difficult to come by.

Ah... well here we go:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/wii-demo-kiosks-to-be-under-supervision/

I can see it now... Wii at Walmart will be unplayable 98.76% of the time because some kid ran off with the Wii-mote. :rolleyes:

Please. What's so hard about putting a chain on the things?

On a whim, I went into EBgames today on my lunch break. Asked if they sold out of all their pre-order PS3, and Wii slips. Both were all gone already. I wish I had this on my mind a bit earlier. Ah well, I can always ask other places, and if they don't have it, then I'll have to wait a little bit after launch for me Wii :(

They'd have them wired down surely.

i already preordered mine and I preorder Super Smash Bros Brawl and Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess so im looking forward for the release date

[quote=Vampiro]
You can only use the Wiimote.
Just thought I'd point out how wrong this is.

Source? Because that's not what I've heard. Could be completely wrong, though.

Um, wut? Nunchuck in Wii TP controls movement and shield. Also, it's used in archery.

Oh. I was paying attention to the first few lines of Dex's post, not the last few.

oops

[quote=Big Boss][FONT=trebuchet ms][COLOR=yellowgreen]I finally got to play the Wii on Thursday (Wii Sports - Tennis), and I want more of that.[/COLOR][/FONT]

Spill, now!

Hey Dex! Did you pre-order yet? If not, Toy's R Us will be taking down pre-orders Oct. 29th. It will cost $50 like Gamestop and EB did.

yeah,gamestop and EB went out on the reserves so quick that they said they wont be doing it again, it took four hours to try to get one reserved and then when i tried there were 4 people in front of me and then they went out, i usly dont like going into toys r us but Im going to have to just to get a reserve on it.

Aww, I kinda wanted to order it online and have it arrive the day it was released, but it looks like I'll have to go to the closest Toys and do this. At least I have a plan! I'll probably go tomorrow and order it. That will feel good. Thankies. ^_^

Oh, yeah, that's right. Well, that's ok, then. Here I was thinking I was behind everyone. This will give me more time to consider what I want to get at launch. I'm still a little confused about the complete list of launch titles. I locate lists on my Internets, but every one seems to vary and it's difficult to discover the truth! They're making me feel like Mulder. :(

[QUOTE=Proto Man]?

Wait, so Dragon Quest is not a launch game? :(

I would get Call of Duty 3, but it will be better on the 360, I'm sure. Red Steel and Zelda will be the two I get. Monkey Ball would be fun, too.

Bragon Ball Z is a release title too.

k, so the Wii Remote is 40 dollars, the Nunchuk is 20 dollars, and it looks like you need both for games like Red Steel. That's 60 dollars for a single controller set and 180 dollars for 3 sets. That's expensive! Also, the classic controllers are 20 dollars and having four of those for multiplayer action would come in handy, as well.

Looks like I'll be spending a total of 500 dollars at launch.

I was all excited to preorder the Wii this morning along with some supplies, but I called Toys R Us and they said they weren't sure when they were even going to start their preorders! She said they may not know until later on towards the end of the week.

Now what do I do? :confused:

at the toys r us near where i live (central ca) they took pre-orders today. my firend got there at 5 am (they open at 10 am) and had about 30-20 people in front of him. now, some of those people were there for the ps3 pre-orders and some elmo toy lol. anyways they only had 12 wiis and he was far from getting one.

so dex, it looks like you should camp out on nov. 17th if you want one. i will be camping out like a lot of people here so i can get a second one and sell it for more
:)

all this chaos of getting a wii makes me more thankfull every day that i was one of the lucky s.o.b that got one preordered from eb/gamestop.

Wait... Nov 17? Isnt that the same day as the PS3 launch?

PS3 is the 17th, Wii is the 19th

Grr... you people suck. I have to wait until December, but oh well I have my 360 and school (of course) to keep me busy for a month and some days... does anyone know when the colors are coming out?

Question: if a store is out of preorders, does that mean it will be out of stock on launch day, or does it save some for that?

Usually it means they're out of stock.

you most likly wan't to goto a store that doesn't have the pre-orders and if your that hyped up about getting the wii then goto the mid night release partys at wal mart or something.

Pre-ordered today, didn't have to wait in the snow/rain/fog all night, £30 deposit, preorders have been open for two weeks. hahaha america

gawd dam UK ,why make the US look like crap when where on your side.lol.

Eat my dick.

Two weeks, you say? Perhaps you didn't have to camp out to get the pre-order, but I'd camp out when you go to pick up your system if I were you. Chances are they've oversold the pre-orders. Stores in the States used to do that until the 360 came out. Bad things happened at the time.

Yeah, they hoped to fix that for the Wii and PS3... but I guarantee they still ****ed it up somehow. Like Prince said, I'd get there early if I were you.

Nope. The guy said I was guaranteed a launch unit on the eighth, and they'd only sold something like five or six orders prior. Most people were getting them from GAME, which ran out of preorders pretty much off the bat.

Obviously not everywhere, but I'm sure it'll happen somewhere. Even in my own town I bet.

Just got a Gamestop Newsletter. You will be able to order bundles ONLINE on the 9th. Thursday night CST.

cant there be problems with online ordering sometimes though...

If you're an idiot. The only other issues might be shipping problems, but if you order from a trusted site (EB/Gamestop) the chances of that are virtually nil.

ACK! I almost forgot:

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/wii/wii_signup.asp

Nintendo Wii Console (includes 1 remote controller, 1 nunchuck, cables, sensor bar, console stand, and Wii Sports game)
Wii Memory SD 1GB
Additional Wii Remote Controller
6 Games:
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Red Steel
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz
Madden NFL 2007
12 Month Product Replacement Plan
Game Informer Gift Subscription

$694.88 plus tax and handling

Too many games listed there that I don't want. I'd instead get more controllers. Is there going to be any preorderings that don't include such huge bundles? :(

Actually UK seems to do pretty well with pre orders. My local game basically knows, say, theyll get more than 30 so they only do 30 pre orders. Then when they know exactly how many they get they advertise that they're taking more pre orders.

Unfortunately their launch day list was incorrect. They got my hopes up for Wario Ware on launch :(

I could sell off the games I don't want, but it would still end up being more expensive. That's a pretty high price they have there, actually.

I have almost lost hope for preordering the Wii. I'll probably just end up going to the store in hopes that one is left.

Camping won't be so bad. Wolfy, the girls, and myself will make an enjoyable adventure out of it. I would be sad, however, if I didn't end up getting one. Watching everyone here discuss it would break my heart.

Just don't talk about it until I get one, kk? ^_-