Nintendo Wii - $250

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Wed 22 Nov, 2006 3:05 pm

nice photoshop job!

gimpynerd · Post by **gimpynerd** » Wed 22 Nov, 2006 9:24 pm

I bet the original picture was interesting...

crzyrbl · Post by **crzyrbl** » Thu 23 Nov, 2006 7:08 am

ya, I saw that deal via kotaku, but it's rather unlikely any of us will actually be able to get it.

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 5:16 am

I HAVE A WII!

FINALLY!

Oh i am so happy, and Zelda is possibly the most incredible game ive ever played.

blueskies · Post by **blueskies** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 8:15 am

I've decided I'm definitely getting one, just have to wait for my next paycheck, or after the xmas/birthday cash is flowing in.

Jim e · Post by **Jim e** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 8:47 am

all I want is a wiimote

Post by **kv83** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 9:58 am

I couldn't get one. We only get about 8000 Wii's for the netherlands. I pre-orderd mine 3 months ago at a store, but they decided to sell all Wii's over the internet without letting me know. I tried yesterday everywhere, but all stores were either jammed with pre-orders or already sold-out. Bad luck. Maybe I get one saturday when i'm in germany, but I don't count on it. If not, I'll propably have to wait till the 2nd shipment, which comes somewhere next week

Post by **benryves** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 2:18 pm

Keep it away from glass, gents.

Floodkiller · Post by **Floodkiller** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 2:21 pm

Didn't that site used to be named http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com?

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 2:23 pm

I think those people are getting a bit too much into it. That or they are trying to get free repair to stuff that was broken by some other means

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Sucks bad kv83

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Floodkiller · Post by **Floodkiller** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 2:25 pm

Well, it is mostly about the fact that the little string that holds the remote to your wrist in case you drop it breaks while they do something like wii sports. This ends up in a flying projectile that breaks whatever is in its way.

leofox · Post by **leofox** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 3:09 pm

kv83 wrote:I couldn't get one. We only get about 8000 Wii's for the netherlands. I pre-orderd mine 3 months ago at a store, but they decided to sell all Wii's over the internet without letting me know. I tried yesterday everywhere, but all stores were either jammed with pre-orders or already sold-out. Bad luck. Maybe I get one saturday when i'm in germany, but I don't count on it. If not, I'll propably have to wait till the 2nd shipment, which comes somewhere next week

I preordered mine at this store, i was 2nd in line. They got only one. man was i pissed.

But a friend went to this shop to ask for info and reserved one for me

Arcane WIzard · Post by **Arcane WIzard** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 5:25 pm

*wii rampages*

Message to all the fanbois who wouldn't believe me when I said the wiimote was retarded and inpractical: bite me.

Jim e · Post by **Jim e** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 5:45 pm

Arcane WIzard wrote:
*wii rampages*
Message to all the fanbois who wouldn't believe me when I said the wiimote was retarded and inpractical: bite me.

Wow, hardcore douche.

Post by **benryves** » Thu 07 Dec, 2006 5:49 pm

Arcane WIzard wrote:
*wii rampages*
Message to all the fanbois who wouldn't believe me when I said the wiimote was retarded and inpractical: bite me.

I wouldn't say that it's "retarded" as such. It's quite a cool input device, but whether cool is the same as efficient or useful is yet to be seen.
My gripe with Nintendo is much the same as my gripe with iPod shuffle - repackaging old ideas and promoting them as new and revolutionary. The only thing that is "revolutionary" is enforcing the use of a quirky controller; Nintendo was using motion-sensing input devices back in 1989.