Wii-kend Link Dump
October 28th, 2006 -- by Augie De Blieck Jr.
- Top ten Wii launch titles. This one almost sells me on Elebits.
- Toys R Us takes your Wii pre-order tomorrow.
- Ellen gave away the first Wii last month. But, really, did he get the machine, or just a coupon for a free one in November?
- A report from the Fusion Tour stop in Texas. It’s more people waiting hours in line to play the machine.
- My biggest worry about the system is that you’ll be controlling your characters movements with the nunchuk attachment. I’m a right. My left hand doesn’t have that kind of fine motor skill with a joystick. I don’t think.
- Japan looks to get a flying game for the Wii first.
- Why the Wii will succeed, and it’s not the Wiimote.
- Nintendo says they’re expecting Wii shortages into the new year, even with
2,000,000 units to start. - C|Net has a video review of the Wii, which isn’t loading in my browser at the moment. . .
- Six Wii misconceptions debunked.
October 29th, 2006 at 9:59 am
If all goes as planned, I’ll have a Wii pre-order from Toys R Us this morning.
October 29th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
So, Josh, Augie — get your Wiis pre-ordered today?
October 29th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
Yeah, well, Toys R Us = 1, Me = 0. I had to do some software testing for my job this morning, but I left for Toys R Us right after I fninished. I got there at about 9:45 (they opened at noon) and there was already a line of about 30-40. Most of the people were there for the new Elmo, so I felt like there might be a slim chance. Turns out they only had about 4 PS3s and 10 Wiis. So, my chances were shot long before I got there. The first people in line got there ar noon on Saturday, so they waited 24 hours! It wasn’t a complete loss because my wife was able to get one of the Elmos (she is a BIG Elmo fan). Back to waiting for an online bundle or waiting at the local Wal-Mart or Target. Worst case, I’ll have to wait a little bit.
October 29th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
Sadly, I did not.
October 29th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Aw, bummer for both you guys. Except for making your wife happy, Josh — that’s cool.
(You haven’t shown her the videos where people light Elmos on fire, have you?)
October 29th, 2006 at 10:21 pm
I’m sure she has seen them before! On the Wii front, I am hearing anywhere from 1 to 1.5 million available day one. To put that in perspective, if I recall correctly, the Cube launched with 700,000 and they were pretty readily available for the first day or so. So, it may not be too hard to find one if you get them on the first day. Just would be nice to have something guranteed.
October 30th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Got my Wii reserved yesterday morning. I got there at 8AM and didn’t know there would be lines for the Elmo and PS3…There were about 12 people in line for the PS3 and the first two apparently were there since Friday night. They had 8 PS3’s and about 20 Wii’s for preorder. The manager was also kind enough to offer the people in the PS3 and Wii lines a chance to buy an Elmo. Picked that one up too.
October 31st, 2006 at 2:26 am
“My biggest worry about the system is that you’ll be controlling your characters movements with the nunchuk attachment. I’m a right. My left hand doesn’t have that kind of fine motor skill with a joystick.”
I think you can hold either controller in either hand. They don’t seem to be designed as “righty” or “lefty”. Both the remote and nunchuk are ambidextrous I think.
October 31st, 2006 at 9:34 am
Rob — Yes, there is an option in the Wii system menus to specify if you’re a righty or lefty. I think I might be overreacting, though. I mean, the cross pad we’ve controlled characters with for years — going back to Super Mario Bros. — was always with the left thumb. So the nunchuk shouldn’t be any different right? Maybe it’s just the joystick instead of the cross pad that scares me. We’ll see how it feels eventually… (Maybe in just three short weeks. ;-)
Jeff - Congrats! I knew about the PS3, but didn’t hear about the Elmo explosion until I read some other blogs yesterday. Sounds crazy.
October 31st, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Apparently the parents in line for the Elmo were ready to riot and they were yelling at the manager while on the gaming side of the lines, we were all calm, cool, collected. It’s kinda funny.