I have to go Wii!!

So, over the weekend, I was hunting for a Wii. I found out that there would be a big release on Sunday by all the major retailers (Best Buy, Target, Circuit City, etc). On Saturday I visited a GameStop at the local mall. They said they'd have Wii's on Sunday. Deciding, with my wife, that we'd give up on the Wii till next year, we went to purchase two DS's instead, with a bunch of games. They didn't have any DS's either, and when a guy went back to check on stock, they weren't going to have any on Sunday, either. Damn.

Sunday morning hit. My wife, daughter, and mother-in-law were going to a quilt show all day. None of the stores opened till 11, so me and the boys would go Wii hunting. Stopped at Best Buy first, since it's on the way to the GameStop. They were already open at 10:30, with a line coming out the door. I decided to stop, and talk to the security guy. He said they got 40 units, and there were already more than 40 people there. I thanked him, and moved on to GameStop.

We were about 18th in line, and at about 10:45, the GameStop guy came out, and announced they had 9 Wii's. Oh well, we'd already decided to go the DS route anyway, so I stopped back at Best Buy to get 2...except they didn't have any. Sheesh! It's a Nintendo hardware shortage!

We went home to pick up the dog and head over to my parents house for the day. I thought about it, and there was a Best Buy in Long Beach, just off the freeway. It was brand new, just opening up in the past year, so I decided to check that out on my way to my parents. I left the dog and the boys in the car, and walked in.

On impulse, I asked someone if they had any Wii's. They didn't know, and pointed me in the direction of the computer people. Someone from customer service overheard, and came over, asked "Are you looking for a Wii?", to which I replied "Yeah". He then said "We have *one* left, are you interested", which got an emphatic "YES!". In the end, I walked out with a Wii, one extra Wiimote (no extra nun chuck though, I was bummed about that), and a copy of Zelda.

All in all, a good day. All 3 of my kids are loving it, especially Wii sports. I'll go over that in a later post.