To say I’m excited would be an understatement.
We poor UK folks don’t get the Wii (and Twilight Princess) until 8th December, but I had the chance to see one on Saturday in the Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow (and bumped into Eve whilst I was there, funnily enough – shame on you for not knowing what Zelda is about), and suffice to say: I must have it.
Lauren’s employer opened their guaranteed pre-orders for the Wii this morning at 9 am GMT (or so they said; to me it seemed that it didn’t actually become available until about 9:30 am), and they had sold out before 9:40. Congratulations to the lucky few F5-bashers who managed to sneak in there and get a pre-order placed.
Including me, of course. I’ve also ordered a copy of the aforementioned game and also Wii Play, mostly for the semi-free Wiimote (ugh) in the pack. I’ll have to pick up a second nunchuk somewhere after the launch date. One slight oddity is that my estimated delivery date is showing as 14th December, but the support folks assure me that’s an error. Anyone else manage to get a pre-order in and having the same issue?
In any case, here we go again; it’s N64 Sunday all over again (when I finally, months after launch, picked up an N64 with Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time, and wasn’t heard from for several days). Look for me to surface sometime around the 15th, with a splitting headache and a noticeably overdeveloped right tricep.
Dude! I’m also one of the lucky ones who got their Amazon pre-order in in time! And Zelda and Call of Duty 3 of course.
I also bought a 32″ Samsung LCD as I refuse to play my new Wii on my current TV. So I’m uh kind of poor and can’t afford to buy anyone else Christmas presents now. I think for Christmas I’ll just give people a shot on my Wii.
That’s kind of odd about your delivery date.. especially since mine is Delivery estimate: 30 Nov 2006 – 6 Dec 2006! I imagine we’ll all get it on the 8th though.
I’m more than a little excited… but not as excited as I’ll be if they ever bring out a Star Wars game with lightsabres.
Well done guys on your pre-orders … Im not sure if im for one at the moment but maybe in Jan :) Just dont go doing this :
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/20/wiimote-strap-breaks-controller-destroys-tv/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/errant-wiimote-claims-second-tvs-life/
or it might be one sorry Christmas (espically you Neil) :)
Jealous of you both !!!!
Stevie
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RkdihGX7iWM
Fnarr Fnarr
Ahaha, I got in on the second batch of orders on Friday between 3 and 4 pm, and I’ve already received the email saying it’s being dispatched [sic].
I’ve got Zelda, WiiPlay, and Redsteel sat around my house, and I’m trying to hack the Darwiin Remote software to actually work. There’s leaks and unretained stuff everywhere!