Why is it so hard for me to find a Wii remote? With
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves hitting the streets next week, I'm going to need a second controller if I'm going to pull of my planned evening of drunken, mini-game madness. Target, Best Buy, K-Mart, GameStop -- you name it. Sold out.
But hey,
Wii Play comes with a remote! So I decided to try and reserve one at my local GameStop. Well, apparently, I've missed the boat. It seems GameStop/EB Games have reached their brick-and-mortar reserve allocations for
Wii Play (which won't hit shelves until February 13)! That's right, as far as one month out from release, the specialty retailer has stopped taking reservations on the product.
It's a well known fact that finding a Wii console (ever after the frantic holiday season) is no easy task. Despite Nintendo's claims that they've met their shipping targets, it just hasn't been enough. While reports are coming in that stores are receiving shipments with some regularity, they seem to be arriving in small numbers-- certainly not enough to meet the demand.
But fine; I'll give them console shortages. There's still a huge demand for the system, there's no doubt about that. But accessories, too? Come on, Nintendo. If you want my mom, my sister, my grandma, and my parrot all to gather in the living room for a rousing round of
Wii Bowling, maybe it's time to start shipping more than four remotes out to stores every two weeks.
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10:41 PM on 01.11.2007
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Luckily best buy was stocked with remotes when we got our console albeit the older ones with the weak straps but luckily our family's hands tend to shy away from greasy foods so no smashed televisions here.
I feel your pain. I've been dying for a month now to get my hands on another nunchuck.
And Wiis are still sold out everywhere so it really must mean that Nintendo is the one having production difficulties. I agree that they probably never expected such overwhelming demand.
You guys might want to try looking in stores that are not normally popular, like stores in smaller towns even if it means that you have to put some miles on your car. So far I've had very good luck getting Wii gear by avoiding the stores that "everyone shops at".
Seriously. The Classic Controllers are a waste of money unless you have absolutely NO intention of buying GameCube games, which I think would be pretty short-sighted.
at least enough for eveyone to enjoy enough controllers, this is a system that neeed to have the multiplayer aspectfor everyone because, thw "WiFi" shi nintendo is giving us is neverrrr going to have good enough games to play eachother online
Well, I have nothing to complain about, I have my Wii Play pre-order and three controllers works just fine for me.
I sitll cant' wait for mario party
In addition, you have to play quite a bit of single player before you even unlock any multiplayer modes.
So, don't worry about getting more controllers for Wario Ware.
I'm glad to hear that Wario Ware doesn't require multiple remotes for multiplayer games, but at the same time, I sort of wish it did. That "taking turns" crap is so 80s.
Plus keep in mind some people bought a Wiimote when they didn't even have a Wii and some people didn't want extra Wiimotes.
I mean sorry that over a half a million Wiimotes in a month is NOT enough for you. Also when they make Wiimotes, it goes to other places BESIDES just the US.
When everyone and their mother who got a Wii is looking for 3 extra remotes to complete a set of four, theres bound to be shortages. Best option is to either order direct from Nintendo, or just keep checking stores every time you're out.
WII PLAY IS NOT A KILLER APP IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM.
If you're expecting more wii sports type awesome, you will be gravely disapointed. It won't stay in your wii drive for more than 45 minutes at a time, and it's good for single player play about twice. Ever. Trust me, it's really not that good. Worth a tenner? Probably(I've heard people say otherwise). But for fuck's sake, don't expect a masterpiece.
I don't really plan on playing it more than 5 minutes, its all for the Wiimote.
Why play virtual pool or ride bovine when you can just do it in real life, in a bar, with women around?
and for those of us awaiting the LAN cable, good luck
acually the nintendo Wi-fi is a good alterative. so i can wait, i would still lke a LAN though
It's a fun party game for when you have friends round, although some of the games on it are a bit boring and cant withstand repeat plays, but fishing, laser hockey and the games with the Miis are great fun.
Not quite as good as Wii Sports, but seeing as it's cheaper than a regular game and comes with a free Wii-mote I can't complain.
Did you americans get Wii Sports free with the Wii like we did in the UK? Because it sounds to me like Nintendo are doing you over, and treating us europeans well for once.
And do you you have a Nintendo VIP star points system in the US, free points you get with Nintendo games, hardware and Wii Shop (including virtual console downloads) that soon you'll be able to swap for free Wii points so Virtual Console games will be free? We've had it for years but until the announcement of free Wii Points the scheme has been pretty useless.
Pretty much all europe got ahead of yanks so far is wii play(big whoop) and warioware(by a mighty 3 days), so no we aren't getting prefferential treatment. Especially considering the 3 week extra wait and the noticeably poorer launch lineup.
No, we have nothing like the Star Points system. It makes me sad.