Are there games on sale as well...it's hard to see in the ad

Lol, I justed walked into my local Wal-mart one morning and found there were 4 left. Lucky me :D

Thats odd, I work at the local best buy and checked our RSS today and saw that there are 0 wii's in our district and 0 on order, as well as 0 in shipment and 0 in our district warehouse.

They must be stockpiling these things in an abandoned missile silo somewhere in nevada and only letting 3 people in on it...

Talked to several Targets in my area today. They are saying 7AM Sunday they will have vouchers. No voucher=no wii. Only 2 of the 4 stores even know about the deal. The other two claimed complete ignorance to any shipment schedules. Here's to hoping I get one!

Don't buy that piece of shit.

Dear Best Buy/Target/Circuit City,

The Wii launch is OVER!!!! I know its hard to admit..I know. Console launches are once every five years or so for one day. Please stop living in the past (November/December) the launch is over along with the holidays. Please for now on just put systems on the shelves as they arrive.

Thank You

No one cares for your negative opinion hef.

@hef why do you care what people spend their money on? I can promise you this: anyone your compelling argument manages to sway still won't put the cash in your pocket.

coupon to use for that wii @ circuit city

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/genericContent.do?oid=160141

@ Asian Guy

You've never worked retail have you? It makes much more sense as long as the demand is still there, for the stores to secure a larger number of units, then to use that to leverage customers into the store, hoping they all buy something else well they are there, or finally cave to the dissapointment and purchase a 360/PS2/PS3anything else in the store. Throwing the systems out one by one as they arrive does nothing to spur more business.

Target sent out the word to Hold wiis for this week on the 9th. They should all have some (and have all certainly heard holding on to them).

I work at target, and as security, all the console launches are handled by us. We will have them for the date on the circular, as mentioned, to be sold by vouchers given to the people that will be in line for the wii. Oddly, to feed the sony troll above, we have plenty of ps3's in stock, with returns coming in every other day.

You care about my negative bitterness Alex G. I bought the Wii on launch day so I think that qualifies me to comment. I liked the Cube and I like DS, especially lite. AoE: I don't like the Wii and I thought if I convinced people not to buy it money would magically appear in my pocket.

Do people not realize it's past Christmas? The spending season is over. Why do you think there are PS3s readily available on store shelves? The Wii will be no different...there just hasn't been any supply to actually GET anything on shelves. The demand for this thing is going to fall like a house of cards. Expect console sales of all platforms to drop for a long while.

ATTENTION: The 20 wii minimum mentioned in the Best Buy add is subject to the region in which the ad is published, the acctual minimum is 15 wiis per store, but a few will even have as many as 60 that morning.

-a Best Buy employe

Got my second Wiimote tonight at Target. There were two left on the shelf.

@hef. no one cares. this thread is about wii availability for those looking to buy one.

thank god. been looking forever still cant find one. ps3s been gathering dust from what ive seen

Every day, more and more and I'm glad I waited 8 hours in the blistering cold to snatch my Wii on the 19th.

Funny though, I have one of the more "advanced" controllers available on the market, and all I play is Gunstar Heroes!

@Pete C. I really hope you're right. I'd love to just walk into a store and pick up a Wii since I've been looking for one since launch, but I'm not desperate enough to camp out. However I don't have much faith that they will become readily available after this. In my lazyish search I stop by Toys R Us, Best Buy, EB, ect. quite often. From asking employees at these places (especially TRU who has said they've had shipments of 20+), they are getting and selling large amounts of Wiis. The trouble is, with the exception of these stockpile sales, most stores receive their shipments and put them up for sale in the morning or early afternoon and sell out in an hour or so. I can't get one because I work a 9-5 and can't go store hopping all afternoon. Anyway, I hope these sales do something to increase availability (or at least lower ebay prices). I’ll probably try making the rounds just an hour or so before these stores open incase demand has dropped at all, but I’m not optimistic.

does anyone actually still care enough about the Wii to line up for one?

I share your work ethic, Slacker. But as I'm a superstitious man, I expect to find a Wii soon this week - I found one rare Wii accessory for sale every day since Sunday in the Sacramento area (I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a friggin' Nunchuk for sale). TRU keeps telling me that if I snuck out of my office in the middle of the day I would've had a chance of getting a Wii within the two seconds they have them for sale. Anyhow, remember that Nintendo is a billion-dollar company and has the capability to give a Wii to everyone who wants one, it's just that when you cut the supply down to scraps, you create Da Demand.

@21, yes. I have friends who've tried it a couple times by now, and it'll sell out 1 or 2 people in front of them and they'll go crazy. I'm telling them about this.

do you think they will have ds...my sisters birthday is coming up and i wanted to get her one but they are all sold out :(

Ugh. I was going to Best Buy this weekend for one, but if they're still gonna pull this sort of bullstick, I think I'll just wait until they can't get rid of them. Sometimes I curse the console's popularity...

I just saw this week's Target ad today (Indianapolis), and there was a picture of the system as well. The picture you're showing is not what I saw, so more than likely a different region.

@21

yes. I have some friends that bought some Wii games for their kids for christmas, and have yet to get the console. I'll be passing this info on to them tomorrow.

Luckily, I was able to scrounge around bestbbuy/walmart/circuit city a week or 2 after launch day for an extra nunchuck and 3 extra wiimotes (yes, all 3 stores on the same day to get all of them).

ps- do yourselves a favor and pick up the component cables, I have my Wii hooked up to my 27" sdtv and it looks markedly improved over the standard RCA cables(only my ps3 and 360 get use of my 60" sxrd hdtv--don't want to end up with a wii-accident).

Hef must be confused with the Piece of Shit 3. It's ok, we understand you are an idiot.

@DJ Jimi... thanks for the coupon link... that's 40 more dollars for a game :).

Jeeze hef, you sure seem like a happy camper...

Anyway, my local Best Buy told me about a sunday sale and that they open at 10, sooo I guess I'll have to wake up in the morning...for once...

This is the third launch for the Wii. First one launch day. I purchase a preorder and could have bought 2 more at CC. Second launch early December. Third one late January. I know of only 3 others sold. So all these retail outlets are holding back these Wiis for promotional purpose only. Everytime I hear people saying they can't find one, some retailer is stockpiling the few thats been ship over here. Nintendo didn't deliver and we got people buying into this hype. And again its after Christmas, so nobody has any money to spend. So whats up? Nintendo to busy fighting Godzilla.

The Wii is very easy and cheap to manufacture. The PS3 is a manufacturing nightmare. The Wii has sold only about 2-3 times as many systems as the PS3, and is constantly out of stock. In fact, so are the accessories, including *cables*, which are a dime a dozen to make.

Why is such an easily-built system so unattainable?

Honestly, when Sony said they can't make enough PS3s, Nintendo fanboys everywhere were shouting that Sony was intentionally cutting back on supplies to make it look like the system would be a roaring success. If Wiis are out of stock... well, *obviously* that's because it's the greatest thing ever and everybody wants one.

You people are such sheep.

Burnt meatloaf the problem is that sony promised 4 million by end of 2006 and missed it by more then 50%. Nintendo only missed it by less then 10%. I don't give a damn about supply issues etc that only hurts the company if the don't meet demand with enough units (The fact that the Wii doesn't use HD graphics is one of Wiis advantages - its easier to manufacture). What most people complain about is how sony were so confident in the amount of launch units they would ship and that they could sell ps3s even if they didn't have any games - however it looks like the reality is totally different.

As for the point about sony supposedly using low supply to cultivate demand - from the looks of things it doens't seem to be working.

People will just be angry because there will be massive crowds around all the electronics stores this weekend. It will be like launch day all over again, except this time people will flood pass the stack of PS3s.

For what you will ask?
For an INFERIOR, "Gamecube 1.5," gaming system. That's right people! No HDD, no HD movies (BRD/HD-DVD), and no 1080p (oh wait Sony doesn't have any games in 1080p, do they?). The one thing the Wii manages to have, and is INEXCUSABLE that these SUPERIOR machines don't have it as a standard yet: freaking Wi-Fi!!

The Wii is like a STD burning your PS3 loving balls. On Sunday, thousands of people will walk right past those stacks of PS3s. Get over it fanboys.
Be more like me: buy systems for fun games, not because it has a Sony brand on it. Hell, it took the 360 about a year to get games that I wanted to play on it. So I bought the 360 a couple of months ago.
I will buy a PS3 when enough fun games are on it.
Fanboys: pull the panties out of your butt and get on with life. The PS3 isn't selling like hot cakes. Only one system can sell like hot cakes and it looks like Nintendo made it this time.

@ the Target employees,

Is Target holding back WarioWare Smooth Moves as well? I noticed that in my area, Target is the only store without the game on the shelf.

The Wii definitely makes use of the wifi, through Virtual Console downloads, the weather, and Internet channels, sending Mii's to friends, console software updates...

Online playable games will come soon.

I live near Indianapolis and you better believe I will be lining up early this Sunday at the local Best Buy (only place I have gift cards for). I've been checking that store nearly every day, and dang it, I want a Wii!

It had better be true that this is gonna happen, or I'll be disappointed... again. lol

Of course, deathsblood, you're forgetting that Sony considers units shipped to be equal to units sold (which is technically right, just units sold to the stores, not units sold to actual people, which is misleading) and the fact that every video game retailer in the country now has PS3s collecting dust on their shelves would lead me to believe that Sony still hasn't met their 2 million mark yet. Likewise, the Wii does make use of its Wi-Fi with all the available old-school downloads. And how many PS3 games are online playable? I don't know, I'm really just asking.

I know that Wi-Fi is available for the 60GB (+$100 more) version. That's not the point. The point is Wi-Fi should be STANDARD by now. Sony, nor MS should charge extra to add Wi-Fi. Something that an "inferior console" has as standard should say something. That and the fact the Wii is selling insanely well.

Will the Nintendo DS Lite also be available on Sunday?

Is this gonna be for the entire US? Or is it justa regional thing?

Can anyone confirm the validity of the ad?

@ 41 go here it shows the wii shipments country wide and also call ahead before you go camp out 5 hours before it opens

wii.bidnearby.com

Ok Wiitards! I hate to have to get rude but here goes. The Wii is overpriced. It's low tech inside the sleek box. Shiny sexy box is great but i prefer ugly with grunt. The Wiimote is uncomfortable and I would have preferred to play Zelda on the Cube. Wii sports is like vomit on a disc. The Virtual Console is way overpriced, I have too much pride to pay that much for genesis games that can be found online for free. And the final insult is the software drought which began as soon as the disappointment of the launch titles was over. Red Steel was gonna be so rad remember? Anyway don't take my word for it. What would I know? I've only had every nintendo console bar VirtualBoy. Anyway that's enough trolling. I'll just sit back and wait for all those undecided Nfans to transfer money to my pocket via magic. Flame on!

@ 43

Thank you so much bro!

will this be the same for canada

My Costco had a pallet of Wii bundles on 1/19 for $339.99. Included the console, Zelda and Excite Truck. Must have been at least 30 bundles.

I keep trying to get my hands on the wii but all the store in my area have been sold out for weeks. I have signed up for email post, phone calls, and even have an insider, who works at a large walmart in Toronto, looking for me. NO LUCK!!! can anyone answer Omgzwii question? Does this apply to Canada????

Can't confirm it's accuracy, but here is a search for Target Wii console, Wimote, nunchucks, etc.

http://crayz.org/target_wii.php?zip=90210

I went to my local EB Games and they said that some of theirs stores will also be receiving shipments of Nintendo wii's (Jan 21 is when they will release). I asked the worker, does he know which stores? He answered NO. So I dont know what this means, but Gamestops/EB Games around the country will be receiving Wii shipments also on the same day!

Screw Ebay, just got mine at best buy today.
$350 for Wii? Forget ebay they are at stores.