Poll of the Day > The Wii launched 16 years ago today

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I remember I had put a $100 deposit to preorder one from Toys R Us. I arrived at the store about 10 minutes after they opened, and they had sold them all. Fucking bastards.

I didn't end up getting one until almost two months later, and I needed to sit out in front of an EB Games for 3 hours before they opened in the January cold.

Waggle Party

i remember driving my friends around to different stores on Black Friday looking for one

I remember thinking that this is truly the future of gaming.

eating4fun posted...

I remember thinking that this is truly the future of gaming.

I remember being disappointed that they changed the name of the console a few months before launch from Nintendo Revolution to Nintendo Wii, lmao.

wii bowling was great

LaggnFragnLarry posted...

wii bowling was great

That and tennis were the clear best ones

Welcome to GameFAQS.

*passes out towels*

faramir77 posted...

preorder

faramir77 posted...

didn't end up getting one until almost two months later

That sounds like it sucked, almost as though that particular Toys'R'Us store did not know the meaning of the word, "pre-order".

hello is me, nintendra GameCube: inventor of the Wii

I remember not wanting one, and then never buying one.

LaggnFragnLarry posted...

wii bowling was great

We still do wii bowling tournaments whenever my father-in-law visits.

faramir77 posted...

That and tennis were the clear best ones

I'll agree on bowling, but target golf was definitely better than tennis, IMO.

Matt from Wii Boxing would embarrass Mike Tyson in his prime

EclairReturns posted...

That sounds like it sucked, almost as though that particular Toys'R'Us store did not know the meaning of the word, "pre-order".

Target has the same issue, when you "pre-order" a game from them, they give you a card that you are supposed to give to the store clerk on release day. If they sell out of the game before you give them the card, you are SOL.

Had that problem with Breath of the Wild on Wii U, ended up going to the Best Buy a couple minutes down the road and picking it up off the shelf.

I was earning points from doing surveys that could then convert to a gift card. I think that's what I used to buy the first Wii. Later I interned at a computer repair shop that had accumulated 3 more of them that I could take.

faramir77 posted...

I remember being disappointed that they changed the name of the console a few months before launch from Nintendo Revolution to Nintendo Wii, lmao.

Revolution was the codename for the project and was never intended to be the real name

Dikitain posted...

Target has the same issue, when you "pre-order" a game from them, they give you a card that you are supposed to give to the store clerk on release day. If they sell out of the game before you give them the card, you are SOL.

Had that problem with Breath of the Wild on Wii U, ended up going to the Best Buy a couple minutes down the road and picking it up off the shelf.

The employees probably bought the preorders.

I pretty much accepted the fact that I wasn't going to get a Wii that year, but I was SUPER hyped for TP so I had my heart set on getting the Gamecube version.

The Gamecube version came out almost an entire month after the Wii version... Which was really annoying but whatever. I remember how much of a pain it was trying to find a Gamecube copy, but I did finally find a lone copy at a Kmart a few days after christmas. No wonder the Gamecube version is so much more valuable now...

I didn't actually get a Wii until like a year later.

ToastyPOP posted...

I pretty much accepted the fact that I wasn't going to get a Wii that year, but I was SUPER hyped for TP so I had my heart set on getting the Gamecube version.

The Gamecube version came out almost an entire month after the Wii version... Which was really annoying but whatever. I remember how much of a pain it was trying to find a Gamecube copy, but I did finally find a lone copy at a Kmart a few days after christmas. No wonder the Gamecube version is so much more valuable now...

I didn't actually get a Wii until like a year later.

The GameCube version was better anyway.

faramir77 posted...

The GameCube version was better anyway.

lol

I remember that I actually had heard of it until the day before it came out. I was working my job at Target, and saw some of my friends from school playing around. They asked if I was waiting for the new system. I told them I was working. They said I could get in line after work, though. And I said the line would probably be long. But they had a plan, apparently. They made a list. And all I had to do was put my name on the list. It was so people didnt have to stand in the same spot all night. People had brought games, and would form group to play multiple stuff like on the DS and everything. So, I put my name on the list. I think I was #4. And then more people started showing up. In the end, I called my other friends to let them know. I also asked my mom for some extra money. Cause I only had so much. She also brought me a chair and blanket. The first friends helped with my job a little (cart attendant), and found a toaster someone had left. And then kept it. And a bunch of people had their parents buy bread. Lots of people made toast. I even went to a diner with friends, and brought back butter and jam for them

When the store was about to open, everyone lined up in order according to the list. My mom also got there. And then, my early-co-workers were there to give the people in line hot cocoa and popcorn, IIRC And we got the Wii. There were like 63, IIRC Its a nice memory Though, my manager did wonder why I was late this morning. Im not sure if she recognized me when she gave my the hot cocoa