A Wii Bit Better
This must be the week of Wii for me. Today my component cables arrived. These have been backordered since the console launched and retail stores won’t be getting them until next year. One negative is the lack of a digital audio connection. I guess Nintendo isn’t planning any 5.1 surround sound games in the near future. On the plus side: the picture is much brighter and sharper so I recommend these to everyone that has a Wii or will be getting one soon. Speaking of getting one soon...Wal-Mart is selling them at 8am tomorrow so go get in line now! The Alpharetta store has 8 of them and I’m told there’s already a lady in line as of 6pm ET! I called looking for extra Wii-motes but there are none to be found. Those things are almost as rare as the console itself. Oh wells...no multiplayer action for now. Keep that in mind if you’re planning on coming over to check the system out. You’ll have to wait your turn! A picture of the component cables (sans digital audio) after the break.
Wii would like to play
Mission Accomplished! Nope, FYE still hasn’t gotten another shipment of Wii’s since launch but I’ve scored a Wii of my own. How you ask? Sunday morning at 3am I braved the 30 degree temperature and sat down in front of Target refusing to move until they opened their doors at 8am. Two hours later others joined me in line and by 8am there were about 20 people in line. What they didn’t know was that this Target was only getting 6 Wii’s that day. Sure I felt like crap the rest of the day but I got my Wii damnit! So far I’ve logged about 4 hours on the thing. Two have been for Wii Sports and two for Twilight Princess. I must say that the gameplay is excellent on both games. You don’t even notice that you’re holding a remote and a nunchuck in your hand. It’s as if you are one with the game. Must be that Japanese Zen or something. If you’re looking for some Wii-pron and a pic of me modeling the new controller, you’ll find both after the break.
No Wii for Me
I’m feeling a little like Eric Cartman did on that episode of South Park where he calls himself from the future to warn his past self to wait in line for the Wii. Only I would call myself if I could and say “get off your ass and go pre that Wii TODAY! Don’t wait till next week...do it NOW!” Here’s the deal. I called FYE today to ask about pre-ordering Twilight Princess because I had a feeling this game would be quite popular (hey it’s the new Zelda and has been called the “best and longest Zelda ever made”). I’ve talked to the girl at this store a lot so she told me that the store only got 3 Wii consoles. If you read the Buzz you know that I’m #4 on the list. Doesn’t that suck?! I guess that means I’m #1 on the list for the next shipment. If she’s right, they’ll get another shipment for Black Friday and I’ll be able to snatch one of those up. I guess the only way to guarantee one of these things is to camp out in the cold/rain.
OMG Wii!
I’m #4 on the preorder list @ FYE. Too bad I’m going to be out of town until Wednesday. Try to guess what I’ll be doing over Thanksgiving!
