Yeah, changing the channel won't mess up anything. Just turn the Wii off, change the channel to 1 or 11 and turn it back on.

If you've got to the store before and just can't now, the store may just be down or something. But I'd still put the router on 1 or 11 as that's what Nintendo's support will tell you to do.

That did the trick! Thank you so much for all of your help. :up:

I got to Circuit City about 15 minutes before opening, and I was number seven in line. They only had nine systems to go around. They handed out the vouchers, then marched us in single file toward the customer service desk.

Then the torture began.

Instead of letting us all shop and then redeem our vouchers whenever we were ready, they made us wait in the line. One by one, people were ushered to a small card table where the salesperson tried to pitch all the games and accessories. Even if you had no interest in buying any accessories, you couldn't just go get your system. You had to wait for each person ahead of you to review the accessories/games table, then wait for your turn to be called to the table, then decline about ten different offers for games, accessories, and warranties, and THEN you could buy your system.

Of course, since the people in front of me were apparently non-gamers (mission accomplished, Nintendo), they were gawking at the items on the table like they had never seen them before in their lives. Each person took SOOOOO long, and they were indulging the salesperson in every one of his pitches. Have you ever gone electronics shopping with your mom? Imagine that experience six times in a row. It took about 25 minutes to get to the front of the line.

But on the bright side, I got a Wii! Yay!

Just an FYI, but I would suggest checking the Clearance sections at Target.

Picked up a few games for my son:

Monster Racing (with steering wheel) - $25
Chicken Little - $20
Ant Bully - $15

Torrance, CA location that had more copies of each one available for sale

Well this is about the time last year when I got my 360 I hope to find a Wii in stock one of these days.

I remember the reviews for this being favorable for a licensed title. Let me know what your kid thinks of it, if you don't mind.

FINALLY!!! My persistence has paid off. After calling 20+ stores every day to try and get a Wii I got one this Sunday at Circuit City.

You had to be there an hour before opening (9:00) to get vouchers.. I got there at 8:40 and there were about 25 or so people in front of me. They had 18 Wii's. At 9 they came out and handed out the vouchers

The guy in front of me got the last voucher.. I was major bummed.. I turn around to go home and some kid that was in front of me gave me his voucher and said "here.. I was just messin around".. I'm guessin he was just waiting in line with a friend who was buying one..

So I'm finally part of the Wii club! YEEE HAWW!!

I would've punched that kid in the face!! :grunt: After taking the ticket of course! :D

I still think it's pretty crazy that people are still waiting in line for the Wii, 5 months after launch!! I'm so glad I was able to get mine on launch day!

I should be getting the Godfather tomorrow. I'll let you know what I think then.


I'm hoping my fiance likes it as much as the original xbox version, if not more

tbird2340,

Thanks for the voucher story. Glad you got your Wii. I didn't find out that they were doing that until 20 minutes before they opened yesterday, so I didn't bother. I'm going to have to keep my eyes peeled to see if they do that again.

Time to go bowling... :)

Congratulations!

Yeah, me too. I remember how we thought in the days leading up to the launch that we could just stroll into a store sometime during the day and simply grab one off the shelf. I'm glad that I reconsidered.

I don't think it will be much longer (2-3 weeks) before the shortage is over.

Yeah I was saying that in Feb. though. :)

Yeah, I thought that a month ago when I managed to get mine. I have started to see more accessories in stores, though, which I think is a good sign. I stopped at a Best Buy last week and found they had many copies of Wii Play, as well as a few remotes and point cards.

I am surprised that people still have to wait in line - and that some people are still missing out.

Anybody know if there are any reviews for the MOH game released today (I think)?

VC release for 3/26...

:up: Hecks yes! Bowling is very fun!

Awesome. I actually laughed out loud at that one. :lol:

:drool:

This I will have to pick up. It was this version that got me hooked on the Romance of the 3 Kingdoms. I'm almost done with my first played game for ROTK 11 for the PS2, after playing for 3 weeks. :eek:

Chris

I thought for sure when I bought mine it meant the drought was over. I haven't run across another Wii yet and its been a month.

Quick question.. Do I just have a REALLY shaky hand or is this normal for the cursor to hop around like this...

*Sorry for the crappy video but I didn't have my tripod handy..

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This is how it shakes for me as well. I don't have a steady hand and I think its a big reason I have so much trouble playing motion and point control games on the Wii.

Do you guys have any sources of light that the Wiimote's sensor can pick up besides the "sensor bar"? That thing is really just an IR emitter and the Wiimote triangulates where it is looking based on that input. If there were a 3rd or 4th IR source that it was grabbing, you might see problems like this.

Also make sure you do the quick calibration in the system menu, though I'm not sure that will help much.

Yea, you really shouldn't have any lights behind, or really close to the sensor bar when you're playing.

Also, most games that use the pointer have something like a camera does to help keep the pointer stable