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a wii of a story

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Okay, so now that I've ripped myself away from the insane fun that is Wii Sports, I'll tell you all the story of how I managed to secure my Wii on launch day.

Being that it launched on a Sunday, I was blessed by not having to wake up at some ungodly hour to go stand in line. Also, since Nintendo was nice enough to ship a hell of a lot more units than Sony, I wasn't expecting a ruthless experience.

I hopped on the bus and headed down to my local Zellers, I figured that'd be a pretty good bet since it's in a senior's neighbourhood. I got there around 10am, to see a group of 6 kids waiting inside who told me that they were told the store had 6 systems. Okay, great. So I was very sad.

Then I remembered that farther down the road is a Superstore (Loblaws type thing). I waited VERY impatiently for the bus to head down there, and got there around 10:30. There were a few people sitting inside the outer door (but outside the inner door). I asked if they knew how many systems the store had, "12" I was told. There were 9 people there. Huzzah! I pushed the door open, breaking it somewhat in the process, and got into the atrium. People showed up after I got there and piled in, and around 11:15 or so the store manager came with 12 Wii passes. I was actually surprised at the civility of the people there, some people acknowledged the fact that they arrived after other people, and that the other people deserved a pass first.

Once 12:00 came around everyone made their way straight to the electronics department. I snapped up a copy of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and stood in line to claim my Wii. I smiled to myself each time someone in line asked where I'd gotten the pass, and then left dejectedly.

Anyways, I'm not going to get into a full review of the system or the games, but the pack-in game - Wii Sports, is so damn fun. I don't have any friends, but I imagine it'd be even MORE fun with other people. I hate sports games, but the motion sensitive controls simply make these 5 games. Go get one, when you can.

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