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Gaetano
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Wii has been out for over a year now. Yet, the console is still so hard to find in stores. I just can't understand this. Personally, I think Nintendo are doing this on purpose to create a mindset in the community that it's in high demand (which it is, now, thanks to the shortage).

I've wanted a Wii since December. I refuse to import, get one off ebay etc etc. I want to be able to walk into JB Hi Fi and buy one. I don't want to order it and wait. I want to be able to walk into a store and buy one that day, like i should be able too do.

I know some of you are probably going to flame and tell me to just order and be patient, but I shouldn't have too. First, Nintendo were totally non existent last generation in Australia. And that really frustrated me because I was an avid GC gamer. Now, they have one of the highest selling consoles and they make it seem like it's the must-have console and personally (and this is my professional opinion), I don't think it is.

This is not a trolling thread or anything, as I really, really want a Wii (I need to get my No More Heroes stuff on, and I'm craving a playthrough of RE4 with the Wii-mote), but I'm losing patience. If by the time I get back from London and Japan at the end of May, Wii's are not instore, I'm going to refuse to buy one...EVER. It'll have been 1.5 years since it's released, and I still won't be able to get one in a store.

-end rant.
19/03/2008
Melbourne
Silence
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Just order it and be patient. that is the best advice I can give you. Or try to shop around. If i see any in stores, I'll let you know =]
19/03/2008
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Want something for nothing? Of course you do! https://mywii.com.au/Post.aspx?id=10311&p=1 Kingsbury, Victoria
muerdame
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Mm, I agree. This led my family having to buy it off eBay, and if it works, we were involved in a good deal.
19/03/2008
Mario Kart Wii
Perth
BJ2
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i know that you said we would say this, but if you just pre-ordered the next shipment you would have been playing RE with your wii remote already
19/03/2008
WA
KonkyDong
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i was so lucky getting my wii, it was just under a week before christmas and i wanted a game console. an ad for wii came on and figured i'd get one. i went straight to the closest harvey norman and they just had 3 that had come in! i didn't know about the shortage so i guess i was just lucky!

good luck!
19/03/2008
Guitar Hero III
waiting, watching..........................learning
Gaetano
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BJ2 said: i know that you said we would say this, but if you just pre-ordered the next shipment you would have been playing RE with your wii remote already



Yeah, I understand that, but to me it's more about the principle. I really shouldn't have to do that. I guess you could say I'm boycotting Nintendo.
19/03/2008
Melbourne
fatmaster
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hey i bought a wii on monday, first called my local game (sold out) campbelltown game (sold out) local big w (no answer rofl) campbelltown big w (sold out) local dicksmith (sold out) eb games had about 2 or 3 wii consoles so i bought 1
19/03/2008
Super Mario Galaxy
Sydney
hamzie
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dw nintendo will read this rant and well be full of wiis

i think ur being to alpha.. just order one.. u know.. thats the reality.. there are no wiis.. a lot of people are buying them and nintendo cant cope with it.. u can be alpha and say im not buying one till i can go to a store and pick it up myself.. but nintendo dont give a **** about just 1 guy.. everyone else are acting a step ahead being organised and are doing something to get that wii
19/03/2008
Mario Kart Wii
Kaptain Kay's bed
ICC_06
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I completely agree with you by this stage in a consoles life it should be very easy to obtain
19/03/2008
Super Mario Bros.
ten four to that!
jimmiq
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when i went to go buy a wii like last year it was sold out everywhere but when time calm for my birthday, my friends got one for me like a few days b4.... yea i spose if u really really want one u should order one and they'll save u one for next shipment
19/03/2008
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Perth
BlakKnight
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there is a shortage because of everyone wanting one and it its a must-have system, nintendo isnt doing this on purpose

just get it off eBay, thats what i did
19/03/2008
Super Paper Mario
I wish I could give this day a hug!
spyke
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they are producing 1.4 million wiis a MONTH!! ... at work we have had wiis for over a week..sydney tho
19/03/2008
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Top 25 Brawler in [NSW]
Themoth
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I got my on launch...
You know where you can get one, Targets and Kmarts. They have them there becuase most people buy it from EB and JB.
19/03/2008
Melbourne, Victoria
Skarteh
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I don't understand why everyones having trouble, I walked into JBHiFi and bought a new one then took it back the next day and bought one again in Kmart a couple of weeks later... both times I just walked in and bought one
19/03/2008
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The
Melbourne, Victoria
ICC_06
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I'm actually really surprised people are still having trouble getting them. In fact I remember my friend having trouble getting a DS from JB the other day but easily getting one from EB so maybe its a Nintendo with JB thing?
19/03/2008
Super Mario Bros.
ten four to that!
Skiff
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My bit of advice, keep playing your 360 (when you get it fixed ). I haven't touched my Wii since I got the 360 last October. In fact I lent it to my brother at Chrissy and haven't missed it at all. Although I must say RE4 was awesome to play.
19/03/2008
Medal of Honor 2 Heroes
Melbourne, Victoria
ICC_06
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Skiff said: My bit of advice, keep playing your 360 (when you get it fixed ). I haven't touched my Wii since I got the 360 last October. In fact I lent it to my brother at Chrissy and haven't missed at all. Although I must say RE4 was awesome to play.



arrhh you just reminded me my 360 is on its way back from its little RROD incident
19/03/2008
Super Mario Bros.
ten four to that!
Frodo
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Yeah i second what Skiff said. 360 is all you need however, RE4 is the poo and the wii remote with that game is the cacca!

Great Stuff!
19/03/2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Bagina Island
spyke
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Frodo said: Yeah i second what Skiff said. 360 is all you need however, RE4 is the poo and the wii remote with that game is the cacca!

Great Stuff!

when will you be attending primary school? next year? your going to be a big boy in Kindergarten.
19/03/2008
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Top 25 Brawler in [NSW]
Sarukun
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losing one's patience with Nintendo won't solve any problems or speed up the games coming to us..... all it will do is give ur liver a hard time and in the long time make u sick and u having to fork out dollars to buy medicine and make u better lol.... so i say calm down and play some wii
19/03/2008
No More Heroes
Playing Shingami Persona 3 on da PS2
Frodo
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spyke said:
Frodo said: Yeah i second what Skiff said. 360 is all you need however, RE4 is the poo and the wii remote with that game is the cacca!
Great Stuff!when will you be attending primary school? next year? your going to be a big boy in Kindergarten.



lol am i aloud to use profanities on this site? LOL

give us a break
19/03/2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Bagina Island
KonkyDong
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Sarukun said: so i say calm down and play some wii



ummmm, he doesn't have a wii, thats the point!! lol
19/03/2008
Guitar Hero III
waiting, watching..........................learning
spyke
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@Frodo
a lunch break did you say? would you be referring to your 'little' lunch or your 'big' lunch?
just messing with you...im bored
19/03/2008
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Top 25 Brawler in [NSW]
Frodo
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lol haha Big lunch of course!
19/03/2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Bagina Island
grimace
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I agree, Wiis should be available. I don't think it's Nintendo's deliberate intention to make Wii's so scarce though, and if it is then stuff them. Hope u get a Wii soon
20/03/2008
Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaros' Treasure
some random suburb in Perth, WA
 
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