Wal-Mart launches Wii at Midnight!

[TanOOkiSeong]

[img]http://**********.com/wp-content/photos/Wal_Ad_Wii.JPG[/img]

No bullshit bundle and a full 75 cents cheaper!

Thank you Wal-Mart for launching the system intelligently. Now I won't have to camp out over night and instead can spend that time playing Twilight Princess.

:)

[ant1532]

My walmart is open 24 hours anyways...

[bluemax]

You got my hopes up and crushed them all at once.

[Mrbob]

Aren't all walmarts 24 hours anyway? They sell things at 12:01 all the time.

Minimum 20 per store is nice. Probably means supercenter stores will get at least 60, if not 80 or 100.

[btrboyev]

minimum 20 per store..nice.

[HAL_Laboratory]

Sweet! Where'd you find this?

[Mrbob]

Sweet! Where'd you find this?

It's a pic of their november ad.

[TanOOkiSeong]

Sorry to get your hopes up

Hell in the northeast it's f'ing cold and I was NOT looking forward to spending two nights camping out for both PS3 and Wii. This'll make everything a lot more bearable.

[Epicus.Furor]

Great News!

[Wario64]

Why camp for the midnight launch when Walmart will just break street date lol

[Terrell]

Think they're doing this in Canada?

[cvxfreak]

A minimum of 20 per store... hopefully they get double or something.

[Mrbob]

Why camp for the midnight launch when Walmart will just break street date lol

I remember getting my N64 a couple days early from wal mart. But they won't break street date for consoles. Well probably one or two will, but for the most part everything is set for the release date. Not only to keep Nintendo happy, but also because it is advertised as such.

A minimum of 20 per store... hopefully they get double or something.

20 is the minimum for regular stores. If X360 is any indication, supercenter stores will get 3X that amount, if not more.

Although X360 didn't have as many systems at launch. So maybe somehwere between 40 to 60 for supercenter stores may be more accurate.

[Wario64]

I remember getting my N64 a couple days early from wal mart. But they won't break street date for consoles. Well probably one or two will, but for the most part everything is set for the release date. Not only to keep Nintendo happy, but also because it is advertised as such.

Walmart broke street date for Nintendo DS Lite and GBA SP. Unless handhelds are somehow inferior to consoles

[Mrbob]

Walmart broke street date for Nintendo DS Lite and GBA SP. Unless handhelds are somehow inferior to consoles

I haven't seen Wal Mart break street date for any recent console. At least not on a mass scale.

Those are also re-released systems, and not new ones.

[cvxfreak]

Whoo, plenty of locations in the Las Vegas area.

[Dr.Hadji]

Walmart sold the GAMECUBE at 6:01 am.

It doesn't matter if they're open 24 hours after all.

This is GOOD news.

[platypotamus]

Whoo, plenty of locations in the Las Vegas area.

Maybe I'll see you there.... though I'm closer to a Kmart and a Target myself, so more likely I'll be at one of thems.

I will be assuming anyone I see that night wearing a resident evil shirt is you though

[Lambtron]

This is fairly good news. We've got two Wal-Marts in my "metro area." One is in Fargo, and that's a supercenter. The other is in Moorhead, just across the river, and that place is a ghetto shithole. Fargo one, due to North Dakota law, must be closed between the hours of midnight & 6 am on Sundays (for "Sabbath" apparently, but The Wal-Mart never sleeps). So I'm going to try my luck at the shithole. Got a couple of friends coming with, hopefully. Should be good times!

[Mrbob]

Walmart sold the GAMECUBE at 6:01 am. It doesn't matter if they're open 24 hours after all. This is GOOD news.

Maybe your walmart sucked? :P

Always been 12:01 by me.

[Nutter]

3 Walmarts, all of which are not too far away. FTW

[Gaia Theory]

Think they're doing this in Canada?

doh!

[Terrell]

Judging from the image, I'd say that ad is FROM Canada. Notice the French? I'd say that it is likely going on here too! Sweet. I was wondering when Canada would get Wii. Everything I've seen says the 19th, but then we usually get stuff a couple days after the U.S. Looks like Canada is getting Wii on the 19th too. (Hey, it's news to me.) I don't have a preorder, so I'll likely be heading to Wal-Mart at midnight!

That's Spanish, actually.

[TanOOkiSeong]

That image CAN'T be from Canada or the price would be higher.

[Gaia Theory]

That's Spanish, actually.

Man... did I ever NOT read that slow enough. Shite.

Now that it's been confirmed that I'm an idiot (or simply very tired), what are the chances that Wal-Marts in Canada will do the midnight launch?

[Senretsu]

Wait it says it includes the nunchuk, is this a wal-mart special are is the the same for all stores?

[Gaia Theory]

Wait it says it includes the nunchuk, is this a wal-mart special are is the the same for all stores?

Nunchuk inclusion is standard.

[cvxfreak]

Maybe I'll see you there.... though I'm closer to a Kmart and a Target myself, so more likely I'll be at one of thems. I will be assuming anyone I see that night wearing a resident evil shirt is you though

Which one do you plan on going to? I have to hightail right after an event at the Wynn over to a WalMart that hopefully is open 24 hours to get my Wii.

[Dragmire]

Where can I get a copy of this ad, so on 11/19 when the clueless Walmart salesperson in electronics asks "What's a Wii?" I can have some visual aids?

[platypotamus]

Which one do you plan on going to? I have to hightail right after an event at the Wynn over to a WalMart that hopefully is open 24 hours to get my Wii.

I'll be at either the Target or Kmart on Eastern in Henderson near Green Valley Ranch, or the Walmart over on Stephanie near Sunset Station.

[JoshuaJSlone]

Aren't all walmarts 24 hours anyway?

Not all. The nearest to me is 7a-11p I think.

[MadOdorMachine]

No bullshit bundle and a full 75 cents cheaper! Thank you Wal-Mart for launching the system intelligently. Now I won't have to camp out over night and instead can spend that time playing Twilight Princess. :)

What comes with the bundle? My work is blocking the image.

[Juice]

, is Nintendo's MSRP $249.24 or is that clever Wal-martery?

What better way to segue into a description of 24Connect?!

[Vard]

The closest one to me is open 10a-6p on Sundays. I have a feeling that they're not going to be open at 12:01 for the Wii...

[Leondexter]

I'll be at either the Target or Kmart on Eastern in Henderson near Green Valley Ranch, or the Walmart over on Stephanie near Sunset Station.

Same for me!

[platypotamus]

Same for me!

For you other midnight launch grabbers, are you planning on just strolling over at midnight, or are you going early? Since I live so close, I was planning on checking it out earlier in the night, and sticking around with my DSL if there's reason...

[Leondexter]

I'll be checking early in the AM and then periodically. Once there's a line, I'll be in it. I tried the Wal-mart on Serene (Green Valley) and the one on Trop and Pecos both about 5 PM for the X360 launch, and they'd been "full" at that point for hours. And they got a lot of 360s, relatively speaking...I think it was over 50.

I ended up waiting overnight at Fry's and getting stuck with a bundle. Fry's got 60+ 360's.

[cvxfreak]

I'm counting on you guys to tell me which WalMart is the best and such.

[gamergirly]

Dammit! Now I wont be able to sleep! They'll be gone by 6 in the morn

[the girl next door]

stinking san francisco bay area, no walmarts in any site! :(

[platypotamus]

I'll be checking early in the AM and then periodically. Once there's a line, I'll be in it. I tried the Wal-mart on Serene (Green Valley) and the one on Trop and Pecos both about 5 PM for the X360 launch, and they'd been "full" at that point for hours. And they got a lot of 360s, relatively speaking...I think it was over 50. I ended up waiting overnight at Fry's and getting stuck with a bundle. Fry's got 60+ 360's.

Eep, here I was figuring I could stroll in there around 10 or 11 or so and be among the first couple there.

[Captain N]

my girlfriend is getting me a Wii for christmas so it looks like I'll need to pack her some food to have her wait in line to get me one at midnight.

[Truelize]

Think they're doing this in Canada?

Why else would it have french in the ad?????

Nevermind I saw that someone else said it was Spanish. The only Spanish I know is what Grover taught me growing up. :)

[Leondexter]

Eep, here I was figuring I could stroll in there around 10 or 11 or so and be among the first couple there.

First...not a chance. But there could be possibly double or even triple as many Wiis out there as there were 360's, so even the next morning it should be possible to track one down...probably. I'm not counting on it, though. Besides, camping can be fun if the people in line are cool. It's not every day that there's a whole crowd of people who 'get' what you're talking about if you say you like Monkey Ball. :-)

[bumpkin]

[img]http://**********.com/wp-content/photos/Wal_Ad_Wii.JPG[/img] No bullshit bundle and a full 75 cents cheaper! Thank you Wal-Mart for launching the system intelligently. Now I won't have to camp out over night and instead can spend that time playing Twilight Princess. :)

If you're seriously going to buy it at Wal-Mart because it's 75 cents cheaper, tell me where you live so I can punch you in the neck. :)

[Illuminati]

The type of people Wal-Mart attracts in the Philadelphia area during the day is pretty scary. I don't think I want to hang around at midnight and see who shows up. I wish we could find out who is getting the most shipped out of the non-preorder stores like Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, BestBuy, CircuitCity, etc so I know which one to camp out at.

[Bark252]

This is great news! I have two 24hr wal-marts near me within 10mins of each other.

[lips]

god i want you so bad. its like the dream lives .... I mean, the wii.

[bachikarn]

How the hell do you even camp out for a store thats open 24/7? Do you just chill in the electronics department or do they just start a line some where?

[Ford Prefect]

This is fairly good news. We've got two Wal-Marts in my "metro area." One is in Fargo, and that's a supercenter. The other is in Moorhead, just across the river, and that place is a ghetto shithole. Fargo one, due to North Dakota law, must be closed between the hours of midnight & 6 am on Sundays (for "Sabbath" apparently, but The Wal-Mart never sleeps). So I'm going to try my luck at the shithole. Got a couple of friends coming with, hopefully. Should be good times!

...the F*CK?

Goddammit, good thing I read this. Oh well, I'll definitely be hitting up Moorhead. I'll wear a shirt that says "NOT A MEMBER OF GAF," to avoid meeting you in person (aaawkward).

How early do you plan on showing up? I need my Wii day one, and don't want to get there and be 21st in line. I'll stagger younger brothers 3 days in advance if I have to.