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Oh noes, VG+ and Wii
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Throwaway123456789
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medrew said:
Errr, Europe will have it before next year.
Oh how quickly we forget...FoxHimself said:
Mario Sunshine USA: Aug 2002
Mario Sunshine EUR: Oct 2002
Metroid Prime USA: Nov 2002
Metroid Prime EUR: Mar 2003
Animal Crossing USA: Sep 2002
Animal Crossing EUR: Sep 2004
TWO YEARS LATER...
Wind Waker USA: Mar 2003
Wind Waker EUR: May 2003
RE4 USA: Jan 2005
RE4 EUR: Mar 2005
Don't forget Nintendo of Europe is responsible for not bringing over games such as Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG in the past.
Varshes said:
The problem is that VG+ are usually really good. They always have units on day one (even in the face of awful shortages like with DS, DS Lite, Xbox 360 and PSP) and with regular restocks.
If they can't get any Wii's for day one whatsoever and have no idea when they'll be getting their first stock, I think that's a good indication of where the country is as a whole. There's no reason why VG+ would suddenly start getting treated like crap by Nintendo in favour of other retailers.
Zerodoppler
Member
Nintendo is just bluffing. I'll keep my preorder and sign up for a PAL one as well.
Space Kimchi
Member
As new as I am to this place I am pretty convinced that many of this forum's denizens live in a fantasy world :lolkeke said:
The interest and demand for the Wii is enormous. I remember it being near impossible to find a DS when it launched despite sparse advertising and lukewarm initial interest. There will be enough Wiis in supply that in the right regions and enough luck you'll have a shot at being able to find one on a shelf somewhere in town, but it won't be easy.
Fallout-NL
Member
Wii said:
Oh I have not forgotten.
D
Deleted member 1235
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Wii said:
unf. I actually had forgotten.
Ha.. I actually canceled my order a couple of days ago, because I had to ask those morons to change my mailing and billing address three times. First they changed only my billing address, second time nothing, and third time they changed my billing address back to the original one. Dumb****s.
Can someone with a Wii fill in the blanks?
WII AC NTSC ADAPTER
INPUT: FILL ME IN
OUTPUT: 12V ... FILL ME IN (verified from: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/11/wii_unbox_28.jpg )
GAMECUBE AC PAL ADAPTER
INPUT: 230-240V~50Hz 46W
OUTPUT: 12V ... 3.25A
WII AC NTSC ADAPTER
INPUT: FILL ME IN
OUTPUT: 12V ... FILL ME IN (verified from: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/11/wii_unbox_28.jpg )
GAMECUBE AC PAL ADAPTER
INPUT: 230-240V~50Hz 46W
OUTPUT: 12V ... 3.25A
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Space Kimchi said:
I could have sworn that people are gonna be there day one, probably hour one but refuse to believe you have to line up for it. For instance, you should be able to walk in before 12pm and get one. That may be sketchy. But after that and closer to thanksgiving and definitely after black friday, there ain't no chance. You still have the launch excitement and kids will be begging for it over that week and on Thanksgiving. They'll be all out by that Friday.
Pureauthor
Member
The word is 'reliable'.
oh boy am I glad that I cancelled that preorder =(
" IMPORTANT NOTICE!! Nintendo Wii Shipping Notice
Good News!! Seems our suppliers heard our complaints about our Nintendo Wii alloctaions and have decided our business is valuable to them. We have just received a small amount of Nintendo Wii systems and will begin shipping preorders on Monday on a first order first serve basis. We have also been told that we should be receiving weekly shipments of the units all the way up to Christmas (fingers crossed) . All preorders that will be shipping on Monday will receive an email confirmation no later than Saturday Nov 18, 2006 12:00pm eastern time. Orders will be filled as best as possible as their are shortages with certain software and accessories, these items will ship seperately as soon as we receive inventory which we hope will also be on a weekly basis......"
http://vgplus.blogspot.com/
Seems like the preorders have been accepted and they are ready to ship the Wiis out the gate
http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=64148&page=150&pp=10
" IMPORTANT NOTICE!! Nintendo Wii Shipping Notice
Good News!! Seems our suppliers heard our complaints about our Nintendo Wii alloctaions and have decided our business is valuable to them. We have just received a small amount of Nintendo Wii systems and will begin shipping preorders on Monday on a first order first serve basis. We have also been told that we should be receiving weekly shipments of the units all the way up to Christmas (fingers crossed) . All preorders that will be shipping on Monday will receive an email confirmation no later than Saturday Nov 18, 2006 12:00pm eastern time. Orders will be filled as best as possible as their are shortages with certain software and accessories, these items will ship seperately as soon as we receive inventory which we hope will also be on a weekly basis......"
http://vgplus.blogspot.com/
Seems like the preorders have been accepted and they are ready to ship the Wiis out the gate
http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=64148&page=150&pp=10
Yeah, talk about pretty ****ing gutted.
VG+: "Cancel by the 13th or you're gonna be stuck with games and no console cause we aint getting no Wii's!"
Cancel on the 13th
VG+: "Oh shit son! We found some Wii's!"
Cue me very, very, very pissed off. I lost my place in queue. I'm gonna hunt around for another US supplier because I reeeeally don't want the PAL unit I've pre ordered.
VG+: "Cancel by the 13th or you're gonna be stuck with games and no console cause we aint getting no Wii's!"
Cancel on the 13th
VG+: "Oh shit son! We found some Wii's!"
Cue me very, very, very pissed off. I lost my place in queue. I'm gonna hunt around for another US supplier because I reeeeally don't want the PAL unit I've pre ordered.
Zerodoppler
Member
Batongen said:
Yikes! I still have my preorder, but according to that list I'm not even among the first 100 in queue. :/
I actually tried to preorder through DBO right now (a little bit late I know) and they actually took money from my account. Now, according to them, when you preorder this text appears when you checkout "You will not be charged for this order until it is ready to be shipped".
Do I have a case or have they charged without promising to ship the item?
Do I have a case or have they charged without promising to ship the item?
Wii: Did they charge your account when you preordered? I'm asking because I read about the preorder problems that dbo had and I just ordered one, just in case, from importmadness.com. It seems that a lot of people from NTSC-uk forum are getting their preorders from them and now they have also charged me :lol . Maybe I should cancel my order from dbo, this is getting out of my league.
Just a few months for most of them, where's the problem ? That's not Nintendo specific. Sometimes it's longer, especially near the end of consoles' lives.Wii said:
I doubt it... and even if it is, that wouldn't be Nintendo Europe but Nintendo Japan. Contrary to NoA, NoE has very little independance, and near to none ten years ago.
Tell me about it, I've got the freshly bought stepdown sat plugged in and waiting.
I hope NSCX put up US Wii's (and PS3's, I'll have one of those too). Yesasia are selling US units for $570/£300! Play-Asia are advertising a US Wii + Zelda for $600/£320.
Import Madness are another option, as well as DVD Box Office I guess. I don't know about availability on either of these though.
VG+ aren't even taking orders for a US Wii now. I'm really pissed off about how the whole situation has gone down.
I hope NSCX put up US Wii's (and PS3's, I'll have one of those too). Yesasia are selling US units for $570/£300! Play-Asia are advertising a US Wii + Zelda for $600/£320.
Import Madness are another option, as well as DVD Box Office I guess. I don't know about availability on either of these though.
VG+ aren't even taking orders for a US Wii now. I'm really pissed off about how the whole situation has gone down.
Zerodoppler
Member
I just got an email from VG+ and... I won't get a Wii from their first batch (surprise!). Hopefully the second shipment will be a big one.
