http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=OBR&Date=20060926&ID=6052311
Good news for Nintendo, I guess.
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Toys "R" Us to "[take] a leadership position on the launch of Wii"
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Good news for Nintendo, I guess.
Xdrive05
Member
No suprise for me. Nintendo let my store manager play a Wii at some Toys R Us vendor's convention about a month ago. She played Wii Sports, and she couldn't even pronounce "Wii" correctly. She kept calling it "Why" instead.
So someone like me doesn't get to play the Wii this early, while my store director does, and she doesn't even care about games that much.
And this is why there is no god, kids.
So someone like me doesn't get to play the Wii this early, while my store director does, and she doesn't even care about games that much.
And this is why there is no god, kids.
Slurpy said:
We'll see what happens with allocations at launch.
If TRU does seem to get more than their share versus stuff like Target, etc. ... then Nintendo was obviously involved.
And in that case ... Nintendo's rhetoric about postioning this as a system for all rings about as true as it did for NGC.
Mithos Yggdrasill
Banned
Nintendo has not a "kiddish" image because they are really. They look "kiddish", because the rest of the world has decided so: retailers and developers. Bah.
Beer Monkey
Member
The hot toy that you can actually buy = money for TRU.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Xdrive05 said:
WTF? :lol
That defeats the whole purpose of Nintendo calling it "Wii"
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
Wal-Mart will still likely sell more Wii's than TRU, Target and Best Buy, individually anyway.
Also released this morning was the TRU Press Release. TRU listed the Wii as one of their "Top Fabulous 15 toys" for the Holidays.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060926/nytu042.html?.v=70
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060926/nytu042.html?.v=70
FitzOfRage
Member
Jim said:
I'm a little confused here. Isn't that what this thread is about in the first place?
And then with other people implying Nintendo did somethnig wrong by letting Toys R Us put the Wii on their holiday list instead of having Toys R Us put it on Best Buy or Target's holiday list (???) I feel like I'm reading something different than other people.
Chris Remo
Member
Adults who are Mature settle for nothing less than bloody games.---- said:
Naked Snake
Member
Branduil said:
Is that official or fan made?
Naked Snake
Member
Game-Biz said:
Do'h, I didn't see the IGN logo due to the size of the image.
There goes any chance of importing a Wii and having it slip past customs... I used to easily get away with Nintnedo systems in the past due to the somewhat "kiddy" nature of their packagings, I always assumed that the customs people would see it as a "toy" of some kind and let it go, but when something looks more of a "high tech consumer electronic" they rape you up the ass with import taxes, which happened with my DS Lite, and will probably happen with the Wii too.
Flakster99
Member
Considering I purchased my original NES and SNES at Toys R Us back in the day, I say good for Nintendo. Familiar grounds and all that.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Very good news. If TRU can really push the Wii. They could have very nice kiosk areas put in place for the system, which is going to be very important to the console's success. A small venue like a Gamestop will have a harder time creating space for a Wii kiosk, and the physical movement that will go along with it.
playthrough
Member
I used to love running into TRU and grabbing the little cards from the latest NES games, which then went up to the counter, where I'd get to run and pick up my new game from the little window. Definitely good times.
Link said:
That's most definitely not what I meant. If I were to say children shouldn't have the right to play video games, I would be a cold hearted, self-loathing son of a bitch who doesn't deserve to breathe. Hell, I'm angry at myself by looking like such a jerk, even if it wasn't intentional.
I'll admit it: I didn't look over the facts first. I hadn't realized that it was Toys 'R Us that wanted the Wii to take the leadership position of the Wii launch, not Nintendo. Assuming this was the case, I was a bit confused as to why Nintendo would make the decision for a toy centric store to launch its console if their main target is everybody.
Chris Remo said:
Heh. Yeah, this always gets me. Apparantly mature means we should be ripping the heads off our enemies and drinking their blood. Because, you know, mature people don't care for gameplay, just give us the red stuff!
In regards to the topic. I'm getting closer to putting that pre-order down at TRU. As us Australians supposedly get a free game with our pre-order... But I'm still wary. I just know on the day they'll force me to take Cars or Spongebob instead of an actual game that I'm interested in.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
They're saying that not only will the Wii get prime positioning, the PS3 will not.
I'd say it's just a little significant.
I'd say it's just a little significant.
Xdrive05
Member
PantherLotus said:
True, but as they pointed out, the PS3 isn't really the kind of thing they focus on anyway (highest end consumer electronics/savvy gaming enthusiast). Toys' general focus is geared more toward the Wii's demographics.
Or let's be more honest and say Wii's price-range and potential market appeal.
Or even more honest and say
teh kiddie
mysticstylez
Banned
ruby_onix said:
The funny thing is, that if you count all the buttons on the wiimote/nunchuck compared to the Gamecube controller...
Wiimote/Nunchuk = 6 buttons
Cube Controller = 7 buttons
If you want to get technical with the + and - buttons and the "home" buttons, the Wiimote/Nunchuk actually has more buttons.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
The Good: More publicity = More folks get to see what the Wii is all about.
The Bad: Nintendo hardly needs more labeling as a "toy" or otherwise children's object.
The Bad: Nintendo hardly needs more labeling as a "toy" or otherwise children's object.
TheGreatDave
Banned
It can't be a bad thing to be advertised well in Toys R Us. It's not like the market people are saying will be put off are even going to be aware of it.
Wait I'm confused. Is this good or bad or is it just the spin causing the confusion?
Being promoted preferentially by a retailer is the dream of many manufacturers. Granted this appears to be Toys R Us own strategic choice with perhaps some incentives (dollars and units) from Nintendo, there's nothing negative I can see from this.
Nintendo has enough units to spread around at launch anyways.
Being promoted preferentially by a retailer is the dream of many manufacturers. Granted this appears to be Toys R Us own strategic choice with perhaps some incentives (dollars and units) from Nintendo, there's nothing negative I can see from this.
Nintendo has enough units to spread around at launch anyways.
The Toys R Us in Times Square, NYC is huge and sees TONS of traffic. During the holidays it's almost impossible to walk down that street. The games section is larger than most video game retailers has lots of kiosks and large wall sections devoted to multiplayer games. A large Wii presence there will be a very, very good thing for Nintendo.