Originally Posted by bokiloki What are the chances that I'll be able to walk into a K-mart and buy the Wii U there the morning of launch??

Probably about the same chances as finding a) a K-mart that's still open and b) one with an employee in the electronics department. Unless Nintendo really crushes the market with these things, I'd imagine that K-Mart and Sears might get two of each a piece.

Originally Posted by bokiloki What are the chances that I'll be able to walk into a K-mart and buy the Wii U there the morning of launch??

They probably wont even have them out on the floor on release day.

Originally Posted by Friend of Sonic I have a feeling Amazon is just going to open the floodgates at midnight and it'll make for an interesting 3 minutes.

If they do it on a random night, then I think it may last a few hours because most people are not at their computers at 3 AM. Here is hoping anyway.

Originally Posted by Friend of Sonic I have a feeling Amazon is just going to open the floodgates at midnight and it'll make for an interesting 3 minutes.

I wonder if something is up between Amazon and Nintendo -- Amazon doesn't have the 3DS XL yet. Only available from 3rd party sellers.

Amazon had some 3DS XL not too long ago but they sold out before the day was over.

I don't understand why anyone just blindly believes what a random employee at a store tells them. There is about a hundred posts in this thread of people saying something is a fact because an employee told them.

I am quite proud of myself for resisting the temptation of buying cheap games in favor of saving up for the Wii U.

Originally Posted by ProppaT Probably about the same chances as finding a) a K-mart that's still open and b) one with an employee in the electronics department. Unless Nintendo really crushes the market with these things, I'd imagine that K-Mart and Sears might get two of each a piece.

Actually Sears might have about 10 on release day. Back when the Wii was released a week or so after my friend and I found out from an employee that they were getting a shipment one day. So we got to the store at opening, my friend bought 3 Wii to resell on ebay and I got one for my brother to keep. I think they had about 1-3 extra that we did not buy.

Originally Posted by gothamcentral79 I don't understand why anyone just blindly believes what a random employee at a store tells them. There is about a hundred posts in this thread of people saying something is a fact because an employee told them.

This. Between that and "I've called Gamestop / Best Buy / Toys R Us 8 times a day every day since the moment I've pre-ordered it until today, just to make sure I'll get one on launch day". Get a grip.

Originally Posted by bsesb2003 I wonder if something is up between Amazon and Nintendo -- Amazon doesn't have the 3DS XL yet. Only available from 3rd party sellers.

Lol at "yet".

Originally Posted by drakma676 Went to best buy to trade in some games and asked about the wii u preorders. He said that they cancel all preorders and it's a first come first serve. I was like wtf?

I have a Best Buy pre order, and they haven't cancelled my Wii U.

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While what the Best Buy employee said is likely pure crap, I dont get why every is treating Best Buy pre-orders like they are pure gold that is guaranteed. How many other times have we seen things go horribly wrong there?

If I had my order there, I'd make damn sure I was still the first person at that door.

Originally Posted by dgwillia006 While what the Best Buy employee said is likely pure crap, I dont get why every is treating Best Buy pre-orders like they are pure gold that is guaranteed. How many other times have we seen things go horribly wrong there? If I had my order there, I'd make damn sure I was still the first person at that door.

Yeah, best buy seems to be a shitty place to have a pre order.

Im confident Bestbuy will have extras for people that didnt buy. When wii launched I camped 14 hours, I was #40 out of 82 I believe. By the time they started handing out tickets at 8 a.m. their was over 600 people their.

Don't think for a second Bestbuy wont have any for those who didnt preorder. I guarentee you every store will have at least 10, they need to advertise it in their Sunday flyer and it is illegal to advertise if their are none actually for sale. Bestbuy wants 100s of people at their store, once when they get those 500+ parents in the store, chances are a 1/10 of them walk out buying something like a 3DS. Thats 50 people buying Vitas, 3ds, Wii, WHATEVER!

Trust me Bestbuy will fullfill all preorders and will have a couple extras wether it be 1 or 10. And to all those worried, when the Wii launched the 2nd shipment arrived for Black friday, so EVERY store will be restocked 4 days later. Trust me though, when the Wii hit their was hype, but by the end of the day the hype was through the roof and thats when it built up like crazy and by black friday their were lines probably even larger than the lines on launch day itself.

Another thing, the BEST shot to get a Wii U is either launch day or Black friday. After that its a free for all and you just have to be lucky, and you have to call everday.

I remember my mom calling Gamestop for PS3 around 1 p.m. a few weeks after launch and the gamestop guy litteraly said that the truck just pulled up and they had PS3s so my mom rushed over their.

So the whole lining up in the morning doesnt work either, cuz gamestops get shipments any time in the day so its just a huge guess. If your getting a Wii U, get it launch day. Its going to be a complete free for all after black friday.

This is my first pre-order (TRU store). The Wii U will be a Christmas gift for my kids, so guaranteeing launch day arrival doesn't matter much to me. For those of you who have experienced pre-order "chaos", is it reasonable to expect mine will be filled in time for Christmas, even if TRU didn't estimate their launch day inventory correctly?

Originally Posted by bthar This is my first pre-order (TRU store). The Wii U will be a Christmas gift for my kids, so guaranteeing launch day arrival doesn't matter much to me. For those of you who have experienced pre-order "chaos", is it reasonable to expect mine will be filled in time for Christmas, even if TRU didn't estimate their launch day inventory correctly?

By Christmas? you are definately safe. As I said, even if some preorders arent fullfilled, the 2nd shipment comes black friday 4 days later. So by that time just get ahold of the manager and make sure they put 1 aside for black friday.

I honestly am expecting no problems from anystores. The Wii and PS3 launches went smoothly. The only major launch problem came when gamestop took 100+ preorders for every store and then only reciever 10 or so Xbox 360s. After that fiasco gamestop came back the next year and had solid launches for the Wii and PS3 without any reported problems at all.

Im a little nervous about Bestbuy though because for the Wii launch there were no preorders. Only gamestop/ebgames took preorder. Now TRU, Target, Bestbuy, Kmart, Sears are all taking preorders which is a first for console launches.

It used to be, if you didnt have a preorder at Gamestop you had no choice but to campout at bestbuy, TRU, etc. Now it seems like their wont be as many campouts.

My store manager told me that they cut off preorders at gs to be 100% sure that they were going to be able to fufill pre-orders. Do I believe her?

No

But the other nugget of info she had for me was that since its a Sunday launch, she WILL NOT have a midnight release for the console, and that you will have to pick it up in the morning. Luckily I know my manager well and she has done stuff for me in the past like letting me return a month old used Wii I purchased, so she promised to set all of my stuff I ordered aside for me so I can just walk in, have her scan my power up card, and walk out.

makes sense since im buying like 500+ in stuff, I want to be guarenteed my console.
Black console
ZombieU
New super mario brothers U
Black ops 2
Pro controller (black of course)

and somewhere along the line i need to get a few Wiimote +'s

*sigh* its gonna be a very expensive November.

btw anybody else see that footage of Dragon quest X on the wii u? that better come to America...

Originally Posted by Paladinion My store manager told me that they cut off preorders at gs to be 100% sure that they were going to be able to fufill pre-orders. Do I believe her? No

To be honest, when I went to pick up my 3DS they did have enough units for people who preordered. No extras, just for preorders. So there might be some truth there.

I really don't care if I get mine on launch or not, it's more of a am I with my GS.com preorder going to be guaranteed a console at some point so I don't have to go out to a store trying to find one of these ers.

Originally Posted by Paladinion My store manager told me that they cut off preorders at gs to be 100% sure that they were going to be able to fufill pre-orders. Do I believe her? No But the other nugget of info she had for me was that since its a Sunday launch, she WILL NOT have a midnight release for the console, and that you will have to pick it up in the morning. Luckily I know my manager well and she has done stuff for me in the past like letting me return a month old used Wii I purchased, so she promised to set all of my stuff I ordered aside for me so I can just walk in, have her scan my power up card, and walk out. makes sense since im buying like 500+ in stuff, I want to be guarenteed my console. Black console ZombieU New super mario brothers U Black ops 2 Pro controller (black of course) and somewhere along the line i need to get a few Wiimote +'s *sigh* its gonna be a very expensive November. btw anybody else see that footage of Dragon quest X on the wii u? that better come to America...

I have no experience with the GameStop I will be getting mine from this time, but I'm hoping for a midnight release. The one I got the Wii from was a very smooth experience and I don't want to deal with all the people in the morning being upset about not getting one.