Yes, most Walmarts seem to still have pre-orders available, so it's your best bet.

Originally Posted by BigJoe Slightly off topic, but for those who care, Nintendo has released its first commercial for the Wii U on live T.V. It was shown all over the UK and is the first official Wii U commercial. It seemed to be geared towards the "Casual Gamer" or for people who are oblivious to what the Wii U is. The commercial seemed a little weird and dosent seem like it could live up to the USA's standards of advertising. Im not sure why I feel that way, it just gave me that vibe. Weird thing is, the Wii U will be released in the USA before the UK so why show commercials over there first? We have less than 27 days untill launch and the USA still has no commercials. A little strange if you ask me. Anyhow, here is one of many YouTube links to the video for those of you who have not seen it.

"A brand new console"

THANK FUCKING GOD. They finally say something to differentiate it from the Wii. Definitely could have been executed better, though.

My favorite part is the "schpew schpew schpew" - Who uses that for a commercial?? Lol

Went to my local Target this morning before work. I went to the Wii section, but there were only pre-sell/reservation cards for the games on the shelf. I asked the guy at the counter but no luck. I even gave him the DCPI # to look up. He also claimed that that store was not going to be selling them - at all. I'm very skeptical about that statement and just going to go by the "employees don't know jack shit" rule of thumb. I'm going to try 2 other stores after work.

Originally Posted by ItsaMeMario LOL i hate that wal-mart... try going there any time after like 6pm and it's like black friday

He also said it was going to be available for midnight pickup on launch day at his location if you want extra Black Friday madness.

Originally Posted by gordojones88 They mumbled something about a blood ritual and sacrifice.

Blood shed over a console? Close enough.

Originally Posted by rayfrombk Went to my local Target this morning before work. I went to the Wii section, but there were only pre-sell/reservation cards for the games on the shelf. I asked the guy at the counter but no luck. I even gave him the DCPI # to look up. He also claimed that that store was not going to be selling them - at all. I'm very skeptical about that statement and just going to go by the "employees don't know jack shit" rule of thumb. I'm going to try 2 other stores after work.

I had no luck with 3 different target I went to as well. The DCPI seems to be the only way any employee knows what you are talking about and each store I got a different story. One employee said they will not get any in until November 18th or so. I explained that they are pre-order cards and he still said yeh that is when they would come in. One employee looked it up and told me how they aren't going to be coming in the store. Another told me it will be a couple weeks before release most likely but there should be "tons" available like Skylanders which I think we all know isn't true and that allocation will be tight. I am hoping that places get shipped cards today but it seems like the best bet for all of us is going to be to just continuously check the stores.

Originally Posted by UnseenGamer7 I had no luck with 3 different target I went to as well. The DCPI seems to be the only way any employee knows what you are talking about and each store I got a different story. One employee said they will not get any in until November 18th or so. I explained that they are pre-order cards and he still said yeh that is when they would come in. One employee looked it up and told me how they aren't going to be coming in the store. Another told me it will be a couple weeks before release most likely but there should be "tons" available like Skylanders which I think we all know isn't true and that allocation will be tight. I am hoping that places get shipped cards today but it seems like the best bet for all of us is going to be to just continuously check the stores.

Do you mind sharing the DCPI number

Originally Posted by jessesixto do you mind sharing the dcpi number

207070473 - Deluxe

I wonder if Amazon is going to sell the wii u at all. If I recall they don't sell / never sold the 3DS XL so it seems like they may stop carrying newer nintendo consoles for some reason. I am hoping they eventually give in and sell them though, maybe they will post them at midnight on release day. Anyone hear anything or have any opinions on Amazon carrying the the Wii U?

Originally Posted by jessesixto Do you mind sharing the DCPI number

The number is 207070473 for the deluxe model. Hopefully you get lucky, I wonder if the people would look up the dcpi if you just called since I assume any new deliveries today would be processed by the afternoon.

I decided to check out the Walmart near me on Saturday to see if they were still taking layaways, and they were so I put in for one. Given some of the stories in this thread, I was surprised with the experience. I noticed in the video game section they had signs up about the Wii U layaway, plus they had a flyer up about it in the layaway section, and doing the layaway itself was no problem at all. Now I just have to hope they get enough systems in.

Will they be setting the systems aside for each of the layaways, or is it first come first serve?

Originally Posted by rayfrombk This has been discussed so many times. It's 99.9% certain that they won't carry the Wii U due to their riff with N. Doubt anyone has any new info on this since both sides have been so tight lipped about it. If they do carry it, it would be a miracle.

This. The general theory/consensus is that people returned a bunch of first-run 3DS consoles because of the top screen getting scratched by the bottom screen. Amazon tried to get credit for those from Nintendo. Nintendo either said no because the number of returns was too large, or they gave Amazon credit but did so in a begrudging, pain in the ass way. After this, either Amazon decided to stop carrying Nintendo consoles because Nintendo was an ass to work with, or Nintendo chose to stop supplying Amazon because of all of the returns.

Nintendo consoles (Wii, ds lite, dsi, 3ds, Wii u) have not been sold directly through Amazon since shortly after the 3DS launch.

Originally Posted by gpn I decided to check out the Walmart near me on Saturday to see if they were still taking layaways, and they were so I put in for one. Given some of the stories in this thread, I was surprised with the experience. I noticed in the video game section they had signs up about the Wii U layaway, plus they had a flyer up about it in the layaway section, and doing the layaway itself was no problem at all. Now I just have to hope they get enough systems in. Will they be setting the systems aside for each of the layaways, or is it first come first serve?

Supposedly they come in as a separate delivery labeled "layaway merchandise" and are stored in the back so that no one can walk into the store and purchase them. Supposedly.

Originally Posted by UnseenGamer7 I had no luck with 3 different target I went to as well. The DCPI seems to be the only way any employee knows what you are talking about and each store I got a different story. One employee said they will not get any in until November 18th or so. I explained that they are pre-order cards and he still said yeh that is when they would come in. One employee looked it up and told me how they aren't going to be coming in the store. Another told me it will be a couple weeks before release most likely but there should be "tons" available like Skylanders which I think we all know isn't true and that allocation will be tight. I am hoping that places get shipped cards today but it seems like the best bet for all of us is going to be to just continuously check the stores.

I had an employee look up the DCPI and it showed No Stock at my Target. When I spoke with the electronics person he said that the stores that are getting stock on the 18th will get cards. Do not know if that means my store is not getting any stock or if the cards will be coming.

I finally got my preorder/layaway at Wal-Mart today. Tried two other Wal-Marts in Cary and Morrisville, NC. One was sold out and the other had no clue about the Wii U layaway deal. The store supervisor said that they weren't getting any for preorders.

Then I called the Wal-Mart in Raleigh Brier Creek and they actually knew what I was talking about. They had flyers in the electronics and layaway department.

I've been checking my local Target for the past 3 days for preorder cards but there weren't any signs that they had gotten any. Hope the Wal-Mart layaway preorders go through!

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Looks like "triforce" has started a line for the Wii u in new York again... 4 weeks in advance.

Originally Posted by spauldingfan Looks like "triforce" has started a line for the Wii u in new York again... 4 weeks in advance.

More power to him I guess. I'll be fine being 10th in line at my local BB/GS here on the West Coast, 3 hours after people on the East Coast have had it.

Originally Posted by spauldingfan Looks like "triforce" has started a line for the Wii u in new York again... 4 weeks in advance.

A line.. already????

I managed to pre-order (via layaway) a WiiU Deluxe Edition at Walmart today. They said that they will have it but they might not have enough the day of release so I'll get it before Dec 14th and they'll call me when its ready to be picked up.

Can't wait to play it. If I don't like it, I'm hoping to get a good amount of money reselling it. Hopefully it doesn't come to that. Wonder how much I'd get considering its a hard to find item already.