Originally Posted by jrr6415sun here is the Wii U pre-sell instructions from walmart. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0By8...kV5eFIyUzlncGs I don't know if they were supposed to give that to me or not, but they gave this to me when I did a layaway. I was the first one to order the layaway girl might have been lost after she gave me the instructions. If your walmart doesn't know what to do you're welcome to print this out and walk them through the instructions yourself...

I gave a copy to a customer that asked for one. Actually, I insisted on giving her a copy so that she wouldn't be confused as to what she needs to do when it came to the balance.

Preorder for wii u deluxe 1 game and 1 pro controller 459 back up on Walmart.com
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nintendo-W...ndingMethod=rr

Originally Posted by tomden02 Preorder for wii u deluxe 1 game and 1 pro controller 459 back up on Walmart.com http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nintendo-W...ndingMethod=rr

Probably the one I canceled last night after I got a preorder at Target.

So is the white Wii-U the rare one now?

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All the Targets I have called don't have any cards.
One mention they did but had to pull them out due to negative inventory in the system.....
Is this officially out or did they do a mistake of the date to release the cards?

Originally Posted by tomden02 Preorder for wii u deluxe 1 game and 1 pro controller 459 back up on Walmart.com http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nintendo-W...ndingMethod=rr

Both the Basic AND Deluxe are available now. But I still don't trust preordering from their website. I have a feeling they'll just cancel a bunch of orders again. Good luck to everyone who submits an order!

Originally Posted by tomden02 Preorder for wii u deluxe 1 game and 1 pro controller 459 back up on Walmart.com http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nintendo-W...ndingMethod=rr

"Your requested quantity is not available. Please choose a smaller quantity."
As of right now.

I just walked into an FYE this morning and preordered a deluxe model for $50 down. They seemed surprised that I wasn't just going to try my chances on launch day, so I'm guessing they haven't had many preorders.

Originally Posted by jessesixto "Your requested quantity is not available. Please choose a smaller quantity." As of right now.

I also got this message, but it still lets me go all the way to the checkout screen with the Qty. ??

Originally Posted by thesimplicity I just walked into an FYE this morning and preordered a deluxe model for $50 down. They seemed surprised that I wasn't just going to try my chances on launch day, so I'm guessing they haven't had many preorders.

I went to my local FYE earlier this month and they already had 9 deluxe preorders. They also made it seem like they weren't getting many on launch. If you were the first 3 I think you should be okay.

Yea I think Walmart getting crushed with orders keep trying

Since most people are probably plannign on adding an external drive for expanded storage, should we start tracking or posting external hd deals for the Wii U?

I think Tiger direct had a 1.5 Tb for $59 shipped today, but I'm holding out for better deep discount deals on them.

Originally Posted by jrr6415sun I doubt they will have it. Here is the article from: http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=185444 "The Amazon vs. Nintendo squabble about selling 3DS consoles has been dragging on for about a year. Supposedly, it all started off last year when the 3DS launch was less than stellar. Amazon had a lot of unsold 3DS consoles sitting around their warehouses, and they decided to start demanding a bigger wholesaler discount - equal to what Wal-Mart receives. (The Amazon vs. Wal-Mart soap opera is for another thread.) Anyway, this request was flatly denied. Amazon requested permission to sell the consoles at a discount. Denied again. To strengthen their case, and try to bully their way into the bigger discount, Amazon complained that they have to replace a lot of the systems because of the screen scratching problem, and starting making a big production about sending each and every one back to Nintendo, wanting a full & immediate credit, which started to overwhelm Nintendo's intake for seconds merchandise, which started to make Nintendo really mad, because Amazon was sending over units that had such slight, almost nonexistent problems, that they were not used to being bothered with such trivial things. (Supposedly.) Previously, and for other consoles, Amazon just sold returned (working) consoles at a discount on their "Warehouse Deals" page, which Nintendo doesn't like, but Amazon claimed that they were losing ALL their profit margin on 3DSes with shipping faulty systems back to NOA, as well as dealing with unhappy customers that were leaving and/or not spending as much as previously. Nintendo smelled bull (and rightly so!) and fired back and said that there WAS no problem with the scratching, and there was no way they were going to piss off all the other big wholesalers by giving Amazon a sweeter deal (when Nintendo already considers Amazon the scourge of the business world for not having any brick & mortar stores - which is why Amazon wasn't getting the Wal-Mart discount in the first place!) Now keep in mind, this was all going down right about the time the price drop was announced, which was another thing that pissed off Amazon. Nobody was buying 3DSes after the price drop was announced, and Amazon does not like having a warehouse full of crap that's not moving. Their business model is structured around moving out cold merchandise by marking stuff down (which of course Nintendo will not allow them to do on consoles.) Then, Nintendo poured gasoline on the fire by permitting Wal-Mart (and only Wal-Mart) to sell consoles at the new, lowered price a couple of days BEFORE the official date of the price drop, without losing their margin on the old stock. Amazon has (reportedly) not bought 3DS consoles direct from NOA since that day. (Though they've occasionally picked up some 3DSes from other wholesalers.) "

Lol at amazon not selling Nintendo consoles because they have penis envy of Walmart.

Originally Posted by jessesixto All the Targets I have called don't have any cards. One mention they did but had to pull them out due to negative inventory in the system..... Is this officially out or did they do a mistake of the date to release the cards?

I didn't know Target was reserving these. I just walked in today and grabbed and paid for the $1 reserve card on the deluxe unit!

Just played it at Best Buy, thing was pretty amazing. And Rayman just looked gorgeous. Makes me sad its not a launch title anymore, or I'd buy it day one

Originally Posted by dgwillia006 Just played it at Best Buy, thing was pretty amazing. And Rayman just looked gorgeous. Makes me sad its not a launch title anymore, or I'd buy it day one

See I just played the WiiU at Gamestop and thought it wasn't anything special and the controller felt a little awkward holding it as it's not the lightest thing in the entire world. Rayman did look nice, but I don't think it's worthy of a $60 price point.

Overall I am not very impressed even though I am still buying one. I just hope some of the other games look as nice as Rayman did.

Originally Posted by Mogambi I didn't know Target was reserving these. I just walked in today and grabbed and paid for the $1 reserve card on the deluxe unit!

Just came back from a Target. I called ahead of time and they said they were in stock after they checked the DCPI. When I got to the store, an associate handed me a card for the white bundle she got from the back. When I asked her nicely to look again, she said that's all they had SMH..

One thing to note, though, is that she said they probably aren't supposed to sell them yet. She scanned the card anyway, but it didn't prompt anything.

Originally Posted by rayfrombk Just came back from a Target. I called ahead of time and they said they were in stock after they checked the DCPI. When I got to the store, an associate handed me a card for the white bundle she got from the back. When I asked her nicely to look again, she said that's all they had SMH.. One thing to note, though, is that she said they probably aren't supposed to sell them yet. She scanned the card anyway, but it didn't prompt anything.

Were the cards located in the Wii section? Or somewhere else

Originally Posted by sfabo Were the cards located in the Wii section? Or somewhere else

"a card for the white bundle she got from the back."

Originally Posted by Prepster See I just played the WiiU at Gamestop and thought it wasn't anything special and the controller felt a little awkward holding it as it's not the lightest thing in the entire world. Rayman did look nice, but I don't think it's worthy of a $60 price point. Overall I am not very impressed even though I am still buying one. I just hope some of the other games look as nice as Rayman did.

Yeah, I have to admit the controller felt weird, but I'm sure I'll get use to it. It was bigger than I thought it was going to be

Also hope someone makes Screen Protectors for it, the one at my store already looked like someone took their keys to it.