Originally Posted by xavior The cards are scanned on purchase, and I'm assuming that's how they keep track of preorders. The joke's on whoever was foolish enough to steal/hide any cards.

Yeah I feel like I saw some people selling 'just the card' though without even having put the money down on it. I could see a bunch of people scamming or such with the cards since people were willing to pay just for those.

Called the Target I got my pre-order card from, and the guy was clueless about everything. "You want a Wii?"
But he was honest enough to tell me that he didn't want to give me a wrong answer and that I should call tomorrow (when a regular worker is in?)

So what time is everyone (who pre-ordered) going to pick up their Wii U?

I got mine at WM...thinking about getting there at 11:30 pm..bring my DS and game some games during the wait. Getting there a half hour early for a potential line and in case they oversold their preorders or some s*** like that.

Originally Posted by Tdog987 So what time is everyone (who pre-ordered) going to pick up their Wii U? I got mine at WM...thinking about getting there at 11:30 pm..bring my DS and game some games during the wait. Getting there a half hour early for a potential line and in case they oversold their preorders or some s*** like that.

Probably Monday morning. No need to rush. That's what preorders are for!

Stopped by my Wal-Mart and they showed me my preorder and said I could pick it up there at midnight Sunday. They had about 30 preorders it seems. Went by Target and they had 3 white preorder cards still hanging up. Also saw Wii U branded points cards that said only good on 3DS and Wii U.

Originally Posted by Drclaw411 Did you call them up? Or is that on the page somewhere?

I've talked to them directly through email.
Pretty much as of this moment, they don't know when they will receive units.

KMart is a good one I didn't think of...all the local stores open at 7AM and I bet alot of people don't think of them as a gaming retailer. Hmm.

Targets open at 8AM. The non-24 hour Wal-Marts open at 6AM.

...guess Best Buy's still my best bet at 11AM.

Remember Micro Center will carry the Wii U (if you have one near you). They open at 10AM sundays iirc

My Target and KMart both said I would be able to walk in on launch and walk out with a system. I don't know. My Walmart is 24hr so I might try like a 2AM visit.

Woo, only 6 days left and almost paid off. Also lucked out and got a used copy of Monster Hunter Tri through Best Buy for 8$.

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Okay here's the current plan: I'm gonna try to leave my house by 6:30, to get to Target at 7, an hour before their opening. If the line seems a bit more ridiculous than expected I'll just move onto Best Buy, which opens at 11. There's a Kmart in between, but considering they open at 7AM, I don't know if I'd get there before their doors open.

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My plan for launch: Arrive at Target at 5am (I have system preordered, but who knows how that will shake out with them) pick up system for my brother when they open at 8am.

Go to local game store to pickup ZombiU and Darksiders 2

Go to Bestbuy to pickup NSMBU and Sonic Racing

Go to Gamestop to pickup my Wii U system, Scribblenauts, and my pro controller.

Finally go home and enjoy!

Originally Posted by majorscud My plan for launch: Arrive at Target at 5am (I have system preordered, but who knows how that will shake out with them) pick up system for my brother when they open at 8am. Go to local game store to pickup ZombiU and Darksiders 2 Go to Bestbuy to pickup NSMBU and Sonic Racing Go to Gamestop to pickup my Wii U system, Scribblenauts, and my pro controller. Finally go home and enjoy!

That's quite the gameplan, enjoy!

Originally Posted by majorscud My plan for launch: Arrive at Target at 5am (I have system preordered, but who knows how that will shake out with them) pick up system for my brother when they open at 8am. Go to local game store to pickup ZombiU and Darksiders 2 Go to Bestbuy to pickup NSMBU and Sonic Racing Go to Gamestop to pickup my Wii U system, Scribblenauts, and my pro controller. Finally go home and enjoy!

That's an expensive few hours!

Wake up at 7am>Arive at Target at 8 am>Get my Wii U>Go to work at Toys R Us at 9am>Get NSMBU and ZombiU when I get off>cya in a couple days

Originally Posted by kurtori Slightly OT but it looks like Rayman Legends has been pushed from 12/4/12 to March 2013. :/

Improving the tickle physics I read.

Originally Posted by KratosGOW2525 Wake up at 7am>Arive at Target at 8 am>Get my Wii U>Go to work at Toys R Us at 9am>Get NSMBU and ZombiU when I get off>cya in a couple days

They won't be running the 2/$30 off deal that day, huh?

Originally Posted by $hady Improving the tickle physics I read.

Mmm...tickle physics.

Originally Posted by Jackovasaurus That's an expensive few hours!

Target: My mother is giving me the money for my brothers system

Local game store: Paid off ZombiU and Darksiders II with trade-ins

Bestbuy: paid for NSMBU and Sonic with old phone trade ins

Gamestop: paid off Wii U, Scribblenauts, and pro controller with trading in 2nd PS3 (still have another one) and a ton of games

Amazon: I paid for Black Ops II with trade in credit also.

So not expensive in cash, but I did do a LOT of trading in at different places to maximize deals and get everything I wanted.