Originally Posted by VyseArcad1a I'm wondering how because you sure as hell can't from one Wii to another. I lost $200 worth on VC stuff when Best Buy replaced my Wii and Nintendo flat out refused to get me my DLC back. So hence, no Wii U for me.

They've already mentioned it will work almost exactly the same way as the 3DS transferring does.

I am a bit concerned that Best Buy is still accepting online pre-orders for the deluxe model. I put an order in early yesterday, but I have a strange foreboding that they could cut me down come 11/18 and not ship it. Can anyone assuage these fears or am I kept wondering until that fateful day? Might be time to invest in a tent...

Since I have an old 360 that rarely gets played, I think I'm going to trade that in towards a Wii U. Even though the Deluxe is sold out, I'm going to reserve the regular console for now just to get the extra trade-in credit and then wait for Gamestop to get additional Deluxe models later on.

So which online stores pre-authorize your debit/credit card immediately out of curiousity?

Best Buy = Yes
Gamestop = No
Amazon = No
Toys R Us = Yes
Walmart = ?
Target = ?

I live in NYC...think im just gonna hit up Nintendo World on launch day...they were NEVER sold out of Wii's while everyone else was. I had friends and relatives sending me there every other week to pick one up for them...LOL

Originally Posted by devincenzi I am a bit concerned that Best Buy is still accepting online pre-orders for the deluxe model. I put an order in early yesterday, but I have a strange foreboding that they could cut me down come 11/18 and not ship it. Can anyone assuage these fears or am I kept wondering until that fateful day? Might be time to invest in a tent...

I worked at best buy when the PS3/Wii came out. We had only gotten about 20 PS3s but we did have 120 Wiis at launch.

Its different now id assume, but still, they had a big chunk, at least at my store.

I'm not preordering for a couple of reasons.

1. There are too many current gen games backlogged and coming out, to play.

2. The WU's launch lineup is meh. Re-up for $300-$350 NOW for only a handful of decent games I'd want? Pass.

3. Just like with new games, I don't preorder without a deal. This is not a deal. No money off, no free game, no nothing. This is not CAGish. I waited on the 3DS and was at least able to get it at a lower pricce AND the free Ambassador games.

Mark my words, there will be deals to be had on this. The preorder mopes will "first" and the people that wait a tad will save money, CAG stylee.

I am waiting on NewEgg to sell the system. I refuse to pay the tax money.

Both WiiUs are showing "sold out online" on bestbuy.com

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Wii-U/Wi...at274600050016

Best Buy online now showing sold out on both models too.

Originally Posted by Busyman I'm not preordering for a couple of reasons. 1. There are too many current gen games backlogged and coming out, to play. 2. The WU's launch lineup is meh. Re-up for $300-$350 NOW for only a handful of decent games I'd want? Pass. 3. Just like with new games, I don't preorder without a deal. This is not a deal. No money off, no free game, no nothing. This is not CAGish. I waited on the 3DS and was at least able to get it at a lower pricce AND the free Ambassador games. Mark my words, there will be deals to be had on this. The preorder mopes will "first" and the people that wait a tad will save money, CAG stylee.

I took the "deal" to be the trade ins being offered at Gamestop for the system. Even if you don't want the system, can still do the trade in and cancel later.

Originally Posted by devincenzi I am a bit concerned that Best Buy is still accepting online pre-orders for the deluxe model. I put an order in early yesterday, but I have a strange foreboding that they could cut me down come 11/18 and not ship it. Can anyone assuage these fears or am I kept wondering until that fateful day? Might be time to invest in a tent...

I have those same fears, so I got a backup at GS while I could. I did my preorder at Best Buy in-store however.

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Originally Posted by Busyman I'm not preordering for a couple of reasons. 1. There are too many current gen games backlogged and coming out, to play. 2. The WU's launch lineup is meh. Re-up for $300-$350 NOW for only a handful of decent games I'd want? Pass. 3. Just like with new games, I don't preorder without a deal. This is not a deal. No money off, no free game, no nothing. This is not CAGish. I waited on the 3DS and was at least able to get it at a lower pricce AND the free Ambassador games. Mark my words, there will be deals to be had on this. The preorder mopes will "first" and the people that wait a tad will save money, CAG stylee.

Let's see.

Pre-ordered at Best Buy

I have a MasterCard Reward Zone Credit Card and get double reward zone points. Gamers Club also does double points so it does stack according to my account. In addition, I get a 25% Premier Silver bonus points as well.

Therefore, I'll be getting about 1200ish points after paying it full on the credit card so that'll net me almost $25 in RZ certs.

Seems like a deal to me but your deal may vary depending on what you do to the console. Most seems to put it on eBay/Craigslist once they buy it and mark up the price.

K-mart although allowing me to put it in the cart gives me an error upon checkout that although I am trying to purchase 1.0 quantity there are 0.0 quantities avaliable..similar at sears...so maybe sold out there as well?

did the best buy page for the wii u disappear???

deluxe version is also sold out at gamestop online.

Originally Posted by Thrinn I really doubt that.

I know. I'm just easing his hate.

Originally Posted by vlv723 Let's see. Pre-ordered at Best Buy I have a MasterCard Reward Zone Credit Card and get double reward zone points. Gamers Club also does double points so it does stack according to my account. In addition, I get a 25% Premier Silver bonus points as well. Therefore, I'll be getting about 1200ish points after paying it full on the credit card so that'll net me almost $25 in RZ certs. Seems like a deal to me but your deal may vary depending on what you do to the console. Most seems to put it on eBay/Craigslist once they buy it and mark up the price.

Hate to burst your bubble but Gamers Club will NOT give you double points. Systems are not eligible.

Ended up pre-ordering a deluxe at best-buy shortly after it went live. I kinda skipped out on the Wii last generation, but for some reason this one has my interest (and perhaps I will play some of the first party Wii titles on it, finally).

Other than for Dragon's Dogma or watching a Blu-Ray, I haven't turned my 360 or PS3 on in over a year and a half, and I have similar lack of interest about MS or Sony's next offerings as I have a high end gaming PC. This thing will at least offer some games/experiences I won't be able to "do better" on my PC.

I -almost- pre-ordered the basic instead of deluxe, but the deluxe seems like a much better deal. Anyone else wishing the deluxe came in white as well? Gloss black controller and fingerprints is going to make my OCD kick in. I have went out of my way to avoid gloss black handheld electronics for years due to this (importing a ceramic white v1 PSP, my DSlite was white, my iphone is white).

My other concern with anything packing a LCD screen on it is dead pixels. Even one will drive me crazy, so here's hoping the quality control is strict on such things.

Nope.

Actually, I prefer Black.

Originally Posted by Thrinn Nintendo has said that you'll need to have both the Wii and the Wii U connected to the Internet at the same time to transfer your digital content, so don't get rid of that old system just yet.

It's just my opinion, but when Nintendo clarifies it's postition,
I think there's gonna be some hidden misunderstanding and
people will not be able to transfer their Wiiware games to the Wii U.

If I cannot be 100% guaranteed that all Wii U content I buy is tied to
my permanent Gamer ID, I will not buy another Nintendo product.

Has anybody seen anything that suggests there is a Gamertag ID used to purchase online content?