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Will anyone be camping in the Shopper's World Area to get a wii?

I'll probably be there for the PS3 but I am in 2nd in line for the Wii at a Strawberries so I plan to get it there

There's a Strawberries around there? Where?

I was just saying I am second in line with a preorder so I dont need to camp for a Wii.

However on RT9 E right near Fun and Games and the DCU there is a Strawberries

I was going to camp there, as my parent's house is close to there, but then I remembered there's a best buy within walking distance to me in RI... so im gonna take the extra 2% sales tax instead of paying $30 in gas

Not sure if I am going to camp out for the Wii, because i have no idea when it comes out, what day is the Wii released?
Anyone know if Best buy will have them on launch day, there is a BB 2 blocks away from my office.

Nov. 19

thank you

I'll be at the Ninterdo store in NYC.

anyone know if Bestbuy is taking Wii pre-orders?

Ill be at the Best Buy in shoppers world. I live in milford

I've never camped out in front of a store before. I need some info. before I do so.

1. I want to go to Best Buy. Are they going to be opening at regular time or midnight maybe? Or does it depend on the store?

2. Lets say my friend and I are 1 and 2 in line. When the door opens, do we have to run like idiots to the Wii section? I'm hoping there's someone there to walk us over or something remotely controlled and organized.

3. Any good tips?

I'm bringing my fully charged DS with harvest moon, pokemon MD: BRT, and probly AC.
Some Dew and some sort of chips as well.

Thanks for the advice, sorry for being lame.

I also meant to mention I'll be at the BB in Kingston, MA

I love that area! The Natick Mall is so great. I love the Lego Store.

Slightly off topic?

I was thinking of going to the Best buy in Cambridge, (its near my office, that has a shower and food).
Your Idea about Kingston is interesting to me, perhaps it might be better (I mean no offence in saying this) to go out to the boon-docks rather than the geek tech hub that is Kendall sq.
As far as tips go, I have only camped out at a store once.
I got up @ 5am the day the PSP was launched, drove to the bestbuy in Norwood (I was working for Turbine at the time) and sat in my car listening to howard stern.
The folks at best buy gave us all tickets with numbers on them, there was some order to things, and no one was rude.
The Wii might be a different story.
If you want some company on the line in Kingston I would be up for it I have my DS as well....christ i thought this would all stop when I turned 30....but here we are!

Do you guys think it is necessary to camp for the wii....aren't there supposed to be a ton of them available. 4million iirc.

Honestly who knows, I would never put it past Bestbuy, Circuit City, EB, or Gamestop to hold off on letting out all the systems they have.
Remember launch days are nothing but marketing pushes, and Nintendo would like nothing better than tons of news stories about how people can't find Wii's, I am sure that the above companies would be more than willing to help with that.

heh after my last post, I think I am going to pass on a Wii at launch. With the games coming out for the 360 and DS soon I will have my hands full.
Best of luck to you all, I hope camping out results in a Wii for all.

Hell yes.

Funny story, two of my friends were camping out at the Framingham Best Buy for a Gamecube back at that launch, and were towards the back of a large line. Eventually, they opened up, and after a bit of waiting, one of them got bored, hopped in the car, drove down the street to Target, bought a Gamecube at I guess an empty neighboring store, drove back, and walked up to him with it. I don't remember if they actually stayed at Best Buy to get another one, but good times nonetheless.

But yes. Framingham for Wii. Shall be awesome. What time do you guys think you'll start lining up?

Yes, I too was wondering what's a good time to show up. I was thinking 1am-2am. The 19th is a Sunday. So is Best Buy opening at normal BB hours? Are they even gonna have it on Sunday? I thought things came out on one day but not in stores till the next. Maybe that's just games.

Thanks for that info. I hope they do something with tickets this time too.

Most of the time the Tuesday/Wednesday rule is true.
Nintendo likes to release things on a sunday for some reason they have done this with the GB-SP, DS-Lite, and now I guess the Wii.
1am or 2am sounds like a good idea, just make sure you bring enough to do until BB opens @ 11am.