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Originally Posted by ItsaMeMario it seemed WAY too easy to preorder it this morning... i did it at noon today with no waiting at a very busy wal-mart i feel like if these things were really that limited (or if wal-mart really does have a process in place that prevents themselves from selling too many preorders), then we would've seen some angry posts in this thread by now about how they missed out on a Wii U preorder seems like there are plenty of these Wii U Deluxe preorders to be had out there

Agreed. Like I said earlier, I was the first person at our local store to ask about the Wii U and it was well after noon (right around 2 PM, in fact). I wouldn't be surprised if I could go back right now and order another one. There definitely is some demand for the console, but I don't think it will be anything like the first Wii.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast Agreed. Like I said earlier, I was the first person at our local store to ask about the Wii U and it was well after noon (right around 2 PM, in fact). I wouldn't be surprised if I could go back right now and order another one. There definitely is some demand for the console, but I don't think it will be anything like the first Wii.

The thing is too, the WiiU is launching in a very different world-- everyone's bowled using motion controls now, the Wii is in pretty much every home that REALLY wants one, the economy's been in the toilet for 4 years, etc, etc.

I'm sure there's demand for this-- it's the first new home console launch in a long time. But honestly the launch lineup isn't THAT fantastic (at least IMHO), the console costs $50-$100 more than the Wii did at launch, the new functionality is a bit harder to really get excited about (Motion control in 2006 was just MINDBLOWING! Playing a game on a tablet.. not so much )

I'm sure it will be initially tough to get. Maybe even though Christmas. And I am sure Nintendo will do everything in their power to remind everyone of the craziness of the Wii launch and try to control the resupplies so that they're "moderately difficult but not impossible" to get one if you didn't pre-order. Enough to build hype, not enough to lose sales. This Christmas is CRITICAL for Nintendo to get a lead in "next next gen" before Sony and Microsoft start working to steal their thunder.

I hate to admit it but I sort of pre-ordered on the hype. There's not a whole lot I want to play RIGHT NOW (well, at launch) but this is my hobby and I enjoy it, and I'm sure it'll be a fun system.

(I will say-- I think people forget what a surprise the Wii was. I remember a LOT of people expecting it to bomb. Remember it launched 2 days after the PS3 and people thought the PS3 would steal all of Nintendo's thunder... but then it became apparent that weekend that while the PS3 was selling well, a lot more people wanted the Wii.. the hype about the Wii being impossible to buy sort of came up 'overnight' as the launch happened and suddenly everyone was out of stock. I think before that everyone had sort of low key expectations about the Wii and expected the PS3 to be massive)

Wii U has one of the better launch line ups we have seen.

I feel like either the WiiU's demand either got massively overhyped, or Walmart doesnt know how many they are getting.

I highly doubt any retailers know how many units they are getting at this point in time.

Originally Posted by Deader2818 Wii U has one of the better launch line ups we have seen.

I don't think people are debating that. However, how many of those are Wii-U exclusives? And how many cannot be found cheaper on other consoles?

Originally Posted by rayfrombk My visit to the Secaucus Walmart was an emotional rollercoaster. I arrived at the store at midnight thinking there were already people lined up. I was the first person there asking about the Wii U layaway. Shortly after a couple arrived asking about the same thing. The girl employee that greeted us was very nice and informed us that we would be able to pick it up at 9am. She also said we would need to pick up a card with the UPC on it from Electronics and take it to layaway. The couple left, but I stayed. This is where the frustration began.. I walked over to Electronics and asked about it, but they were absolutely clueless and gave me this confused look. I showed them the leaked memo on their demo iPad and asked them to enter both the Item # and UPC # into the register, but it wouldn't come up (it turns out they had it in their system as 004549688086 when I went to pay later). At first I thought they didn't update their systems yet so I asked several times throughout the night. No luck. The guy told me to wait until 7am when his manager comes into the store. Uh-oh. Meanwhile from midnight to about 7am I was awake the whole night. Walked around the entire store, ate at McDonald's, watched The Avengers for the 2nd time, talked to all the employees, watched them clean up the mess the customers left behind earlier in the day, watched Netflix on their iPad with my account - free WIFI throughout the store.. cool, watched them clean and wax the floor, watched them set up for a commercial shoot.. All in all it was an eventful overnight/early morning. Getting back on topic, the Electronics manager came in early at 6am. I asked him and got the same response: "The item is not in our system. We don't have any pre-orders for this. Come back on November 18". DOUBLE UH-OH. At 7am I lined up in front of layaway in case other CAGers and trolls from the internetz decide to show up. Finally at 7:45 the 2nd person showed up and shortly after the same guy from the couple that showed up with me at midnight arrived and 1 more shortly after. The lady then asked us what we were lining up for. We told her for the Wii U. I asked her to check the UPC and again she couldn't find it in the system. She told us that we "needed the actual item to be in stock in order to put it on layaway". I told her about today's front page ad which specifically stated Wii U Layawway - Pick up November 18. She didn't believe it and brushed us off eventually. UH-TRIPLE-FUCKING-OH. At 8:50am the store manager came in and assured us that we would be getting our Wii U pre-orders beginning at 9am. All of us were RELIEVED to hear this. At 9:05am I walk up to the layaway counter and give the cashier my ID and Credit Card. He entered my details and swiped the card.. BEEP. Charge denied. OK fine, no problem. I have 2 other cards on me. 2nd card: BEEP. wtf? 3rd card: BEEP. FUCK YOU WALMART AKLJRWEKLJRKLWEJRKLWJEKLRJJ@#IOJ@K#J$IO@#UJ@#$UI$# U. Called Citi and found out that they suspected fraud because I was in NJ when I live in NY.. really?? Because I crossed the river they think it's fraud? They must be really anal about that. The lady on the phone cleared my account and I was finally able to charge the amount. The register printed out a 4 foot long receipt but no labels. I assume they'll print them out later when pre-orders are sold out. Grand Total: $753.92 - $748.91 Deposit - $5 Layaway Open Fee = $0.01 New Balance $5 will be returned to me in cash, not Walmart Gift Card, since I made the purchase in NJ. tl;dr The Walmart I went to did a shitty job getting Electronics and layaway on the same page.

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It has been repeatedly stated in this thread that most Layaways open at 9am.
The manager processed your layaway at 9am.
Walking around the store for 9 hours harassing employees
in other departments is just embarrassing and sad.
You should have spent a few minutes reading the memo.


Walk back to Layaway and press the keypad that says "Press for assistance."
A manager from customer service will walk back to assist the customer.
Stop calling and asking employees in other departments what's going on.

Originally Posted by Deader2818 I highly doubt any retailers know how many units they are getting at this point in time.

I highly doubt that Nintendo knows how many units they are shipping at this point in time.

Originally Posted by dragonjud I don't think people are debating that. However, how many of those are Wii-U exclusives? And how many cannot be found cheaper on other consoles?

That was kind of my point, many of the big launch titles aren't WiiU exclusives, at least not the entire game.

I'm not saying it's a bad launch list, just that I don't really look at that list and see many "OMG MUST HAVE WIIU FOR .... " besides maybe NSMB and ZombiU.

That said, Pikmin 3 was enough to make sure I get my WiiU preordered to be safe.

Originally Posted by Nochance If Pikmin 3 is actually coming before christmas, and Rayman comes 1st quarter, I feel like it could be one of the best launches ever.

Pikmin 3 has been pushed back to Spring 2013.

Being that Amazon and Nintendo still are hating on each other I figure that's a huge stock of console supply for other places such as Walmart

Remember when everybody made fun of Sony launching with Fantavision? Actually...I like that game.

Originally Posted by gordojones88 CAG Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 It has been repeatedly stated in this thread that most Layaways open at 9am. The manager processed your layaway at 9am. Walking around the store for 9 hours harassing employees in other departments is just embarrassing and sad. You should have spent a few minutes reading the memo. Walk back to Layaway and press the keypad that says "Press for assistance." A manager from customer service will walk back to assist the customer. Stop calling and asking employees in other departments what's going on.

I know about the memo and I've read it from beginning to end many times, believe me. I didn't exactly harass them. The guy in Electronics asked me first if I needed help. The store was empty so it's not like they had anything else to do. His shift wasn't ending until 10am so he was more than willing to check every few hours.

I only came in at midnight because I read several other posts on here that some Walmarts were doing midnight pre-orders even though layaway was technically closed. I wasn't going to take a chance that my Walmart wasn't going to do the same, then show up at 9am only to find out that they sold out. I know 9 hours is crazy extreme. I was going to head home and take a nap, but it takes me about 2 hours each way. There is also the small chance that my nap ends up sleeping until 9 the next morning so I decided to stay.

So after calling my closest store and finding out they already had 16 preorders, I called a store a little further ways out (about a half hour away from my house). Got transferred to layaway where I asked whether they were still accepting preorders for the Wii U. I was told that they were not and could not since it comes out on November 18th. I told the rep that it was advertised in this week's ad and that a memo was sent out stating preorders started in layaway today. I was still getting the same reply, so I decided to drive over there.

I walked to the layaway counter and asked to preorder the Wii U. Got the same response I got over the phone. The rep then went to go get her manager. After about a 5 minute wait, she returned with the binder and the memo inside it. I was the first person to preorder. I'll cancel my Wal-Mart.com preorder and keep my TRU.com preorder just in case something happens with the in-store Wal-Mart order.

I skipped the Wii U all together so getting this ASAP will be great. Haven't played a Mario game in a long time so this will all be new to me.

Originally Posted by Justin42 That was kind of my point, many of the big launch titles aren't WiiU exclusives, at least not the entire game. I'm not saying it's a bad launch list, just that I don't really look at that list and see many "OMG MUST HAVE WIIU FOR .... " besides maybe NSMB and ZombiU. That said, Pikmin 3 was enough to make sure I get my WiiU preordered to be safe.

It's all a matter of preference. I might not play more than 2 launch games but since the preorder was easy I did it cause I didn't want to go through the same bullshit like I did with the wii.

I do wish Pikmin 3 wasn't pushed out though.

I've waited on games like Tekken Tag 2, Batman GOTY, Darksiders II etc, since I know the Wii U will get stuff with exclusive content and GOTY stuff.

Well its true the line up isn't great for those who get every game as it comes out, its still good that it has the option of getting it on a new system that others might not have gotten during the year.

Originally Posted by confoosious It's all a matter of preference. I might not play more than 2 launch games but since the preorder was easy I did it cause I didn't want to go through the same bullshit like I did with the wii. I do wish Pikmin 3 wasn't pushed out though.

Exact reason I want a Wii-U now. I may not play a goddamn Wii-U game besides Darksiders 2 for like maybe 3-4 months but it's just piece of mind knowing I will have one (assuming GS.com doesn't screw me over).

Originally Posted by Masx Being that Amazon and Nintendo still are hating on each other I figure that's a huge stock of console supply for other places such as Walmart

LOL I still can't believe they haven't sorted things out by now

Originally Posted by ItsaMeMario LOL I still can't believe they haven't sorted things out by now

I don't think they ever will..