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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Anybody here going to the Nintendo World launch tomorrow night in NYC?

I might go to cover it for a website, but I have my Wii U preordered elsewhere.



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is it out tomorrow? :O i thought it was at the end of the month? exciting



No.

Lol...



Im the same shoes. My gamestop is lame. They decided they weren't doing pre orders at all and instead have waitlist. They call people in order as Wii U's come but if you dont come get it when its your turn your skipped. Hopefully im not at work or takin my final or something. They dont even tell you your spot!!!. My plan B is mom who is a assistant at Wal Mart hopefully is can score one.



The Best Buy close to me won't do mid night launch so I'll have to pick it up Sunday morning :(



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People have already started lining up so your chances might be slim. Maybe you can try anyway if you have got the time.



TalonMan said:

I'm considering it. I mistakenly missed the pre-order deadline, and am now feeling a little anxious about my ability to score a Wii U at launch. I had my then 5 yr old son with me at the Toys R Us one for the Wii, and I'm thinking about bringing him tomorrow night.

Anybody else going???

 

If you live near the place and can make it... definitely
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.412822132118999.92068.322374604497086&type=1

You and your son will have a great time, even if you don't manage to take one home without the pre-order reservation.



Xxain said:
Im the same shoes. My gamestop is lame. They decided they weren't doing pre orders at all and instead have waitlist. They call people in order as Wii U's come but if you dont come get it when its your turn your skipped. Hopefully im not at work or takin my final or something. They dont even tell you your spot!!!. My plan B is mom who is a assistant at Wal Mart hopefully is can score one.

They got 500,000 alotment of the 5.5 Wii U expected to be produced and sold between launch and end of March 2013 (worldwide)

So their pre-orders for launch day number of units (much smaller number than 500,000) exhausted fast, and then they had no choice but to switch to the wait-list scenario. The wait list scenario got invented after what happened with the Wii from Nov 2006 to March 2008 it felt like.



WTF I just called Best Buy and the guy told me all Best Buys are doing mid night launch for Wii U, have they been fucking lying for the past month?



anyone lining up anywhere? sucks for those who can't go at midnight! this is a bloody system launch!!! in my local town there is defo no where to go at launch night :( il have to go to a city an hour away for the PS4 sadly