Well, maybe, rend and reverie. (By the way, you two should get avatars and signatures!). Everyone who didnt get one during the holidays will most likely still be looking for one. Plus Brawl in Feb will be huge. We also have WiiFit and Mario Kart sometime in the first couple months of 08.

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yeah, i totally agree with you man

i work at Gamestop and my manager actually told us that whoever sells
more DS's, gets a $100 giftcard. now i know why... lol

@dryden
hahaha that was funny

loadedstatement,
I once vandalized my profile after a mod had locked my thread without explanation (I don't even know who it was). But as you've asked me so nicely I will just go ahead and fix it.

rendo,
I think it will be 2 days in January, 1 week in February, 2 weeks in March... The situation will finally normalize. Nintendo just didn't have the time to react in 2007, but they do have it now.

I don't know if anybody said this or not.

But here's the logic behind it.

Nintendo is more than up to par with production of the DS. They don't have to worry about shortages of them. However, they'd LIKE to worry about shortages - it means they sell more and can turn it up a notch. So, they give retailers incentive to try pushing the DS more, since retailers all want more Wii systems (unless they're complete fools), since the Wii = guaranteed lots of sales.

I personally think it's a great idea as it stops those retailers that have ridiciously priced Ds and Wii bundles (look at some uk retailers- average Wii bundles are over £250) thinking well people will buy them eventually.

They have to seriously rethink their policy as yes say in a month they may sell their overpriced bundles but it may take them 2 months to get more.

Put me down as finding this a little shady.

On the other hand, as far as shady business practices go, this is pretty tame.

Woo, when is buy a DS get a Wii free bundle comes along? Then I might consider getting a second DS for windows display, with Pokemon on taunting kids walking by.

Ah ha! Now we know the TRUE reason that Nintendo has been withholding Wiis and hoarding them in hidden warehouses around the world!

It's all so obvious now. Nintendo is holding back supplies of the Wii, to sell more DSs!

omgwtfbbq: lol you have worked it out

hmm maybe thats why the DS is pushing so hard, and its sold out on amazon.de.

Now I have to go shopping to find one, I maybe even have to enter a Media Markt (schauder).