Panic is starting to set in now, I don't know what to do! Im gonna have to save up over next few months, put a deposit down and pre order :/

Wow.  Thanks for the heads up.  I was gonna preorder tomorrow but I'll cut my studying short and head to Gamestop right now to get my preorder in.

Aww man! Im so hyped!

Probably a bit of both...although i wont say Nintendo are lazy perhaps just constrained. They are releasing worldwide afterall, and companies usually struggle with worlwide launches to meet demand.

Besides that, i think Nintendo has just about garnered enough hype to get people interested! I know i am

Wow! This is pretty awesome! I won't be able to afford a Wii U when it launches so I'll have to wait anyways. However, good luck to those you can and want one on day one.

OMG i dont know what to do :s I got an amazon credit card which allows me for deffered payments since I'm going to buy the premium plus 2-3 games for 12 months interest free payments plus i got 50$ in credit from them or do i go and pre-order at my local gamestop who are rude, and dont offer good customer service. What do i do? :s

I got mine pre-ordered! I heard the rumor while I was at work so I called my sister and made her go to Gamestop, and get it done. She put down $75 (which I'll pay back tomorrow) and I will FINALLY redeem my Gamestop PowerUP Rewards for $50 off of the console (or maybe a Wii U game).

Yep, looks like things are looking okay for good ol' d21lewis.

Just got back from preordering and the store manager did confirm that today was the last day for preorders. I got my Black Wii preorder locked in just in time - paid in full. Reserved Mario too. Came to like $442 or something... My wallet is really sad right now.

Dude, all I know is that Black Friday is gonna be IN-FUCKING-SANE this year!

Hide ya kids, hide ya wife, and hide ya husband, cuz they're gonna be rapin' errbody out heayh!

More details from Gamestop masterplan

A few more Wii U tidbits from a Gamestop employee
September 14th, 2012 Posted in News, Posted by Austin, Wii U | 1 Comment »

A few “details” about the whole Wii U pre-order cutoff situation (and a couple of other things) from my friendly neighborhood Gamestop guy:

- Nintendo sent a company-wide number to Gamestop’s higher ups.
- Once this number is hit, Gamestop stores get a mysterious phone call telling them to quit taking pre orders.
- No word on what the number was.
- 80% of that number was sold yesterday.
- They expected the last 20% to sell-through by noon today, but it went over by a few hours.
- Wii U demo stations should arrive in select Gamestop stores mid to late October.
- There will be demo stations with the Wii U Game Pad and demo stations using a traditional controller.
- I asked whether the “traditional controller” demo stations were Wii U Pro Controller or Wii Remote, he said they aren’t sure yet.

If you’re still trying to preorder today, call your Gamestop before heading out and ask.

How many of you managed to get a preorder in today?