Thirteen hours later, (shut up) my friend and I walked out of Wal-mart, Wiis in hand. It was an sometimes interesting, mostly excrutiatingly boring wait. By sometimes interesting, I mean that of the 20 people who were standing in line, almost half of them had Nintendo DSes, including me. So we had a couple of giant wireless MarioKart DS tournaments. I also got my ass handed to me several times at Metroid Prime Hunters.
There was a little bit of conflict over who was No. 20 in our line, but it all got straightened out. A few sketchy characters showed up at 11 o’clock, hoping to displace someone in line. A kid got his DS and all games snatched during our transition from the garden center (yes, they made us wait in the garden center) to layaway, and we all felt bad for him. What a bittersweet day for him.
But when we got home and plugged it all in and gave it a shot, it became clear that it might have been worth it. Not to say I would ever, ever, ever want to do that again, but to use the words of my friend, “I think Nintendo is onto something here.”
Ummm….you might to avoid using the phrase “wiis in hand” in the future. That briefly painted an ENTIRELY different image in my head.
You’re goofy….now would you do that for the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers complete soundtrack?
I’m considering putting down a reserve on Halo 3.
and i guess there’s a “legendary” edition that comes with a Master Chief replica helmet that you can actually wear. I don’t really see the need it that except for someone to actually wear that while playing, and be even more of a retard. but whatever, i enjoy some good multiplayer.
oh, hooked up Xbox live with some Gears of War last nite: fucking awesome, even though i did get my ass chain-sawed a coupla times.
/me jealous — both with the Wii and the DS, as I really want a DS, too.