Your reactions when you first got the Wii! Lets share stories here!

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#1 ImSwordMan
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I got mine on launch date :D, but I had to wait in front of best buy 10 hours beforehand, I had 2 rockstars, a manly sandwich, my DS, Mario Kart and FF III, and a sleeping bag. I was so happy I was in line for it, at one point I saw this guy offering the wii, for $300, but I was so tired I though he was offering "weed" for $3.00. I didnt bother asking. Anyways When I was in the store, I immediataley rushed to the Wii section, picked up Zelda, a 1GB SD card, then went to the casher, where the wii was. And there it was I was a proud owner of the new Nintendo Wii! I was so happy! I felt like the Nintendo 64 kid!

Now lets see some wii stories :P

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#2 njean777
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well i was really lucky and walked in to walmart at around 10pm and saw one about 4 weeks ago so i picked it up and got brawl and now cant stop playing it along with my ps3 i love this console
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#3 bbtcbbtc
Member since 2005 • 1028 Posts
Well I got mine in febuary 2008 and before I got it I looked everywhere but it was always sold out. Luckily my dad's friend has a friend who works for nintendo and I got a wii from him and i was so happy. Unfortunately I had to wait until march 9th for midnight release of brawl and so for about 20 days I was stuck with wii sports... But even so when I got my wii I was So excited. Not a very deep, awesome story but I got a wii!
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#4 Omatron
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mine came with bruises, i bought mine at a gamestop, i had parked behind it where i always park and when i came out some poor soul was trying to steal my car, i say poor soul because in the end my car had 4 rather large dents where his head went into it, stayed up all night playing zelda and in the morning reported it to the police hah
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#5 Bass7
Member since 2004 • 6614 Posts
Well I got mine like a week after launch so it was like "OMFG GUYS I HAVE ONE BEFORE ALL OF YOU" (said this to my friends). I pretty much jumped up and down with joy......but then realized I couldn't play it because we were getting a new TV, so we were TVless :(. Still had it before my friends though xP.
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#6 Gin_Tama
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It was x-mas.. I had asked for a Wii, didn't have high hopes for one. My parents phoned around at EB games in surronding cities, No Wiis anywhere, but my ma got a hold of a guy in Moose Jaw (saskatchewan) who knew that there was one supposed to be one in Regina (saskatchewan, again) so my parents drove up to get it, but apparently they come back empty handed. As if a parent would tell you that they got your xmas present before the 25th. Anyway, xmas morning I woke, expecting GameCube games, a couple DS titles. Zipo nada. Went through all my gifts, my bro got like 6 DS games, and I'm sittin there with a pile of clothes, kinda mad, cuz I asked for some titles that were not too dificult to find at our local wal-mart. So my parents ask me if I liked what I got, and i'm like "Yeah, its cool.", with a bit of disapointment in my tone. My mother leaves the room to get a rather rectangular box, with a smaller, rectanguluar object wrapped in hand. I got my Wii, and my copy of TP that day. It was magical. And damn I was PO'd before opening box after box, only to be disapointed by some crappy pajamas.
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#7 elbert_b_23
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I got the money for my wii a few months ago, and i was so happy that i can get a wii, so i went to a store that same night went into 7 different stores and not a store had one, so i got angry, then the next day went into 5 more different stores and they didn't have any, so after walking into my local gamestop talking with them, i though what the hell i'll just go into the store everyday intel they have a damn wii, for a week i went into the gamestop and finally they had it bought endless ocean with it and went home happily playing my games
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#8 True_Gryphon
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I got mine about a month and a half ago. I was laughing my end off because my mom and I had gotten up at 5 am and waited till 7 am for one and no one even lined up until 6:45! Not only that, but they had over 10 consoles shipped in that week! We were a little mad, but the weeks before, they had flown out of the store before I even made my calls in to ask!

Also, to add fire on fire, my sister had walked in and purchased one of the last 5 an hour later, lmao! Don't know why they didn't go faster that day. The manager was even scratching his head when he saw he didn't need the lottery tickets.

But, I'm glad I have it now. It's an awesome system and was well worth the wait!

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#9 danger_ranger95
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I waited in the blistering cold for 8 hours, and they just said no. But all jokes aside...I did wait in line for 8 hours launch night. When I finally got home, I took the hottest shower of my life, and played for a half hour.

I was sooo cold, I felt like I just reached the summit of Mt. Everest. It was pretty intense, but satisfying.

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#10 skingus
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I waited in the blistering cold for 8 hours, and they just said no. But all jokes aside...I did wait in line for 8 hours launch night. When I finally got home, I took the hottest shower of my life, and played for a half hour.

I was sooo cold, I felt like I just reached the summit of Mt. Everest. It was pretty intense, but satisfying.

danger_ranger95

Yeah it was pretty damn cold....man i forgot about that. We were all begging the manager to let us in while we waited, but it turns out his heart was as cold as the weather.

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#11 Fatkiwi
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...My frace was frozen in a grin the whole day.

'Nuff said.

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#12 Luigi-JD-916
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i got mine christmas 06 i also got DBZBT2 with it.i almost threw up im serious i was so excited.:P
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#13 craigalan23
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Saw it at walmart went broke buying it then played wii sports for like 4 hours straight with a friend. Such a memorable moment seeing him dying lol.
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#14 da_chub
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I walked into Best Buy about a week after the Wii was released, picked one up off the shelf along with 4 games, a xtra wiimote/chuck, and left and spent the nextn 8 hours playing sports and redsteel. couldnt really complain since people still cant find one. Have like 25 games, plus 10 VC and about 10 GC games now to go with it, best system ive owned. I have/had, PS2, GC, 64(2nd best), SNES, NES, DS, G Boy, Atari 2600.
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#15 Kenny789
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Got mine March last year in Hong Kong. Me and my parents woke up pretty early that day and called a taxi to take us to the electronics plaza (forgot the name). Anyway, since we were too early, most of the shops were shut until we found this little store selling PS2s, Wiis and a Dreamcast. We asked for a Wii but was disappointed when we found out it was a japanese version. We walked around the store some more and found another shop selling Wiis and 360s. We asked for a US Wii, a 220v adapter and a copy of TP. The guy put everything in a plastic bag and I was happy the entire day. We walked everywhere and everytime I saw a game store I would check it out. We stopped twice to get a Gamecube memory card and a Classic Controller. When we got to the hotel, I was reading every single manual with sheer joy :P
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#16 NWA_31
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It was February 20th, 2007.I remember being very excited when I saw a fat lady coming out of Gamestop with a Wii. Fortunately, I had a **** load of cash that day, so I immediately bought one.

My initial reactions: I remember being disappointed a little because the controls weren't as responsive as I thought they would be. But then, I played Zelda: TP, which was one of the greatest things ever and fell in love with my Wii. :D

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#17 -Sole-
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I got my on December of 2006. I camped outside of a Target for about 10 hours and I didn't even have a DS to keep me occupied. I was number 7 in line and there were only 14 Wiis available. That Sunday morning that I got it, I couldn't play it until I got home from church. Once I got home though, it was on. I hooked the Wii up and loaded Wii Sports. I will never forget it. I was completely amazed at the fact that my motions were controlling my Mii! I didn't even get Twilight Princess until a week later. I had the hardest time believing that I had a Wii when there were tons of people who wanted one, but didn't get it.
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#18 SnipaSpeed
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I use to work at a Futureshop (best buy) so i asked my buddy there to text me the second he had received some. So i was sitting in class when i got his text, i then got up and about 20 mins before the end of class and ran to my car. I should add this is in Feb 2008 and about -20 C outside. Then i drove from my school to Futureshop about 15 miles away. Got there, bought the Wii and Zelda and about 50$ worth of Wii points. Now i have zelda, brawl, mario kart and Nights with a bout 8 Virtual Console games. The Wii is toooooo sick, but i have my X360 incase i want to switch it up a little bit.
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#19 nintendoboy16
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I reacted with Smeagol's signature "my precious" and literally stroked it with my hand. Yeah, that was stupid.
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#20 johnnyv2003
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relief actually...i got it on launch day, and had to camp outside for like 5-6 hours in about 20-30 degree temperatures...then went home and played Zelda for like 20 minutes before passing out
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#21 awssk8er716
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-I waited 14 hours.
-Got mine at midnigh
-Set it up, and I was so exausted when I got home.
-I litteraly waited 2 years for that moment, my heart was pounding and I was shaking.
-I played Wii Sports, and thought it was 15 mins.
-3 or more hours went by and I was kind of bugging out cause I thought I was like 1am, when it was like 3.
-I fell asleep.
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#22 haziqonfire
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I randomly walked into Future Shop and managed to get the last Wii. I came home, played Wii Sports with my family and enjoyed it a lot. After that, i played Twilight Princess for 11 hour's that day. :|
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#23 Thiago26792
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I got it on Christmas 2006. I was very excited, I had no words to describe my feeling at that time. It was actually the first time I saw a Wii in real life.