<p>TSFH informs me that the only thing he wants for Christmas is a motorcycle. :eek: </p>
<p>But I have it on good authority that he’d be satisfied with a Wii. I’m still looking… but I’m movtivated!</p>
<p>Weenie, is that for your son at Dennison, or do you have another son?</p>
<p>That’s for my other son - the HS senior.</p>
<p>Kool. Where’s he looking at?</p>
<p>I did camp out with my 14 year old S, who paid for it himself. First time he had the discipline to save up real $$s for everything. He also got to hang out with geeky Nintendo gamers for the evening. That may have been the highlight for him.</p>
<p>Picked up a spare controller today, although still short of a second nunchuk. Person working at Gamestop said the systems and the accessories are gone within minutes.</p>
<p>S has already downloaded four games and we have created custom likenesses of family members that can participate in sports games. I gave myself dark hair, but yielded to peer pressure and changed it to gray.</p>
<p>The Wii is a hoot to play, especially for us oldsters,who get confused by too many buttons and joysticks.</p>
<p>I recommend Rayman’s Rabid Rabibts for folks looking for a humorous action game, and for those reared on Nintendo, you can’t go wrong with Zelda.</p>
<p>I’m actually having fun playing Zelda as well tennis on my son’s Wii. He got an early holiday gift at Thanksgiving since I couldn’t keep it a secret. At last a controller I can understand! And playing tennis on the Wii I get a little exercise on rainy days. It was well worth being in line at 5 a.m. on Nov 19! (But here in Oakland, it wasn’t cold)</p>
<p>S does not get to open it here until his finals are done. December 15th, here he comes…</p>
<p>Well, looks like I’ll give the game store a call & visit tomorrow. I’m getting a bit tired of it, but the things we do for our kids. By the way, anyone try using the old GameCube controller with the Wii? Does it work or does it really work that much better with the NEW controller? My kids are pretty versed with the GC controller & I’m pretty poor with any controller or computer or GC game.</p>
<p>Anyone want to buy me a Wii for being such a wonderful boytchick? I studied hard this year, and I swear I wasn’t naughty at all (I’m 23, so I’m allowed to drink now.)</p>
<p>Pretty please? With happy sprinkles on top?</p>
<p>Oh, and the point cards are like the Microsoft points I buy games on my XBox 360 with, only better and cheaper.</p>
<p>HiMom,</p>
<p>The gamecube controllers are for backwards compatibility with gamecube games and can be used with many of the older games that you can download via WiiPoints. The WiiMote controller that comes with the Wii is used with all new games.</p>
<p>Weenie,
Thanks for the tip on frozen cpu…looks right up my son’s alley, complete with some weird bawls drink that he loves. Any other tips on this “culture” are appreciated :)</p>
<p>OMG Bawls is such a good drink</p>
<p>AAh! JCpenney.com just emailed me that they are shipping 1/31/07 although they had been telling me for days that my order would be shipping 12/4 as they had promised in November! Any leads on Wii other than getting hosed on ebay would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Suggest checking your local GameStop (or similar gaming stores in your area); they told me that they will continue to get small deliveries on a regular basis. You have to keep checking because they expect to sell out shortly after each delivery arrives (pain in the butt). If you are more patient, you can wait until nearer Christmas or beyond & the supply should be greater. So far, every time I’ve checked, they’ve been totally out. Our Costco has gotten only one shipment of 24, sold out in an hour & will NOT reorder. :(</p>
<p>We figure if we don’t get it, no biggie. We may just wait 6 months or so until the hype dies down & get it in the summer. I’m tired of dealing with these supply/demand issues & sickened by the violence I’ve been reading about RE getting/robbing a PS3 & rumors of it with regard to Wii (tho haven’t read anything).</p>
<p>I went to Circuit City yesterday to see if they had any Wii and they didn’t. However, they asked, “Do you want a PS3?” I said yes and I bought one that had just been returned. Apparently the guy that bought it had wanted to make money off it and couldn’t so he returned it. I can’t believe it came with only one controller, but I found extras at Best Buy. PS3 was really the game I wanted because it has the Blue-ray DVD.</p>