<p>Thanks for the tip on the wireless guitar. My husband after holding out for several years upgraded to xbox 360 last month. We wanted to get guitar hero for our D. Thought it would be nice to not have the wires running across the room. I know we can get Guitar Hero 2 at Circuit City.
We were torn between getting her Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution. She is 13.
I would have gotten the Wii over X Box but son and husband are Halo fans. Though both were disapointed in the last one.</p>
<p>Side story -
My older s is a master at finding deals and hard-to-find games and gaming equipment. He found that a new game, “Rock Band” (which is like guitar hero only it also comes with a set of drums!!) was being sold at a local electronics (chain) store for a GREAT intro price with a large rebate. So, he called the store to ask if they had any in stock. The poor girl at the other end of the phone misheard him when he asked for “Rock Band”, thinking the first word (“rock”) he said started with a “c”, not “r” (think alternate word for rooster). She harshly said “Sir! We do NOT sell those here!!” HE repeated… “ROCK Band”. She sounded like Emily Litella in her “oh… never mind” type response! We ROARED whe he told us this story. Oh, and he got the game too! Highly recommends it.</p>
<p>We got one through my husband’s company and all 3 generations had a blast over Thanksgiving playing it. I went to Game Crazy to buy another remote and they were selling the next to last Wii to another customer, so I snapped the last one up for S. Also got Guitar Hero, so I hope it’s not too bad. Anyway, Game Crazy is affiliated with Hollywood Video and is a little less known, so try there if you have one.</p>
<p>ebeeeee, want to sell your used Wii? </p>
<p>Just wondering…</p>
<p>One of my friends waited overnight on Black Friday to get a Wii, but he later found out that Best Buy didn’t even have them in stock and bought Rock Band instead.</p>
<p>I waited overnight the night that Wii came out last year at a Target, a cold and freezing night. It was the only way I got one since they are still that hard to find.</p>
<p>Basically do what everyone has been saying, keep calling the stores, check the obscure electronics stores (KMart, Sears) and if all else fails check Craigslist or some other used classifieds deal. One of my friends bought his a couple of weeks ago used, since he could not find them anywhere.</p>
<p>If you DO find a Wii, they are more than worth the $250 investment!</p>
<p>We just got one on Sunday off of Craigs List. Worth the extra $ not to wake up at 4 am and stand in line for hours.</p>
<p>My son waited in line outside a Best Buy for about 20 minutes last July and was able to get one - second to last number handed out.</p>
<p>A friend waited 5 hours last weekend.</p>
<p>If you live in Manhattan the Nintendo Store is supposed to get them in every day - don’t know if that’s true.</p>
<p>I had a great time over Thanksgiving watching DS play Mario Galaxy - fantastic graphics and great music. It just keeps moving along and Mario is dashing from galaxy to galaxy, playing upside down and sideways.</p>
<p>Mom60: thirteen year old girl? this is a no brainer, she NEEDS a DDR.
I know, because my 15 year old told me everyone has to have it.</p>
<p>You know, it goes against my principles to just grab something that expensive on the fly, but after not being able to get one for Christmas last year and being unsure whether they’d be available this year (so sorry to hear they aren’t!) I grabbed one when DD and I saw it at Target one day last fall, after school had started. Couldn’t hide it until Christmas since she saw me buy it, and couldn’t justify not buying it once I’d seen it. sheesh.</p>
<p>She is really enjoying Thrillville.</p>
<p>I considered it a big accomplishment to get a Wii (group present for my kids) a couple weeks ago. I usually go to WalMart and had already asked twice and they were out. The third time I was there I asked the workers in the electronics department “how” I could get one. They told me they were expecting about 15 in the next day, and that their shipments always came in the late afternoon. They told me to call around 3pm. I called, they had them, I drove over there about 10 minutes later and got one. Anyway, just ask the right questions. Good luck.</p>
<p>Side note:
My D was working at a restaurant the day after Black Friday. A customer came in with a terrible black eye and someone asked her what happened. She said she got in a fight over a doll at WalMart.</p>
<p>WashDad,
I thought someone might ask after I posted. It’s very interesting in the past year DS seems to have moved past his gamer years. He was the hs senior who organized LAN parties and would stay up all night. I’ll have to find out if he is really over it.<br>
By the way, I liked the wii, thought it was a lot of fun. Think if he really doesn’t want it I’ll keep it for myself… sorry…</p>
<p>etoys.com has the Wii System Sports Bundle 2 in stock for $399</p>
<p>Wii System Sports Bundle 2 Includes:</p>
<p>Wii System with Wii Sports- Wii Console
Wii Console Stand
Wii Remote Controller
Wii Nunchuk Controller
Wii Sensor Bar
Wii A/C Adapter
Wii A/V Cable
AC Joytech Sports Pack
Wii Sports Game Disc
The Bigs
Mario Strikers Charged
World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions</p>
<p>sold out…</p>
<p>OP, if you goggle–I will later and try to find it-- you can find a site that will text you when stores that participate in your zip code area get in a shipment. It worked for me. Most stores will not waitlist. And you will get a text that they will be getting a shipment. We got one 3 months ago for D’s BD. I have 2 D’s and no video games. Now that we have lots of teenage boys coming arond, the Wii has been the best purchase ever. We splurged and got 4 controllers and 4 numchuks (sp?) and its fun just watching kids play. </p>
<p>Re: Guitar Hero:We also got the Guitar Hero III, and have NO PROBLEMS with the wireless aspect of it with Wii. We only have the sports games that came with the console, and the guitar, and have had no requests for more games, they love what they have. But I am surprising them with DDR and two dance pads for Christmas. They will have fun and I’ll have more fun watching.</p>
<p>[Wii</a> Alerts - The only site you need to find a Wii. And it’s free!](<a href=“Economic Watch: RCEP boosts trade cooperation between China, Indonesia-casadeapostas”>http://wiialerts.com/)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.itrackr.com/[/url]”>http://www.itrackr.com/</a></p>
<p>AWWW I JUST missed snagging one today. The Gamestop down the road rec’d three in a UPS drop shipment this morning, and a very nice young salesclerk had given me the ‘heads up’ yesterday. But, I could not go at 6 a.m. and stake the place out, so I’ll have to try again next week. (I expect the same advance notice and will send ldgirl out on this little early morning adventure. She does not know this yet…lol!)</p>
<p>sunnyflorida-
Little secret… I pm’d ldmom06 with the itracker.com website a few days ago…</p>
<p>(sorry ldmom-- looks like our little secret is out…)</p>
<p>I had more luck with personal visits than phone calls last yr. GameStop & EBGames’ staffs let me know when their UPS guy usually arrives, so I sat in the parking lot outisde the store (in a strip center, not a mall) reading a book and sipping hot chocolate for about 30 mins. each time. Yeah, I know - crazy mom. But it worked, and we now have two because I enjoyed the kids’ so much that I later bought one for dh & me to keep at home.</p>
<p>Now if I could only get Guitar Hero III for the xbox. GameStop shipped the Wii version for D this week, but the xbox one still isn’t in stock.</p>
<p>I talked to a salesman at Best Buy. He said that they get shipments on Saturday night for Sunday sales. Just call on Saturday night to verify the drop shipment. Then come in early on Sunday morning.</p>
<p>I bought Guitar Hero for Wii on a whim while picking something else up at Target a few months back. Forgot to take it out of the car & hide it for Christmas & son found it. I let him try it out once, telling hime to keep it a secret from big sis. (No problems with the wireless at all, by the way.) I think he is enjoying that one-upmanship delicious secret as much as the game. I ordered just the controller for D, but it’s not shipping until Feb, I believe.</p>
<p>^^^ Hahaha! A bonus present for SSson. A “secret” kept from ssdau! MY guys love guitar hero III and the new one, Rock Band. They are also big Halo fans. In fact, we have an extra, unopened new Halo III that will become a holiday gift for someone. Anyone having trouble finding this? I suspect DS will be happy to sell it!</p>