Nintendo Wii
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pvapour

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8,981 posts

276 months

Friday 6th April 2007
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Anyone know if I can pick one up over the easter from anywhere? everywhere i've tried is outa stock, am I waaaay out of date with thinking I can just walk into a shop and get one paperbag

d-man

1,019 posts

268 months

Friday 6th April 2007
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Couple of places on internet have them in, www.wii-consoles.co.uk/ can be handy

Some places are forcing you to buy them bundled with lots of games, but if you buy from GAME online you can return the games to one of their shops unopened for a refund if you want.

They're still selling out pretty quick, local GAME shop told me to ring them at 9:00 and they'd let me put my name down for one if they were coming in that day... Tried a few days and they either had none in or the phone was permanently engaged, so I gave up.

Ordered one from a website when it was showing in stock yesterday, should arrive next week.

tim2100

6,288 posts

280 months

Friday 6th April 2007
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Where about are you? I have a brand new unopened Wii

LukeBird

17,170 posts

232 months

Friday 6th April 2007
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Might be worth trying the Game and Gamestation in Bournemouth....
When I was in the Gamestation I think they had a sign, saying they were getting stock soon...
If I'm in the centre tomorrow I'll have a look for you

pvapour

Original Poster:

8,981 posts

276 months

Saturday 7th April 2007
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LukeBird said:
Might be worth trying the Game and Gamestation in Bournemouth....
When I was in the Gamestation I think they had a sign, saying they were getting stock soon...
If I'm in the centre tomorrow I'll have a look for you



Thanks Lukebird but they came in this morning, rang up and they held one, now sat in lounge waiting to be opened, got: 4 games, 2 controllers & nun chuks? for £330

LukeBird

17,170 posts

232 months

Saturday 7th April 2007
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Very nice!
I want one, I had a go on my friends one was bloody great fun!
Was shattered after 4/5hrs of wii sports!
Enjoy!

Silver Lightning

53 posts

245 months

Saturday 7th April 2007
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I've had mine since 8th March.

Most recent game has been Godfather Blackhand Edition.

Enjoy it, i have been

Mr Brabus

123 posts

227 months

Saturday 7th April 2007
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It's a cracking machine but to be honest i've not touched mine in weeks.

I think the novelty has worn off for me now.

I suppose having an xbox 360 as well doesn't help.

pvapour

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8,981 posts

276 months

Sunday 8th April 2007
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thats the most fun I've had on a machine for years! Excellent!

we were in stitches, Rayman Rabid Bunnies roflthumbup Sports thumbup SSX snowboard (if anyone wants to do a swap) Metal Slug (again, if anyone wants to swap)

any suggestions on other games that use the controllers to he max, and for two players or more? will check out Godfather.....

think my arms need a rest now mind hehe


Edited by pvapour on Sunday 8th April 09:09

Silver Lightning

53 posts

245 months

Sunday 8th April 2007
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I'm still trying to get pro score on Wii Sports Tennis been playing for some time now!

Other games i'm looking forward to are

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Boogie

I hear that Heatseeker is very good, and also i have downloaded these oldies on the Virtual Console

Streets Of Rage (Sega Megadrive)
Super Mario World (NES)
Punch Out (NES)

AngryNugget

21 posts

227 months

Tuesday 10th April 2007
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A friend of mine works in Gamestation and said that they get about 18 or so in every 3-4 weeks, but still have a waiting list of 50 people!

Good luck trying to get one!

Martin Keene

10,997 posts

248 months

Tuesday 10th April 2007
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d-man said:
Some places are forcing you to buy them bundled with lots of games, but if you buy from GAME online you can return the games to one of their shops unopened for a refund if you want.

Where did you hear about that? We have just purchased one from GAME online, and TBH don't really want most of the games that it comes with.

d-man

1,019 posts

268 months

Wednesday 11th April 2007
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It's on their website www.game.co.uk/help/OrderingQuestions.aspx#whatareeb

You can get a refund on any games you don't want, provided they're unopened. You'll lose any saving you made by buying them as a bundle, but I think that's only about £5 or something anyway.

Martin Keene

10,997 posts

248 months

Wednesday 11th April 2007
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d-man said:
It's on their website www.game.co.uk/help/OrderingQuestions.aspx#whatareeb

You can get a refund on any games you don't want, provided they're unopened. You'll lose any saving you made by buying them as a bundle, but I think that's only about £5 or something anyway.


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A - W

1,721 posts

238 months

Thursday 12th April 2007
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Argos seem to have an endless supply of them.

I tried their website and all of my local four stores had them in.

*sorry if this is a little late*

padgett

434 posts

253 months

Saturday 19th May 2007
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I tried to buy a Wii today, out of stock everywhere again......

Anyone know where they might be in stock or want to sell theirs? (not for silly money though, not in that much of a rush!)

LilCat

1,613 posts

233 months

Saturday 19th May 2007
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padgett said:
I tried to buy a Wii today, out of stock everywhere again......

Anyone know where they might be in stock or want to sell theirs? (not for silly money though, not in that much of a rush!)


Best thing to do is look online on Sunday morning! (or go to Game on a Sat morning)
Two weeks ago at around 10am (Sun) i looked on Game, Toys R us, Woolies etc they all had Wii's in stock. Checked again next day, all sold out!

Altrezia

8,727 posts

234 months

Sunday 20th May 2007
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I could be convinced to sell mine.

deevlash

10,442 posts

260 months

Sunday 20th May 2007
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Silver Lightning said:

Super Mario World (SNES)

thats better, my favourite game of all time!

aranell

868 posts

247 months

Sunday 20th May 2007
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Amazon.de seem to have loads - got mine from there, as did some of my friends. Only thing is, the covers of the games are in Dutch (the games themselves are in English) and you'll need to buy a plug adapter thingy.