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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 6:09 am
It's so confusing having so many game systems/platforms available and so many accessories. I finally picked out the Wii for my 10-yr-old daughter and got a couple of games to go with it. The accessories bundle called Wii Play is one of the things I purchased, and also Wii Music and Rabid Rabbits (some spelling variation thereof, I think, for my son) and then got Guitar Hero for Wii, which I think I'll actually give to my husband. Won't HE be surprised!?! DS has been begging for XBox or PS3, but I'm not ready to invest in a new platform for him. He'll have to stick with his PS2 for a while longer. I did find original Rock Band for PS2 for him, and although upon checking his list more closely I found he wants the SECOND release of Rock Band, it was trice the price. Hope he is pleased anyway. If he isn't it'll go back to the store. I have tried to raise my two children to be appreciative of any gifts they receive. I tell them to accept the gift in the spirit with which it was given, say thank you and smile and not criticize. I will never forget my son opening his talking Power Rangers doll that he begged for (and which we couldn't afford that year) and telling his (now dead) grandmother, "Aaw, I really wanted a GREEN one." I was mortified. After buying the Guitar Hero game I discovered I'd need at least one controller for it, so I settled on a guitar unit. (The box has two guitar controllers in it, maybe; I haven't looked at it since I smuggled it into the house. I still have wrapping to do!)
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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 6:11 am
double-posted, sorry! This is very difficult to do in the car!
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Curious1
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 2:14 pm
I found this amazing deal on a wii for a friend at www.bbgamesystems.com I'm not sure how or why it is so much cheaper $225 with no tax and free shipping, plus it comes with 3 extra remotes and 1 extra game...but my friend is going to check it out. Just thought I would post the info here too, so if someone is interested they can check it out. I told her to research it well because I'm leary of the fact that it seems too good to be true!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 2:45 pm
It does seem to be too good to be true. They do say they import directly, so that might save them enough to have a sale. I can't find a review of them anywhere online though, which is unusual. Their Wii+Wii Fit package at $350 is also a really great deal.
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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 7:34 pm
My 10-yr-old daughter would love Wii Fit, but Wal-mart was sold out of it in my area both times I've been Christmas shopping over the past couple of weeks. It looks like fun! Guess I haven't checked Amazon for it lately.
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 2:05 pm
Anyone have any suggestions on where we can find remotes, nunchuks and the Wii wheel (for Mario Kart) for a better price? My husband is thinking that he paid ten dollars each for them when he bought ours and is throwing a fit about the price going up. (I have always thought that was the price of them.) So, any suggestions would help here.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 2:14 pm
Walmart? They have wheels for $12 (by ezgear), and a whole pack of accessories for $25 (golf club, tennis racket, wheel, etc) by DreamGear. They have another wheel for less than $10, but I've not used that brand. Walmart online Wii accessories
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 12:36 am
I've only seen nunchuks for $20 and remotes for $40 around here. Someone smart pointed out in another Wii thread that if you have kids who might like Wii Play, there's a Wii Play available for $50 which includes a free remote, so you're actually just paying $10 for the game if you were going to buy a remote anyway. We have a pack of accessories (tennis racquet, baseball bat, golf club, wheel) that don't work too well, they block the infra red on the remote and are a real pain to take on and off the remote. I'd make sure you buy a reasonable quality wheel (mine were pretty cheap).
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 10:51 am
I was at Target today, and they had a ten dollar wheel as well. I've not seen the remotes/nunchuks cheaper anywhere. There don't seem to be any non-Nintendo varieties, so they control the price.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 10:19 pm
Walmart and Target both have them for $10. Hubby found an Indy racing game at Target for $9.99 but they were out of wheels. I went to Walmart later and found a smash um bashum big truck type of game for $15, and it came with a free wheel so I went ahead and bought it cuz then the game was only $5. The wheel worked fine.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 9:32 am
Question: on the Today show this morning, I caught the tail end of a segment with some kind of Wii fitness game; and the hostess was saying Jillian Michaels was the coach! The only activity I saw was pumping a rail car. Anyone know what game that is?
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 10:24 am
Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009 Wii Game link
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 10:49 am
LT, thanks! That looks awesome!
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 11:08 am
Actually Karuuna, it is getting some terrible reviews online. I was going to buy it, but after reading the reviews I decided I am sticking with the Wii Fit.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 11:44 am
Really? Thanks for telling me. I was hoping it would be a more rigorous workout. Darn.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 9:35 pm
I am using dance revolution and that is quite the workout, but not the same. There is a http://wiitracker.com/wiifit/ and nowinstock.net/video-games/nintendo-wii-fit/
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 12:34 am
Heh, today there was a radio report about so mmany people buying the Wii for excercise they have a new injury - the wii injuries - it sounds better when you say it, it sounds like a small thing, but it is fractures that you will get from doing wii wrong.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 10:39 am
I can believe it! I'm (relatively!) young, strong and fit, and I hurt my knee trying to do the hula hoop and only a few weeks ago strained my lower back doing the heading - which is my favourite game and I've done it time and time again with no problem, guess I just overextended or something.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 11:27 pm
i was thinking about purchasing a wii in january...can you, people who have bought a wii recently, tell me where you got it. or if anyone knows of a website where i can compare prices of some stores instead of trying to go to each individual website.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 11:57 pm
I got mine from overstock.com, in a package, but our local Target quite often has them in now. You have to ask as they sell out within a week or so, but someone at the electronics desk should be able to tell you when they're next in and whether you would need to queue for them. Toys-R-Us also seem to get a lot of stock, from what I've heard, and they were really helpful when I was looking for mine. You should only have to play $250, which is the rrp, and I wouldn't pay anything more now they're more readily available.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 9:55 am
Almost all the discount stores and Best Buy have them in stock now. I don't know anyone except some online companies selling them for less than retail - $249. Nextag is a good shopping website to compare prices.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 11:22 am
I got mine at Game Crazy - I know Game Stop also carries them.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 9:35 am
I use the links I posted above to find mine forthe best price.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, January 12, 2009 - 7:27 pm
Amusing video (sexually suggestive): Wii Sex
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 9:48 am
HAHA sent this to my hubby and he was getting ideas [um no way buster! *L* He was joking thankfully. ] until he saw the very end. Told him if he was still interested we'd start with HIM first. Why all of a sudden he wasn't so interested. *L*
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 2:08 pm
Sports Active I put a deposit down on this at Toys R US even though it isn't out until spring I wanted to reserve one. If it is anything like the Wii Fit it will clear out fast.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 3:27 pm
That does look good. There was a game similar to that that was getting bad reviews, but I don't know if that's it. It's out in other countries if so (for some reason the US is getting Wii games later than elsewhere). Can you let us know how good it is? I'll definitely buy it if it's as good as it looks!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 11:04 pm
The was an article in the paper recently about a new Wii sports game coming out soon, too- Sport Resort, or something like that.
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 9:33 am
Jasper- Thanks for the link. That does look like something I want to invest in! Does it have an actual release date yet?
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 12:46 pm
I want to buy the battery charger and batteries for the remotes,what should I buy?
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 2:06 pm
Mitcay here's all that WalMart has [there are chargers for the Wii Fit in there too sorry.]. This is the one we have, but there weren't all the options that they have now. I saw at Best Buy they had one kinda like ours, but it works for 4 remotes.
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 4:59 pm
thanks serate
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 11:51 am
Msb - it should be early spring. If I find a definite date I'll post.
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