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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 11:27 am
Is this still hard to find? Any tips on either getting it, getting cheap or getting any kind of bundle deals??? TIA (We have some time as it'll be for Christmas. Assuming a certain 9 year old is good!!)
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 11:44 am
I was going to ask this too. My son, Jake (8), wants a Wii. I told him they were pretty expensive so we would have to save our money. He thought for a second and said to me, "I know how we can get a Wii, Mom! ....I'll put it on my Christmas list!" We had planned on getting one anyway, but have the same questions as Julie....are they still hard to get? We thought we would start buying now so we don't have to put out the money all at once for all the games and accessories and such.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 12:00 pm
Around here the Wii is in stock (actually on the shelves) at $250. Our Toys R US has plenty, even Target had it last time I was in. The Wii Fit is $90 and I think still a bit hard to find. If you ask at Toys R Us they seem to have big shipments, and will tell you when it's next in. I don't think people are queuing for it anymore. Maybe sales will have the Wii slightly reduced but I doubt the Wii Fit will be. If you're buying a bundle I'd make sure it's worth the cost. We bought ours in a bundle with plastic converter thingies to make the remote into a tennis racquet or baseball bat etc., but they're really awkward to get on and off the remote, so we've hardly used them. But more than likely you will want an extra nunchuk and remote, so a bundle including those might be worth it.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 12:10 pm
I just looked at circuitcity.com and they had them in stock. $249.00. http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Nintendo-Wii-Console-RVLSWFSP/sem/rpsm/oid/194603/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 12:20 pm
We bought a Wii Sport last week at Best Buy for $250. Can't find the Wii Fit yet, though. We'd been talking about buying it for a family Christmas present, then my son (he's 25) suggested that it might be hard to find soon, so we should probably buy it sooner. He was watching EBay and had a bid on one, but he checked out the retail prices first; he said the one he was looking at sold for $40 above retail.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 12:32 pm
The annoying thing about the Wii Fit is if all those people weren't buying several and selling them at a profit on EBay, everyone who wants one could probably buy them! I'd ask at Target, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Circuit City, places like that. I think now you just have to go in on the right day, not at 6am like it used to be.
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 12:34 pm
Thank you...that's good to know! I know some people that work at Target, maybe I will put them on Wii watch for me!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 12:39 pm
Can someone give me a mini "Wii lesson for dummies?" Like is Wii different from Wii fit or do you just buy a wii fit game cartridge? Is the wii that Jagger linked all one needs to buy or do you need to buy some kind of controllers or games?? Thanks from a wii dummie!!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 12:53 pm
Yep, Jagger's one is the console, the "Wii." With the $250 Wii console comes "Wii Sports" game dvd, which is a set of five sporty games (Tennis, Baseball, Bowling, Boxing and... something else I've forgotten) that you play using your remote as the tennis racquet/baseball bat/bowling arm etc. For all games you need the remote, and that's included in the "Wii" package, and for some games like boxing you need a nunchuk, and that's also included in the "Wii" package. (The nunchuk is like a second remote you hold in your other hand, so for something like boxing the Wii can tell what you're doing with both hands.) The $90 Wii Fit is like another game, but just one that uses a special piece of equipment - the white board thing that looks like a bathroom scale. The "Wii Fit" package has a Wii Fit game dvd, which has lots of balance games, exercise games, yoga, and so on in it. For almost all of these part of the game/exercise is that you have to balance your body on the board/scale thing. For most of them you have to be very steady and control your movements, so it works a lot on core strength. So you need a "Wii" (console plus remote plus nunchuk) to use the "Wii Fit." You might also want to buy a second pair of remotes and nunchuks, so you can play two player games. Some games come with an extra one, some don't. I think they're about $40 to buy separately. I like my Wii. Can you tell?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 12:57 pm
Oh and the Target guy was the one who told me how to get mine, ask the person at the electronics counter. But if Circuit City has them in stock (and you can check whether your local one does using Jagger's link) then you might just as well get one there. There's plenty to play with on the main Wii Sports set of games while you're waiting for the Wii Fit.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 1:08 pm
Oh! And if you do get one- don't bother getting the Wii/Nintendo memory card. It's overpriced. Walk yourself over to the digital cameras and buy the memory card there. It will cost you half the price of the Nintendo one, if not less. It's just an SD card. The Nintendo memory was $30 at Best Buy- I got the same size disk for $10 by the cameras. I bought the memory card along with an additional controller at Best Buy, but I got the Wii at Toys'R'Us.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 2:08 pm
Hey, can anybody see if they can try to buy one via Jagger's link, cuz when I get to the checkout part it says it is unavailable... (don't worry you don't have to actually buy it, just take your cart to the checkout..)
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 2:09 pm
I bought mine online at Walmart in a package deal that included the console and the Wii Fit. I love it!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 2:59 pm
Don't think you can buy it online at Circuit City and have it shipped to you, Julieboo, but you can buy online and have it shipped to a store for pickup. At least that's how it works with my zipcode. Also it tells you whether it's in stock at your nearest store.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 3:04 pm
I put in about a million zipcodes and it is OOS EVERYWHERE!!! Oh man, I feel the heat now!!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 3:25 pm
Overstock.com has some bundles, but it seems to me they're a bit overpriced. Wal-Mart has a bundle in stock, but not the Wii Fit one. Again it seems a bit overpriced. I'd ask at Target. You might have to wait a couple of weeks for the next delivery but at least you won't be paying more than you have to. Or Toys R Us. I wish you lived closer as they are literally on the shelves here, at least they were last time I was at Target.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 3:25 pm
Julie I tried my zip also and it was unavailable. I'd suggest calling your local Target, Best Buy, Toys R Us, stores and see if they have it or plan on getting it in soon. A guy at work just got one at Game Stop, the sales guy said that they generally sell out with in a day or two of getting them in, but that they get in new shipments every few weeks. Some of the stores keep them behind the counter and only sell them when people ask for them. This may be one of those items you need to call around for instead of going on line. You can also buy them on line for higher than retail, but who wants to pay more than retail for something. I just pulled up the Walmart website and they had just the console available in my local store but not online, however they did have some package deals available unline for about 600 bucks.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 3:29 pm
Sears too - I asked there for the Wii Fit back in May, and they didn't have that but did have Wiis in stock. The guy said nobody ever thinks about them so they don't sell quickly.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 3:30 pm
Thanks all!! I called Target and they have the wii on sale this week. But two of the stores I called so far never got the wii in. So guess I go to Target right before it opens on Wed (for one Target) and right before it opens on THurs (for the other one) in hopes that the truck that got unloaded would have the wii in it... Wish me luck!!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 3:37 pm
Good luck, I'm sure you will get it! Oh, and if they get Wii Fit in at the same time, buy it if you think you'll want it as a Christmas present. Wii Fit's even harder to find than the Wii.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 3:56 pm
target napa had wii's and wii fits yesterday. i was there, so i know. and noone was really buying them.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, October 06, 2008 - 7:03 pm
Julieboo, when you buy your Wii, think about also buying "Wii Play" which is a DVD with several fun games, and it comes with an extra remote. It's 49.00, so you save a little money on that because the remote alone is 40 and the game alone is 19. Just be sure to ask for the Wii Play that comes with the remote in the box.
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Curious1
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 2:44 pm
Best Buy.com has the wii in stock right now for $249.99 plus $6 shipping and handling. Usually these don't last long so if you are wanting to buy one I would probably do so today if you see this message. hth
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Monday, November 10, 2008 - 11:20 am
I was at my local Best Buy last night for a Rewards Member special savings (they'll do anything to try to get a sale) and they had them in stock, the lady said they would probably be gone by today. They got extras in just for last night, they started out with 30 and by 10 pm they were down to just 2.
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Curious1
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 10:52 am
fyi Amazon.com had wii's in stock this morning for $250 with free shipping, might still be some left if anyone is still looking.
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