Wow -- it's a Wii

I've really wanted a Nintendo Wii since I saw the Tokyo Game Show previews on YouTube. However, with all the fanatics camping outside of stores overnight and pre-ordering the system, I thought it would be well into 2007 when I would finally be able to get one myself.

In the meantime, I'd picked up a DS, and today I thought I'd get another game for the plane trip back to the States.

At Game, I get in the queue with a copy of Cooking Mama DS (yes, really), when the manager comes out and says:

"If you're in the queue at the moment, we have enough Wii's in stock for everyone, but there is a limit of one per customer"

It took a moment to sink in -- every where I'd been today, including this store, had 'sold out' signs posted over their Wii display.

The only catch was that I had to buy 2 games and an extra controller -- but I was planning to do that eventually anyhow. And to top it off, the manager came out from the back with a box of Zelda games -- which is what I wanted but hadn't seen.

So that's Christmas sorted for me then.

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