Wii's Spotted or Wanted. Please post all availability for the Wii here

lindylouise

We nearly had one, we had it in the shopping cart but dithered about so much we lost it! Problem is we desperately wanted one for the weekend (Daughters birthday) and had hoped some shops might get stock. By the time we decided it was better to buy from Amazon and be sure to at least get one next week it was too late.
You snooze, you loose !!

muffle_2

According to my source there will be a big batch hitting independent retailers on Wednesday or Thursday.

The popular theory among retailers is that Nintendo have been holding onto stock until after their financial year ended on 30th March, so they can boost next year's sales figures. This is because they have already massively exceeded their sales targets for the last financial year.

thunderplex

Does Gamestation count as an independant retailer?

Reserved mine last Saturday, but they are being very cagey on how long I will wait.....

pedro6994

Apparently the reason for the delay was due to a change in the dvd drive to combat mod chips. This meant they had to pause the manufacturing process to implement the changes. Fingers crossed we will see the new batch in stores this week!

Cerenia

Anyone wanting a Wii, there's a VERY high chance all GAME stores will get a delivery tomorrow, we've been told we'll all get delivery this week, and customer services are saying "early this week" (mon/tues), call your nearest stores at 9am to check, chance it won't be tomorrow, if it is, get there fast!

onlyfools_2

hi all

my first post here great forum

I pre ordered a Wii on play.com today, have kind of lost patience in trying to find one. Do you think I will be waiting long or is it anyones guess?

sarabob

pedro6994 wrote: »

Apparently the reason for the delay was due to a change in the dvd drive to combat mod chips. This meant they had to pause the manufacturing process to implement the changes. Fingers crossed we will see the new batch in stores this week!

Except, of course, that the modchips still work on the new drives...

http://www.wiikey.cn/news.html

Wiikey 100% compatible with new Wii motherboard!

A new revision of the Wii motherboard has appeared in some Asian countries. It does not have all the solder points required to install Wiikey with the quicksolder interface. However, Wiikey can still be installed by using a wired install, or quicksolder + 1 wire. We are working on the installation diagram and will upload it shortly.

Seriously though, Nintendo must be doing it on purpose. Taking the Gamecube drive's 'security' and merely changing the back door password from upper to lower case? You're 'avin a laugh.

mr_scaramanga

hi all - in case helpful - I checked GAME in canary wharf this morning - no nintendo wii's in stock... the sales assistant didn't know when they were coming in.... he said they've been expecting stock for 3 wks and have had no news from nintendo....

anyone else have any luck ?

vishpatel

Expensive GAME bundles in stock

mr_scaramanga

UPDATE - Apparently Wiis are now in stock online at GAME and Simplygames.com

According to http://www.wii-consoles.co.uk/wii_console_realtime.asp