*Used without permission from Alex Argo.
Man… I should have wrote this earlier… like the NIGHT after it came out… but here it goes. (But I ended up just posting it because I got sick and tired of see this post unfinished…) After a nice meeting for Alex Argo went to watch the OSU Michigan game at Raj’s apartment, with the Dan Janoside. Let me tell you, that game was indeed over, just like Dan and I had predicted before the game had even started. James, a long time hard core Michigan fan (as long as I can remember… his old room still is filled with Michigan paraphernalia), was sad after the game was over. However, this probably passed him by quickly since it would be… Wii Day.
[Sidenote: 5 large pizzas for $30 isn't a bad deal, but it is when you end up eating only 3 slices and pay for a 1/3 of it while someone else ahemJames*ahem freeloads like crazy]
I wasn’t really too sure about buying another game console. I mean, it’s true my bankroll is a bit tight, but I really don’t feel like shelling out $250, and an additional $50 for a game (which would be Twilight Princess for sure). I don’t know, maybe I’m getting older… Regardless, I wanted to be in on the fun.
I remember for Gamecube launch day, Argo and I went in without a preorder… Meijer was unlucky, so we went to a lonely GameStop and we picked two up. The two last ones. This time, though, things would be a little bit harder.
Dan, Argo, James, and I all met at the Cin-day Wal-mart to see how they were doing with the Wii. There was a nice line at the Gardening section. We decided to split up, with Alex and Dan hitting Tri-County Mall, the largest mall in the close proximity to us, while James and I drove around in the outskirts of Hamilton and Mason. From what I hear on the phone, Sears, Toys ‘R Us, Wal-Mart, EB Games, GameStop… blah blah blah… all were out, or had people waiting. It was the same story for us, as we went to two separate Wal-Marts, EB Games (there was a Wii just sitting there… but it was for demo purposes… I wanted to jack it), Best Buy, Target… blah blah blah… all the same story.
One Wal-Mart had a list for 33 Wii’s, but they lost the list. There were less than 33 people in line outside, but I was told that some of the people on the list could be in the story. I had a feeling chaos would ensue here, so this place would be our best bet.
In the end, we went back to Wal-Mart, slightly miffed but not defeated, we tried the Target at my house. Target wasn’t doing a midnight lauch, but a launch at their opening time, 8 AM. The one by my place had NO ONE in line for that 8 AM launch. We were thinking about buying a tent just to use for the night, and then return it the next day. In the end, James borrowed a tent from a neighbor, and Argo and James stayed the night. I had to do an errand run for James (and realized then and there how much closer my house is now to James’s… and I didn’t know that our house was actually in the Lakota East district…).
I went to sleep promptly, and didn’t even return for the launch. After church, James wanted me to go over. I saw the system in all it’s glory… on the little TV upstairs. Sad… I thought he would have set it up on the honkin’ huge projection TV downstairs. Meh.
Wii Sports. Great. Zelda. Even greater. All amazing gameplay, just like I expected… and more.
If only I could get pictures working on this blog…
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