Wii pre-order stories: a whole lot of fan-love

Getting your pre-order for the Wii is such a moving experience that it warrants having its own entry on people’s web-blogs. We here at QJ can sort of understand this sentiment as Nintendo faithful have after all been waiting for the console for months now. Go Nintendo has set up one such blog that features testimonials of how their userÂ’s pre-order experiences went.

They also have an area-by-area coverage of how the pre-order lines are shaping up. It’s sort of moving actually – seeing a whole lot of Nintendo fans from all over queuing up, getting to know each other, and camping out just to get that oh so wanted pre-order.

And they said gaming isn’t a social thing. Anyway, here are some pics of eager Wii hungry fans:

Most testimonials from Go Nintendo mention that the fans indeed had a good time waiting. Yeah, some are a bit disappointed that even people who were there early got turned away, but they also understood that there was a whole lot of them and there is only a finite amount of stock to go around. At the end of the day they were tired and wasted, but the Wii pre-order and the company of like-minded fans was worth it.

HereÂ’s a quotable quote from one of those who were in line:

“We now had about 18-20 people waiting in line. Fox News came and filmed us for a while and asked us what was going on. Everyone of course shouted ‘WII!!!!!’ It was pretty funny. About 30 minutes before they opened the doors (9:30AM) there were close to 60 people waiting in line. Suddenly, the doors opened at 9:58AM. A young guy walked out and told everyone who was buying a Wii to raise their hands. Hands went up like crazy.”

Even if you aren’t a Nintendo fan, it’s sort of moving to see a whole lot love within a community. Maybe the hippies got it right.

Getting your pre-order for the Wii is such a moving experience that it warrants having its own entry on people’s web-blogs. We here at QJ can sort of understand this sentiment as Nintendo faithful have after all been waiting for the console for months now. Go Nintendo has set up one such blog that features testimonials of how their userÂ’s pre-order experiences went.

They also have an area-by-area coverage of how the pre-order lines are shaping up. It’s sort of moving actually – seeing a whole lot of Nintendo fans from all over queuing up, getting to know each other, and camping out just to get that oh so wanted pre-order.

And they said gaming isn’t a social thing. Anyway, here are some pics of eager Wii hungry fans:

Most testimonials from Go Nintendo mention that the fans indeed had a good time waiting. Yeah, some are a bit disappointed that even people who were there early got turned away, but they also understood that there was a whole lot of them and there is only a finite amount of stock to go around. At the end of the day they were tired and wasted, but the Wii pre-order and the company of like-minded fans was worth it.

HereÂ’s a quotable quote from one of those who were in line:

“We now had about 18-20 people waiting in line. Fox News came and filmed us for a while and asked us what was going on. Everyone of course shouted ‘WII!!!!!’ It was pretty funny. About 30 minutes before they opened the doors (9:30AM) there were close to 60 people waiting in line. Suddenly, the doors opened at 9:58AM. A young guy walked out and told everyone who was buying a Wii to raise their hands. Hands went up like crazy.”

Even if you aren’t a Nintendo fan, it’s sort of moving to see a whole lot love within a community. Maybe the hippies got it right.