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9031 | 65.25% |
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1191 | 8.60% |
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808 | 5.84% |
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460 | 3.32% |
| Waluigi |
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1603 | 11.58% |
| Waa |
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748 | 5.40% |
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axeil posted:That's amazing. I ordered mine on the 14th as well and the GameStop rep that replied to my email says they're packing them up right now and shipping them all today. Should get your notification pretty soon I'd imagine.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:16
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Jet Set Jettison posted:I'm still really banking on the idea that no one realizes Sears is gonna have Wii Us in stock. I called the store and the told me "Yeah dude just show up early no one knows we have game systems. We dont really sell a whole lot of them." Well if you camp out at Sears at least you can make good use of their outdoors section!  InFlames235 posted:I ordered mine on the 14th as well and the GameStop rep that replied to my email says they're packing them up right now and shipping them all today. Should get your notification pretty soon I'd imagine. Oh that's fantastic news. Thanks! Hopefully I'll be playing some Mario on Saturday.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:16
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Unfortunately Gamestop's overnight shipping seems to only be on business days which probably means that they won't deliver on Saturday.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:22
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For anyone who's interested, here's nearly 9 minutes of uninterrupted direct feed gameplay of ZombiU as narrated by a guy from VG247. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW-vJofqwxI Something I can't help but wonder is whether or not this game has any iron sight aiming? Every time I see someone play this game, they're always fumbling the gunshots with the hip aim.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:23
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Target's basic combo that includes New Super Mario Brothers U is showing as available online.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:26
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System has shipped. UPS has it in its system too. UPS does do Saturday deliveries so everyone who did one day shipping may see it tomorrow. From the UPS website: UPS posted:Saturday Delivery commitment times depend on the shipping service you choose: Looks like you should have it by 2 PM tomorrow if you picked next day air. axeil fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Nov 16, 2012 |
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Nov 16, 2012 19:35
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axeil posted:System has shipped. UPS has it in its system too. UPS does do Saturday deliveries so everyone who did one day shipping may see it tomorrow. I just got my notice and had one day shipping. The tracking number isn't in the system yet so there's no delivery estimate, but it would certainly be interesting if it showed up tomorrow.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:36
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This same thing happens with Apple launches too. The delivery service will hold the product until the release date.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:37
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Chunk posted:This same thing happens with Apple launches too. The delivery service will hold the product until the release date. So UPS has held up shipments of iPhones before? Huh. Didn't know that. With the launch being on a Sunday I assume that means they'd aim for a Monday delivery then. Still hoping for delivery tomorrow though.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:39
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axeil posted:System has shipped. UPS has it in its system too. UPS does do Saturday deliveries so everyone who did one day shipping may see it tomorrow. Only problem is we didn't get any of the ones you cited, we got UPS Next Day Air Saver®.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:39
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:Only problem is we didn't get any of the ones you cited, we got UPS Next Day Air Saver®. Right you are. Here's what UPS has to say about Next Day Air Saver though: UPS posted:UPS Next Day Air Saver® So it may be end of day tomorrow. Or it may be Monday. Regardless, I'm pretty sure everyone will have theirs by Monday night.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:44
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Ya, GameStop already told me we'll be getting it on Monday. Unless they're misinformed or UPS messes up, I wouldn't get my hopes too high for them breaking the street date for thousands of consoles ordered online.
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Nov 16, 2012 19:44
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axeil posted:Right you are. Saturday is not considered a business day good sir. This is what I get for waiting so long that I had to preorder online! A day later than everyone and spent $30 extra on top of it! 
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Nov 16, 2012 19:47
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Huh, weird. EB Games just called and said that their shipment is going to be a week late for the Wii U, so I won't be getting mine this Sunday. It doesn't really bother me that much, but I hope that others won't experience the same issue. 
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Nov 16, 2012 20:13
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Just a heads up, those neat cool third party pro controllers that looked like super famicom/SNES colors? They're not back in stock until 12/18 according to Walmart and Amazon. Guess I'll just pick up a black regular one on launch.
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Nov 16, 2012 20:34
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Game Trailers is doing a live Q/A. They already addressed a weird problem with the Wii U's SD card not working.
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Nov 17, 2012 01:22
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Just called my local shop where I preordered to ask if they were doing a midnight release. Not only are they not doing a midnight release, they are canceling all of their Wii U preorders because their delivery "failed". So... guess I'm going to try to midnight it up at Wal Mart 
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Nov 17, 2012 01:29
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Seaniqua posted:Just called my local shop where I preordered to ask if they were doing a midnight release. Not only are they not doing a midnight release, they are canceling all of their Wii U preorders because their delivery "failed". What store is this? A gamestop?
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Nov 17, 2012 01:30
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I checked the tracking number on mine. Even though I paid for two-day shipping, they seemed to have bumped it up to overnight out of the goodness of their hearts. Or maybe because I'm a few hour drive from one of their distribution centers. Either way, it's guaranteed to be here Monday morning 
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Nov 17, 2012 01:31
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HelloWinter posted:Huh, weird. EB Games just called and said that their shipment is going to be a week late for the Wii U, so I won't be getting mine this Sunday. It doesn't really bother me that much, but I hope that others won't experience the same issue. Seaniqua posted:Just called my local shop where I preordered to ask if they were doing a midnight release. Not only are they not doing a midnight release, they are canceling all of their Wii U preorders because their delivery "failed". drat, way to make me wig out when I saw EBgames' number on my call display. But apparently my local store is good to go for their launch. I wonder where/why this is happening.
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Nov 17, 2012 01:39
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When the Wii launched, and some of the bigger games, they had Reggie Fils Aime record messages for Gamestop telling you to come pick it up.
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Nov 17, 2012 01:53
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Bombadilillo posted:What store is this? A gamestop? No, it's a local Omaha place called Gamers. I've gotten mixed service from them in the past. I was really skeptical about it in the first place but I was out of options. Gamestop had just ran out of deluxe preorders, but Gamers was happy to take it. They reassured me they would have enough. I even called last week to see if they would be doing a midnight release, and they told me they didn't know yet but they reassured me they'd have enough units to fulfill my preorder. I called a Wal Mart near me and the guy sounded sort of clueless. I still have a Best Buy preorder, so I think we're going to try to get it at a midnight sale at Wal Mart, and if that fails, show up early Sunday at a Best Buy.
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Nov 17, 2012 01:57
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Seaniqua posted:No, it's a local Omaha place called Gamers. I've gotten mixed service from them in the past. I was really skeptical about it in the first place but I was out of options. Gamestop had just ran out of deluxe preorders, but Gamers was happy to take it. They reassured me they would have enough. I even called last week to see if they would be doing a midnight release, and they told me they didn't know yet but they reassured me they'd have enough units to fulfill my preorder. Sounds like they probably got their allotment of consoles screwed over in favour of one of a bigger, or chain, store near them.
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Nov 17, 2012 02:01
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Have there been any indications as to the prices of the downloadable games like Nano Assault? Or any sort of VC?
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Nov 17, 2012 02:27
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Could someone recommend any of the Wii U download games? I don't really recognize any of them expect Trine 2's basic concept and wondering if one of them would compliment the Wii U's launch
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Nov 17, 2012 02:45
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Like so many of us my pre-order has shipped.  And because of work, family, and holidays I probably won't be able to play until next Friday.  Fortunately I didn't pay for extra fast shipping since I knew that this would happen.
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Nov 17, 2012 02:50
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So this might affect a few people here, EB Games cancels all midnight launches in Canada. I've got mine pre-ordered at one in a mall so I'm just gonna head down an hour before it opens and hope for the best.
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Nov 17, 2012 03:03
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Could someone recommend any of the Wii U download games? I don't really recognize any of them expect Trine 2's basic concept and wondering if one of them would compliment the Wii U's launch
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Nov 17, 2012 03:18
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Policenaut posted:So this might affect a few people here, EB Games cancels all midnight launches in Canada. I've got mine pre-ordered at one in a mall so I'm just gonna head down an hour before it opens and hope for the best. It's not just Canada. I just got back from my Gamestop after paying off my Wii U and was told they aren't going to do a midnight launch either as Random Gamestop Manager posted:There's no advertising for the thing and the people who do want it and didn't have it on reserve would be pissed anyway. That and because we couldn't get security there's a good chance we might get robbed
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Nov 17, 2012 03:24
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My store only got 19 so I don't really want a huge event happening. I don't want to show up with my preorder and find out I got shorted because of a free for all at 9:59 AM or whatever.
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Nov 17, 2012 03:26
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Quest For Glory II posted:I'm considering Nano Assault just because it reminds me of Super Stardust AND its old Amiga/PC predecessor Stardust 96. Nano assault does look awesome, I dont know about day 1. But i will be picking it up when I take care of Nintendoland and NSMBU and AC3 and BLOPS2 and ZombiU. I will get it eventually Im sure. Those games tend to by buys in the doldrums between game releases, which should happen soon between for the WiiU, plus whatever comes out of the legacy consoles.
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Nov 17, 2012 03:27
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Super Scribblenauts gets an 8.8 from IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/17/scribblenauts-unlimited-review?abthid=50a6f0fb27dcb63221000017 I just can't buy it on launch day though. Not after the past two Scribblenauts games failed to live up to the hype. They just don't value at full price for me.
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Nov 17, 2012 03:39
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Quest For Glory II posted:Super Scribblenauts gets an 8.8 from IGN. I've rented them before and payed them a bit and...its a fun concept but I don't think it has staying power.
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Nov 17, 2012 03:40
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Quest For Glory II posted:Super Scribblenauts gets an 8.8 from IGN. Don't know why it's $60 in retail when the Steam version is twenty dollars cheaper AND gets a TF2 hat that probably end up being valuable.
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Nov 17, 2012 03:41
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So Kotaku (I know I know) did a Q&A today I guess on the Wii U and this little interesting tid bit I didn't know about came up. quote:Is there added Mii customization? Are you able to use the camera to automatically generate Mii characters? quote:Stephen Totilo- Bolding is mine. Well that is handy as hell. When my wii died in 2010 and they had to repair it all the memory was lost except for what I could excavate in it's dying days but unfortunately didn't think to save my miis. Took me forever to get it just right again and once again. Appreciate being able to import it over instead of having to hold it up and try to match poo poo.
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Nov 17, 2012 03:56
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Unsurprising considering you could even transfer Miis from a Wii to a 3DS. But yeah, nice to know I guess.
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Nov 17, 2012 04:02
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Bombadilillo posted:I've rented them before and payed them a bit and...its a fun concept but I don't think it has staying power. Same here. Love the idea, I just find that there isn't a lot of game in the idea.
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Nov 17, 2012 04:11
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http://www.giantbomb.com/ten-brief-trips-to-nintendo-land/17-6813/ Giantbomb gives you an inside look at Nintendoland.
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Nov 17, 2012 04:14
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Random Stranger posted:Same here. Love the idea, I just find that there isn't a lot of game in the idea. Exactly. I dont want to sound like a dick, but the concept should be a flash game, not a full retail game. Or maybe a iphone/droid game that could go online and us a huge database there. The write anything is simultaneously expansive and restrictive depending what you happen to ask for.
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Nov 17, 2012 04:15
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Quest For Glory II posted:I just can't buy it on launch day though. Not after the past two Scribblenauts games failed to live up to the hype. They just don't value at full price for me. Isn't it $30?
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