Wii-craze invades Toys 'R' Us Times Square |
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Today is the much-awaited launch of the Wii. And while the party's going on, you'd be naive to think that it has just started. Even before the countdown to launch entered its one-week mark, many people have already been having launch parties of their own, via pre-order camp out lines, online bundles, or whatnots.
In fact, this guy Triforce, the first in line for the New York launch, has been in Times Square for a freakish nine days, on and off. His reward for his persistence? He gets to be handed the first Wii on sale by midnight by no less than Reggie Fils-Aime himself.
Most of them came really prepared. It's like the mother camp out of all camp outs. But then, the Times Square camp out did seem to be more smooth, since nobody had to go racing for musical chairs, or racing to the wall, just to be able to get in line.
There are those who actually brought mattresses with them, so that they'd have a more convenient wait. After all, if you're lying out in the cold waiting for a console with a whole lot of other people wanting the same thing you want, you'd definitely need all the comfort you can get.
So how did the party go? We can't really be sure how much of an entertainment the people actually got during the supposed 8:00 p.m. program. After all, the way they set up the stage was way off the mark. Instead of making it visible as much as possible to everyone in line, they set up the stage for the bands and entertainment around the corner from the front of the line. Although those lined up did receive stickers that seemed like passes of some kind for the party, we highly doubt if anyone actually dared to leave the line.
Anyway, they did get their Wiis, so it was definitely worth the wait for them.
Via gizmodo
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ooo, that image is a keeper ;)
Black guy with the power glove, pure awesomeness.
I mean, if it was a white guy its what we would be expecting from the nerd community anyway.
That man is a legend.
If only we could all go. :-(
a black guy with a power glove! and waiting for a wii lol gawd this is a good day for nintendo
I was there! That dude with the power glove rocked! I dont know why people hate camping for consoles, last night was a blast! The only problem was when we finally got in and bought our wiis, they gave us bags that had wii written all over them. THis is new york city... thats like having a sign that says ROB ME. Needless to say, lots of people were worried about that. Me and my friend were followed in the trainstation for a while but luckly we lost the bastards. Fun overall though.
hahaha ***** man u got followed? hehe couldnt you cover the wii bag with a nameless bag anyways?
THAT WAS ME AND YOU GOT AWAY GRRR