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ASSEMbler
10-02-2007, 08:16 PM
Apparently Nintendo is so short on Wii units, they aren't even using them in Kiosks anymore!

http://www.assemblergames.com/images/articles/Wii_display.jpg

http://www.assemblergames.com/images/articles/Wii_display2.jpg

http://www.assemblergames.com/images/articles/Wii_display3.jpg

http://www.assemblergames.com/images/articles/Wii_display4.jpg

http://www.assemblergames.com/images/articles/Wii_display5.jpg

Found replacing the Wii in a Best Buy demo kiosk...

Come on nintendo, crank up the assembly line!
Thanks to S for the pics.
andoba
10-02-2007, 08:28 PM
"Eyez Up Pro"? What the hell? LOL
mairsil
10-02-2007, 08:31 PM
Hmm, it looks like it has the sensor bar actually built into the unit.
ASSEMbler
10-02-2007, 08:37 PM
"Eyez Up Pro"? What the hell? LOL

Sounds like a 2pac song. "EYEZ UP PRO"

Hmm, it looks like it has the sensor bar actually built into the unit.

It's just an infrared. No nintendo kisok I know of is playable. This is just a video looper.
Dot50Cal
10-08-2007, 08:35 PM
Theres a pyramid of them in the Toys R Us at Times Square in NYC. Im seeing them fairly regularly around my area as well.
ASSEMbler
10-08-2007, 10:28 PM
That's TRUS flagship store, of course they will have them. Local ones don't.
mairsil
10-09-2007, 05:19 AM
I have only ever seen one on the shelf anywhere, and that was many months ago when I got mine.
Yakumo
10-09-2007, 07:00 AM
Wii's are easy to find in japan. Almost ever shop has them.

Yakumo
tzeman
10-09-2007, 01:16 PM
buy that china's vii.. haha
PhreQuencYViii
10-10-2007, 12:25 AM
What the hell! I thought it was a wierdo Wii for a second.
Mr. Casual
10-10-2007, 01:42 AM
I see them all the time in Wal-Mart.

I want to get a black one soon.
GodofHardcore
10-14-2007, 03:39 AM
Why Does Nintendo hate us so much?
am2
10-14-2007, 11:45 AM
Here there hasnt been a Wii shortage since april or something. Local stores have complete pallets of them in store. Now it seems like its impossible to get get the wiiplay+wiimote kit though...
PhreQuencYViii
10-14-2007, 07:56 PM
Around my stupid area, I have never seen a Wii in store. Kind of sucks, I wanna play Metroid.
mairsil
10-14-2007, 08:44 PM
Around my stupid area, I have never seen a Wii in store. Kind of sucks, I wanna play Metroid.

You can trade for mine in the meantime. :110: