Nintendo wii

urranger

My son is asking Santa for a Nintendo wii.
Just wondering if anyone ever bought one it in the US and got it sent over??
Will it work over here?

Kristok

Irish wii games wont work on U.S console.

seamus

It will work over here, but it's technically region locked. That means that if you buy it in the US, only games bought in the US will work on it. You won't be able to buy games here and play them on it.

ciano1

urranger wrote: »

My son is asking Santa for a Nintendo wii.

Cant you just let santa sort it out ??

RosieJoe

Went on a mad WII hunt over the weekend and everywhere was sold out! Smyths, Argos, Game, Currys, Virgin...

So be warned, not as easy to pick up as you would think!

Kur4mA

eBay will be your best bet at this stage folks.

gerrykiddy

You will not be able to play European (PAL) games on a US Wii. You could of course get it modified and then it would play them. You would then however be faced with a new problem that not many people know about.
Your USA Wii comes with US Firmware. The very latest games will automatically update the firmware of the machine they are played on. If you update US Firmware with European Firmware you are highly likely to "brick (break)" your machine and having invalidated the warranty will lose all.
Sorry to be negative but you could always stay american (the games are much cheaper as well) and just hope that one of your childs friends doesn't lend them a game!

johnny_adidas

bit off topic but does a child that small really need a Wii?

ps : by the way im not getting all high and mighty. i just havent played a Wii or taken much notice of its games other than Wii sports and am wondering if a small child could genuinely get a whole lot out of one

heggie

huh? how do u know his son isnt 40 years old?

Hmm_Messiah

erm maybe the asking santa for it was a clue

peejay1986

Komplett are getting 63 in on Nov 27 i think. I ordered one tonight for someone. Try there or spend a fortune buying one on either Amazon or Play.

zAbbo

Has no-one learned the lessons of last year.

I had to beat down 3 screaming kids to get mine, and I bought out all the copies of zelda as well

blastman

johnny_adidas wrote: »

bit off topic but does a child that small really need a Wii?

ps : by the way im not getting all high and mighty. i just havent played a Wii or taken much notice of its games other than Wii sports and am wondering if a small child could genuinely get a whole lot out of one

That's obvious! I've had several small children visit me more frequently since I got a Wii (nephews and nieces, before the aspertion-casting begins) and I can state categorically that yes, a small child will get plenty out of it.

the_syco

Off topic, but...

zabbo wrote: »

I had to beat down 3 screaming kids to get mine, and I bought out all the copies of zelda as well

...doesn't fit at all well with your HMod status:D

ciarancummins

Does anyone know where there are any Wii's in stock now?? I have tried many places, anyone pick up one recently??

Thanks,
Ciaran

Kur4mA

I have 3 en route from a supplier in Germany. 1 is for my sister and the other 2 are going on eBay.

ciarancummins

Fair play to you, very helpful... ?? Suppose it is a capital world out there...

loup

Have you tried Xtravision? Heard they had some and also www.komplett.ie were selling them last week. Hope you get one!

spareman

Anyone know why there is a shortage?
I mean its ridiculas did they not forsee the demand, I could understand if it was just released, but isnt it out over a year now?

TheIrishGrover

zabbo wrote: »

Has no-one learned the lessons of last year.

I had to beat down 3 screaming kids to get mine, and I bought out all the copies of zelda as well

Bloody hell..... Sounds like a lot of hard work. I hope the kids had the decencey to cry after all the work you put into it.

Remember getting mine on launch day last year. Preordered about 1 month before. Checkout girl handing me my machine. This guy saunters up to the till: I'll take one of those "Why" things there..........
Preorder folks. Nintendo gave shortage warnings last month

shayser

Not much use to you OP but Komplett had 63 yesterday, 51 this morning, 5 at lunchtime when I ordered one and now there's none!

ch750536

http://www.wii-consoles.co.uk/#wii_consoles

UK based but worth a try.

bobhoskins

This is getting ridiculous.... how in the name of god can Nintendo leave everyone so short!!!! And theres no way I'm paying Ebay scalper prices....:mad:

5h4mr0(k

bobhoskins wrote: »

This is getting ridiculous.... how in the name of god can Nintendo leave everyone so short!!!! And theres no way I'm paying Ebay scalper prices....:mad:

That was their plan all along - to leave everyone short.

You're a victim of their success in making a good and entertaining product which is extremely popular.

By the end of August the PS3 had sold 3.7 million units. It has been on sale for around the same length of time as the Wii.
The xBox 360 had sold 8.9 million units - and has been on sale for a year longer than the Wii.
The Wii had sold 9 million units.

Those nasty people at Nintendo - imagine the nerve of them only making (and selling) 9 million of them in a year!

On the plus side - you can always get a PS3 or an xBox 360. It'll probably cost more than the ebay price for the Wii though.

bobhoskins

Yes you're so right. Never thought of it like that. Still leaves me the issue of a 10 year old going to be very disappointed unless I can pull the fat out of the fire somewhere! Imagine - he doesn't want a cutting edge PS3 or Xbox, but rather the clunkier looking Wii - they are good fun though to be fair.

DubDani

Order it from Amazon.de . It's not as popular in Germany (at least there is no shortage), and Amazon seems to have loads of stock. They ship to Ireland, and overall it probably will work out even cheaper then any shop in Dublin.

The Console can be set to English and the Instructions come in English as well.

16hill16

Have you tried Powercity ?
They're online as well powercity.ie
which is handy as they show the stock levels in each store

I got one there last week

ciarancummins

Tried to order from amazon.de. wont allow you because of delivery address... any other ideas??

ciaran

shayser

Komplett have 192 due on Dec 13.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=327670

Kur4mA

There's none on powercity.ie now that I can see. Got a link?

16hill16

Strange, Had a look and they seem to be hiding the Wii
searched via google and found this

http://www.powercity.ie/index.php?par=20-35-42067

it appears to show some stock in some stores
Best to ring them and see if they can put one aside
if they have any that is?

BanzaiBk

bobhoskins wrote: »

but rather the clunkier looking Wii - they are good fun though to be fair.

How is the Wii "clunkier" when it's tiny? I overheard a conversation this morning in Smyths (by the Kinsale Roundabout, Cork) when I was buying a DS for my sister's birthday; "we aren't doing any preorders for the Wii this Christmas, first come first serve and our next delivery is Monday next". Why wouldn't they be taking pre-orders? Seems crazy to me.

samo

Just tried it that way....

Got a phone call 2 seconds later off Power City to say all those are pre-reserved and out of stock.

WellyJ

gerrykiddy wrote: »

You will not be able to play European (PAL) games on a US Wii. You could of course get it modified and then it would play them. You would then however be faced with a new problem that not many people know about.
Your USA Wii comes with US Firmware. The very latest games will automatically update the firmware of the machine they are played on. If you update US Firmware with European Firmware you are highly likely to "brick (break)" your machine and having invalidated the warranty will lose all.
Sorry to be negative but you could always stay american (the games are much cheaper as well) and just hope that one of your childs friends doesn't lend them a game!

I have used US firmware a few times on my EU Wii and its been fine, no brick.

sambora

The reason most stores aren't taking pre-orders this christmas is because nowhere can guarantee that they will be delivered on time.
This is by no means the fault of the stores, because I myself work in one of the huge Electric chains and we all did forsee the demand and our store on its own had 300 units ordered and we were told there was none by the suppliers

fmul9798

Most of us already know this, but this will publicise it even more, and possibly make them even more difficult to obtain:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7094069.stm

BanzaiBk

sambora wrote: »

The reason most stores aren't taking pre-orders this christmas is because nowhere can guarantee that they will be delivered on time.
This is by no means the fault of the stores, because I myself work in one of the huge Electric chains and we all did forsee the demand and our store on its own had 300 units ordered and we were told there was none by the suppliers

Oh I know it has nothing to do with the stores, after all they aren't the ones producing the consoles.

Celticfire

Just bought one this morning "phew". Gamestop in Athlone had a few. The sales assistant wouldn't say how many they had left in stock.

kenpi

Just order one from Germany for 271euro delivered to Ireland with payment by PayPal. Can use credit card for a little extra but they require faxed copy of card and signature.
http://www.computeruniverse.net/community/logout.asp?noconfirm=true&GoCart=
Better than waiting for Komplett.
Also looks like it has a 24 month warranty.

bobhoskins

kenpi wrote: »

Just order one from Germany for 271euro delivered to Ireland with payment by PayPal. Can use credit card for a little extra but they require faxed copy of card and signature.
http://www.computeruniverse.net/community/logout.asp?noconfirm=true&GoCart=
Better than waiting for Komplett.
Also looks like it has a 24 month warranty.

Thanks for the tip off, I also ordered one immediately after reading your post. Wii + sports + extra Nunchuk (wiimote out of stock) + UPS delivery by paypal for 313 euro.... I'd pay that for a Wii and Nunchuk over here.....

ciarancummins

Computer Universe Seem to be out of stock now, oh well.

Ciaran

eamonnq

I tried to order one there, but the paypal thing messed up, was going to try again later! doh!

ewj1978

ok so i must be the biggest muppet on the planet thinking that there'd be no problem getting the young lad a wii for this christmas (thank god it was going to be a surprise and hes actually after Ben 10 stuff).
But anywho I dont suppose anyone has an update on when the shops(any shops) might be getting a final delivery?

dave13

Komplett are expecting stock on the 13/12. I've ordered one, no guarantee they'll actually arrive by xmas though.