The DDN Quest for the post-time Wii.
Monday 20 November 2006 @ 6:35 am | By Abraham 'Velcor' DuarteIf you're new here and you like what you see, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed, and browse around for more fun stuff. Thanks for visiting!
See that image? That’s what I got yesterday morning when I finished my quest for buying a Nintendo Wii. Prepare for one of the saddest stories you will hear. . .I wasn’t able to be there on launch time (Saturday 12:00 a.m.) since I was returning home after I sang with the choir I told you some days before. I got home at 12:30 a.m. and wasn’t able to cross the border to get to the nearest Wal-Mart or Toys-R-us until yesteray at 8:00 a.m.. So I started at 8:00. . .
I wasn’t in very high hopes for getting a Wii, being that late and without having preordered one, but at least I wanted to get ahold of how many there were, or if there were any games and other accessories for it.
(9:00a.m.)The first stop was WAL-MART Calexico; I hurried to the electronics section and humbly asked the counter lady (Which happened to habe a big white Wii pin on her shirt, “Do you have any Wii’s left?”, she chuckled and said “No.” in a pretty pitiful tone. And I asked, “And how many did you get?”, “32.” She said. They were gone in the 1st hour. . .
I sadly returned to the car, and with some hope left, I rode all the way to El Centro.
(9:30a.m.)The first retailer I saw was BIG K(mart). I parked the car and rushed all the way to the Electronics section and asked the sales clerk: “Do you have any Wii’s?”, He said rapidly and seriously, “No.”. Out of curiosity I asked, “Did you get any?”, and he also said “No.”. “Oh, that’s sad. . .” I said, and quickly left the store.]
(9:45a.m.) I saw a Target over at the horizon and thought : “This might be my chance.” I went to the cashier over at Electronics and came close to getting it: She was putting a WII BOX IN A BAG. I rapidly asked. “Do you have any Wii’s left?!” and she responded, “Sorry, we only have for the ones who have the presell card, but we have 2 that haven’t been asked for yet. . .But there are 2 families in line for them, so, no. You are not getting one today.”
Those last words collapsed my body and mind like a bad game of “Jenga” (”Tumbling Tower” for the real gamers). There was no hope, there wasn’t any other big retailer in HUNDREDS OF MILES AROUND. I was devastated.
I turned to check the Wii section and it was pretty well supplied: It had most launch games like Zelda, Red Steel, Trauma center, bla bla bla all the others. So I secured my Zelda game before any other thing.
(10:00a.m.) After a less-than-semi victory, I decided to go get something to eat to fill, or at least try to do, my empty soul. and I ate 3 times slower than usually, trying to get the most of every chunk of meat, tomato, bread, possible, so I could stop being self-pity-ist (?) and be on the brighter side.
I think I’ll be going 2 weeks later, so I can secure for good. . . My Nintendo Wii.
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