Wii-E Day Countdown
Queues begin to form across the UK. Come and meet SPOnG as you buy your Wii.
With numerous stores offering midnight openings later tonight for Wii-E (Wii in Europe) day, SPOnG’s intrepid reporting teams in London and Yorkshire prepare to venture out into the big and cold wide world later today to bring you the news from the queues.
Lines of excited/insane gamers are already starting to form outside shops across the country, all eager to claim this year’s must-get Christmas gift. Our reporters will be quizzing the gathering hordes later today, as well as speaking to store staff and Nintendo UK reps, so make sure to keep tuning back in throughout the evening and first thing tomorrow to get the definitive UK Wii launch coverage, only on SPOnG.
Indeed, if there are any questions that you want us to put to the guys and gals in the queues or to Nintendo’s staff on the ground, just tell us in the forums and, like magic, it will be done.
Nintendo UK is officially partnering with HMV, with the ‘official’ launch action kicking off at the chain’s flagship store on London’s Oxford Street at 11pm tonight. Nintendo is inviting everyone to come down and play launch game Wii Sports against top celebrities including Ian Wright, Nell McAndrew, Pat Cash and Ricky Hatton.
The store has a mere 150 Wiis to dish out at midnight tonight, so SPOnG would advise you to get down there as early as you can if you want to be in with a chance of nabbing one.
If you’re not based in ‘The Smoke’ and want to come and meet some of the northern SPOnG staff, then come down to GameStation on Wakfield’s glamorous downtown Kirkgate from 11:30pm.
Nintendo is still sticking to its guns, and plans to ship four million consoles by the end of 2006 and six million by March 2007 globally, with regular shipments arriving in stores through Christmas and into the New Year.
According to a Nintendo press release, Wii has been selling at an alarming rate of around one per second since it launched in the USA last month. In the UK, there will be 24 Wii games available before the end of the year, plus a further 36 Virtual Console games to be downloaded and stored on the console’s internal memory.
Lines of excited/insane gamers are already starting to form outside shops across the country, all eager to claim this year’s must-get Christmas gift. Our reporters will be quizzing the gathering hordes later today, as well as speaking to store staff and Nintendo UK reps, so make sure to keep tuning back in throughout the evening and first thing tomorrow to get the definitive UK Wii launch coverage, only on SPOnG.
Indeed, if there are any questions that you want us to put to the guys and gals in the queues or to Nintendo’s staff on the ground, just tell us in the forums and, like magic, it will be done.
Nintendo UK is officially partnering with HMV, with the ‘official’ launch action kicking off at the chain’s flagship store on London’s Oxford Street at 11pm tonight. Nintendo is inviting everyone to come down and play launch game Wii Sports against top celebrities including Ian Wright, Nell McAndrew, Pat Cash and Ricky Hatton.
The store has a mere 150 Wiis to dish out at midnight tonight, so SPOnG would advise you to get down there as early as you can if you want to be in with a chance of nabbing one.
If you’re not based in ‘The Smoke’ and want to come and meet some of the northern SPOnG staff, then come down to GameStation on Wakfield’s glamorous downtown Kirkgate from 11:30pm.
Nintendo is still sticking to its guns, and plans to ship four million consoles by the end of 2006 and six million by March 2007 globally, with regular shipments arriving in stores through Christmas and into the New Year.
According to a Nintendo press release, Wii has been selling at an alarming rate of around one per second since it launched in the USA last month. In the UK, there will be 24 Wii games available before the end of the year, plus a further 36 Virtual Console games to be downloaded and stored on the console’s internal memory.
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majin dboy 7 Dec 2006 12:48
1/4
wow,one per second.
dont think northern ireland is getting a midnight release.
dont think northern ireland is getting a midnight release.
Dreadknux 7 Dec 2006 12:49
2/4
Meh. I pre-ordered my Wii at the wrong place, obviously. GAME are opening at 7am, how annoying is that? My local Gamestation on the other hand is more than happy to make a midnight launch.
Only adds weight to my opinion that GS is a store more catered to gamers...
Only adds weight to my opinion that GS is a store more catered to gamers...
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Joji 7 Dec 2006 15:30
3/4
Unfortunately due to money issues, I might have to skip the launch to pick mine up next month. This means I'll be looking at Gears of War, Elite Beat Agents and Yggdra Union for my gaming this xmas. Possibly a GC copy of Zelda too.
So many games, so little money and time.
So many games, so little money and time.
realvictory 7 Dec 2006 16:44
4/4
I think my local Game is open at midnight, but I won't be getting one tonight either, because I need the money for Christmas presents for other people! So I do plan on getting the GC version of Zelda.