Well its been a few days and everywhere online all you hear if that the Wii lines and wait were much better and less dangerous than the PS3 lines. Having so experienced it myself I'd whole-heartedly agree. The whole crowd had a good feel to it. I arrived at about 10 pm the night before and I was number 23 in line. The location I was at was rumored to have about 45 units coming in so I was confident I was in the clear. A few people I had met and myself came up with the idea to get a list going and remembering a story I saw on Digg I started asking if people would mind being branded in sharpie with their number in line. This worked out well and everyone was pretty cool with the idea. There were movies on laptops with everyone invited around, a large capture the flag game as well as a whiffle ball game during the night. I was in on a 8 person game of Mario Kart on DS with all people sitting around me. Overall everyone was nice and it was a good experience.

Around 530 AM lots of older parent looking types starting showing up and the last minute people starting piling on the end of the line. At about 730 we easily had 70+ people waiting outside this Best Buy. The manager of this Best Buy made an appearance shortly there after and counted out the first 45 people. After that he told all the rest that he only had 45 Wii's and everyone past that point would not be receiving one. Many of the people left but a few stubborn folk stuck around. 815 rolled around and they handed out the Wii tickets. Then at about 845 we were all let in and got to finally purchase our Wiis. The setup in the store was superb and everyone was painless. The last person to receive a Wii arrived at about 415 that morning.

Overall the wait wasn't too bad and being the first time I had camped out for anything I enjoyed it, I won't be doing it again too soon but I'm glad I got a Wii.

Now on to the Wii Review

Nintendo's Wii is very small and a deceiving package but after getting everything hooked up my roommates and myself were ready to hit some Wii Sports. The controls work very well and all the games have a really short learning curve. The graphics are disappointing but I want to see some titles that really push the Wii because thus far most of these games are pushing the envelope. Within the first night two of our girlfriends were up and playing and actually smoked me in bowling...so much for being a gamer. The game is very easy to pick up if you have never played a game before and immediately draws in non-gamers. That is the most unbelievable thing is that it really does have an immediate universal appeal. Girlfriends, parents, young kids, etc all will love this system.

The next question is will it please the more hardcore gamers? I can say that the second title I picked up being Zelda: Twilight Princess will do this ten fold. I'm only about 3 hours into this game but so far its bringing me back to the Ocarina of time days and this is a place I glad to be back in. The game is engrossing. Major reviewing sites do this way better than I can hope to but lets just say all the hype is not wrong.

Here are a few pictures from the wait...