Wii Waited 6 hours

11.20.2006 Filed Under: Blog, Button Mash This, Photo Album4 Comments4 |

Here are some of the photos I took with the Canon SD 40, while waiting in line for the Wii. It was amusing to see that a lot of people had their Nintendo DS lites with them. One guy brought his iBook to watch movies. Personally, we wore heating pads to stay warm.

Admittedly, it wasn’t till around midnight on Sunday when I finally we to sleep. So basically I was up from Saturday morning around 11am until late Sunday, with a quick nap around 5 pm on Sunday afternoon.

4 Responses to “Wii Waited 6 hours”

  1. on 21 Nov 2006 at 1:54 am   Kelly

    I think the fact that you were first and second in line is awesome. Also that you took pictures to document it? Brilliant!

  2. on 29 Nov 2006 at 12:02 am   magpie

  3. on 13 Dec 2006 at 10:53 pm   Daisyhead

    With all the PlayStation3 hype going on at the time I didn’t even know that Nintendo had a new gaming system out. The remote looks pretty cool and would definitely lend a new dimension to gaming.

  4. on 09 Jan 2007 at 9:34 am   photojunkie » Button Mash This! - Wii are fanboys

    [...] If you’re an avid reader here, it’ll come as no surprise to you that the Turingan kids are a tad bit Nintendo bias. We own DS lites, lined up overnight to get a Wii each on launch day, and we enjoy laughing at unbought PS3 machines just a little more than your average Joe. But don’t get it twisted, we’re not haters. To prove it, here’s a non-Nintendo-related link. (Maybe next week, there will be two!) [...]

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