Canadian Wiis Selling Out Fast

Canadians are going crazy for the Wii, and unsuprisingly Zelda too...

Wii consoles have been selling out across Canada, with Nintendo of Canada admitting they are struggling to meet the high demand for the new console. Apparently, the company has yet to even start their planned TV advertising campaign - to avoid advertising a product that consumers won't find in stores.

However, more units will be shipping to stores over the next few weeks, which will hopefully satisfy the demand of gamers - and already interested non-gamers - who have registered interest in the next-gen platform.

So far, the most popular software title for the system is unsuprisingly Zelda: Twilight Princess, with reports that a copy of the game has been sold with almost every Wii console bought. Ubisoft's Red Steel is apparently the second highest seller, followed by Activision's Call of Duty 3, Sega's Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz and then Atari's Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2.

Source: n-europe
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Wow it sounds like its doing better then US....... goooo Wiiiiii

I am sure nintendo stocked very little, and thus logically it would run out of stock faster.

Yeah i reported this on the Red Steel thread, but historically Canada has always taken well to Nintendo products, the GameCube outsold the Xbox by a large margin in Canada

it desnt matter how many they had stocked in Canada, what matters is that they are selling out..

( Edited on 23.11.2006 13:43 by Nintendo_Maniac )

The N64 beat the PS1 in Canada. They're by far the best Nintendo subsiduary. Remember that DSlite ad with the hamster? That was from Canada.

Nintendo_Maniac said:
it desnt matter how many they had stocked in Canada, what matters is that they are selling out..

Just like with the PS2 launch then!!!

( Edited on 23.11.2006 14:10 by Cleetus )

if anything is out of stock it means good news..... coz people will think it sould out already....... GETT IT!

( Edited on 23.11.2006 14:54 by Nintendo_Maniac )

If you didn't pre-order here (I live in Canada) then you're pretty much screwed for another month.
I didn't preorder..

Strap Yourself Into Disaster
Sweaty hands are no excuse for stupid mistakes.

People everywhere are caught up in a Wii-induced fever, and televisions across North America are feeling the resulting pain. Nintendo has gone to great lengths to inform gamers of the benefits of using the Wiimote's wrist strap -- mainly keeping your Wiimote from hurtling towards solid objects and shattering -- but gamers seem to be trying equally hard to prove that even this preventative measure is not enough.

Reports have been popping up on message boards and blogs of several Wiimote-related accidents, many of which have resulted in damage to expensive pieces of electronics. It seems that gamers' sweat-drenched hands are causing some slippery mishaps to occur when they wildly flail the Wiimote around like crazed maniacs. Apparently, Nintendo should have included a warning advising gamers to not let go of the Wiimote when they swing it, because people seem be to having almost as much trouble grasping this simple fact as they are the Wiimote itself.

One thing that people can do to avoid a hilariously costly mistake is to thread their wrist strap through the plastic loop on the Nunchuck's connection plug. This can help distribute some of the force a little more evenly and can make a potential disaster into something far more fun (although arguably less funny).

Source: IGN
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I guess we all need to buy those silicone gloves fow the wii-mote...

We are a bigger city here in Canada, where I am; like, really big. A full fledged City, just shy of Core Toronto Size. And we have about 13 Wii's on shelf at WalMart as I speak, and about 2 dozen copies of LoZ.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Fray Bentos said:
The N64 beat the PS1 in Canada. Theyre by far the best Nintendo subsiduary. Remember that DSlite ad with the hamster? That was from Canada.

Nintendo_Maniac said:it desnt matter how many they had stocked in Canada, what matters is that they are selling out..

Just like with the PS2 launch then!!! ( Edited on 23.11.2006 14:10 by Cleetus )

You serious, then it is another reason for me to love Canada, after all Bret Hart came from Canada, the guy is a legend.

Fray Bentos said:
Remember that DSlite ad with the hamster? That was from Canada.

Yes, Canada rocks