I went to EB with my daughter, Sierra. We got there at 7:10 and, other than a homeless guy sitting on a bench outside, no one else was there so we went to Starbucks and got some breakfast. We came back around 7:30, discovered that the homeless guy was not homeless but, in fact, waiting for the Wii pre-order, and sat down by him.

At about 8:45, I discovered that this EB actually had their shit together when the EB manager came out and started handing out numbered tickets. Smart move. Technically we were second ones there, but another guy got to EB at about the same time as us so he got the second ticket. That’s OK - they had 25 pre-orders open. Probably 10 or so people were turned away, which really isn’t bad at all IMO, and most of those who were lucky enough to stay in line occupied their time with their DSes. I think I was the only one playing the old DS fat, while others (including Sierra) played the white and pink DS Lites.

We took advantage of EB’s trade-in offer - trade in 3 games, get an extra 20% - and reserved the Wii, 2 Wiimotes, and Zelda. There were lots of other game and accessory pre-orders available too. So why didn’t I get more? I didn’t get any extra nunchucks because I don’t know if they’ll be necessary for may games yet; if they are, I can always get ‘em later. I didn’t get a classic controller because I’m still hoping that the GameCube controllers will work. I’m not sure if we’re gonna get any other games yet due to undecisiveness and money. It’s between Red Steel, Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam, Excite Truck, and Rayman. Actually, I guess my preferences are more or less in that order know that I think about it. Maybe I’ll get lucky and my finance manager (aka wife) will let me go wild.

My local EB is releasing Wii at midnight - I can’t wait to finally, after all these years, be the “first one on the block” to have a brand new system, especially the Wii.