December 9th, 2006 •
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No big surprise as the Wii sold out within 12 hours. The video below does a good job of covering the launch at the main HMV on Oxford Street. The Oxford Street launch featured footballer Ian Wright fighting World Champion boxer Ricky Hatton on Wii Boxing, which Wrighty won.
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Comment by Martin on 9 December 2006:
Yeah I got mine
Comment by Everton Blair on 9 December 2006:
Didn’t realise you were a gamer. I’m finally going to play Gears of war today for the first time since I bought it 3 weeks ago!
Comment by Martin on 10 December 2006:
I’m
Not that much anymore than a few years ago but still.. If Nintendo would not have offered a different experience I wouldn’t have bought a system from this generation.
I only have Wii Sports and Wii Play at the moment and it is fun.. Will play it today with some friends which is probably THE way to play. I love playing games with friends, more fun than playing alone.
btw epic megagames suck
Comment by Matt on 16 February 2007:
Im ready to get my wii this year as a guarentee!!
Im so excited if you think the wii is a waist of $250 reply to this message because it would be nice to know!!!