I can understand why. I managed to get my hands on one a couple of weeks ago and I am in love with it. I’m not a big gamer, I just bought the WII for the WII fit, but this thing is addictive.

Was it hard to get? Hell yeah. I went through a nightmare trying to get one on EBay. I finally won an auction for a WII system that was in Illinois. After a week I didn’t receive it and contacted the seller. Turns out he said it was coming from China. CHINA, despite him advertising it as coming from Illinois. So after another few days, I finally got my box and it contained five pairs of shoes – no WII. I filed with PayPal and Ebay and had my money back that night, so no big deal.

Finally I got lucky. I resorted to the Google and found them for sale online through Toys R’ Us. This was a bigger package that had the WII sports, plus three games, so it cost about $100 more, but that wasn’t a problem (the other games are actually fun also). Now I got my WII and play it every day. It gets me off this damn computer and moving around a little more.

My suggestion if you are looking for one is to just Google. Check a couple of times a day, because they will pop up about as quick as they disappear. I would stay away from EBay on the WII, as most people are trying to oversell. I have seen them offering the WII with 5 games and two controllers for $400+ dollars. The five games are the five included in WII sports and the two controllers are actually the one controller and the nunchuck extension. It’s the same system as sells for $250 when you find them in stores. Of course if you really want one and money is no object – go ahead and get it.