I have been looking forward to Wii Fit for months now and was very excited when I woke up this morning, knowing that it would be just a few short hours before I would be using Nintendo’s latest piece of hardware. After the half-hour trek to my local Wal-Mart, I was met by a clerk who informed me the game wouldn’t be coming out until the 21st. Convinced that he must have been mistaken, I called around to other Wal-Marts in my area. All said the same thing, that Wii Fit wasn’t coming out until the 21st.
Finally, I called one last Wal-Mart and was informed they had Wii Fit in stock! After 45 minutes, I was in the electronics department, waiting in anticipation as the clerk came back from the stock room. Finally, I caught sight of him, white and green box in hand, making his way to the counter. I knew those other stores must have been mistaken, I was finally going to get Wii Fit! He went to ring it up, but was met with a sale error message. Informing me he had to speak with his manager, he went back to the stock room, along with Wii Fit.
After a few minutes, he returned and informed me that Wii Fit won’t be sold until this Wednesday, the 21st. After getting back home, sure enough, several retail websites list Wii Fit as having a May 21st release date, which is somewhat strange, considering that I called several stores that said they would be selling Wii Fit today and Nintendo itself has announced the release date to be today and is even having a launch event in New York City. Oh well, it looks like we health-minded gamers will have to wait a couple more days to get our hands (or rather, our feet) on Wii Fit.
Filed under: Nintendo, Technology, Video Games, Wii Tagged: | Nintendo, Wal-Mart, Wii Fit
