Shortages of Nintendo Wii consoles around Europe have left some gamers who pre-ordered the new machine frustrated.
Nintendo, which has already launched the machine in the US and Japan, said it expected to sell out of Wiis on the first day of sales.
More than four million Wiis will be shipped globally this year, and 50,000 were sold in the UK in 12 hours.
BBC News has been e-mailed by gamers disappointed that pre-orders for the machine have not been fulfilled.
More than 1,200 Wiis have gone on sale on online auction site eBay in the UK within hours of the launch. The highest price for a console so far has been £500.
The Simpsons: Hit and Run, The Legend of Dragoon, and Chrono Trigger would benefit substantially from a modern remake.
The Xenosaga trilogy, the Wild Arms games, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, Dino Crisis, Suikoden. The Warriors game I know nothing about but it looks interesting. Anybody can do a list of games they want to see get modernized I would lose my shit if Namco brought the Xenosaga trilogy to modern consoles.
Modders have cooked up something pretty special – a Wii console which is small enough to fit on your keys. A wee Wii.
The motion-controlled maverick of a console that had everyone from age 9 to 99 swing a TV remote to bowl and painstakingly recreating themselves as Miis, had its share of hits, but even so, some titles didn’t quite get their due.
Love this game (played on Vita) and i think i got pretty far, but never finished because i refused to look up a guide 😎
Same with me, played for like 50 hours, found a puzzle I just couldn't crack and decided to let it go. Great game
So Europe gets screwed by NINTENDO as well...i'm truly feelin' for those who can't get the console they want. Well if anything i guess they can rant on like Peter Griffin from that episode of Family Guy. "you know what grinds my gears.... when u can't find the Wii you're looking for" LOL.
if i hadn't preordered in september from Play.com I might have a wii now. =// was looking forward to playing it at christmas with my mates. Hopefully they wont have the same problems i am.
Why is it fair that the true fans have to wait while those son of a b*tch ebay sellers get all the consoles they need.
laffing at all the WII on ebay selling for 500 almost at a stage and fans cant get them from shops for 180 glad i pre-ordered way back