We decided to have a Wii launch party at 1:30am. People were cool with the late start time, and we’ve got a big space and a couple decent widescreen displays. The only issue was securing the Wii’s at 12:01 am Sunday. This meant driving around with cellphones on Friday night, before ending up at Meijer some 40 miles away. They had 17 units, and we just made it in time to get 4. They gave us wristbands and told us we couldn’t leave the store (except to go out front and smoke. After last years 360 fiasco, this was heaven We got our machines at midnight and hustled back just as our guests were startin to arrive. Pics after the break.
Nick, Veronica, and Theresa flaunting the golden wristbands.
12:01: First sell!
A sample of some of our booty. I think a couple controllers are still in bags.
V bowls.
nerd party!
onlookers
mama said knock you out.
More boxing.
more bowling.
Jen likes bowling.
Not all wiis got hooked up. Guitar Hero 2 provided the soundtrack from the small monitor.
Good fun. Can’t wait to see more pics, I was busy hooking playing wii sports and drinking. I’m gonna have to hit the flickr of someone that was paying better attention to their cameras.
Finally, big props out to Meijer, who hooked us up with an awesome launch, and gave us free soda and let us pretty much have the run of the place for 20 hours. They handled things fairly, and communicated honestly. If only all launches were handled so well…
*UPDATE* Sun 4:20pm: Got Some more pic’s from Rachel’s Flickr