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[Blake]

http://gonintendo.co...story&id=181935

- Nintendo retail reps are talking to stores to give Wii U a big retail presence
- expect big demo units, prominent placement, and training workers to explain the controller

This would be awesome, I want to try out the Wii U! Nintendo is really pushing for people to have knowledge of the Wii U.

When the worker tries to explain the Wii U to me:

Edited by Blake, 24 July 2012 - 02:14 PM.

[Lain]

Yes please

[Colinx]

That would be really cool. I want to try it out, I probably could have went to the Nintendo show in NYC for the Wii U! To bad I had no clue about it!
I really want to try the system out, hopefully they do this.

[Expansion Pak]

http://gonintendo.co...story&id=181935



This would be awesome, I want to try out the Wii U! Nintendo is really pushing for people to have knowledge of the Wii U.

When the worker tries to explain the Wii U to me:

Edited by Koopaman, 24 July 2012 - 04:50 PM.

[Nollog]

Must only apply in America, since paying for more favourable placement in stores is illegal in the rest of the world.
Isn't the training thing normal for a new console release? Of course they did the same for the 3DS.

[jono]

I wouldn't be surprised. Have a couple of huge TV screens with the logo "Wii U" above it, and when people walk by the electronics station in walmart, they think, "what's this?" so they ask, and the workers tell them how it's a brand new Wii console! So they immediately buy it for their little Jimmy, with a nice copy of NSMBU.

It could work.

WAIT:

- Vita's current market situation is both hurting and helping Wii U with dev support
- some devs are moving Vita projects to Wii U, some devs are afraid to work on Wii U after Vita's rough start

I was afraid of this.

[Soul]

LOL

boo! wrong meme!

[Expansion Pak]

boo! wrong meme!

Oh man! thanks for catching that. I'm gonna edit that now.
EDIT: its fixed

Edited by Koopaman, 24 July 2012 - 04:52 PM.

[Mignaga]

If it is before the actual launch of the system that would be great, and would love an opportunity to play it early. As for having it after the system launches it will be good to rope in the casual gamer, but won't impact many of us all that much.

[Tom]

I would very much like to see some flashy Nintendo decor in my Wal-Mart, though I shudder at the thought of children getting their greasy, grubby fingers all over those brand new WiiU demo controllers.

[Mitch]

I would very much like to see some flashy Nintendo decor in my Wal-Mart, though I shudder at the thought of children getting their greasy, grubby fingers all over those brand new WiiU demo controllers.

Exactly! all the 3ds demos in the stores by my house are shot to crap, the start/select/home buttons are all busted in and some of the screens are cracked....

[Expansion Pak]

I would very much like to see some flashy Nintendo decor in my Wal-Mart, though I shudder at the thought of children getting their greasy, grubby fingers all over those brand new WiiU demo controllers.

Little boy: Mommy can I play that Wii U thingy over there? *finishes eating a bag of Doritos*
Mom: Son you need to clean your hands first.
Little boy: *licks hands until they are clean* Clean!
Mom: Alright let's go play it now!

Edited by Koopaman, 25 July 2012 - 04:09 AM.

[eugoreez]

Little boy: Mommy can I play that Wii U thingy over there? *finishes eating a bag of Doritos*
Mom: Son you need to clean your hands first.
Little boy: *licks hands until they are clean* Clean!
Mom: Alright let's go play it now!

yuck..

[Foot]

Hmmm, so the store workers get to stand around and help people play Wii U or play Wii U themselves when people aren't look and GET PAYED? Maybe I should quit my job and get one at GameStop or Target...

[3Dude]

http://gonintendo.co...story&id=181935



This would be awesome, I want to try out the Wii U! Nintendo is really pushing for people to have knowledge of the Wii U.

When the worker tries to explain the Wii U to me:

I like how he takes off his shirt first to blind his heckler with his super ultra whiteness before assailing him.

[Blake]

I really hope this is real!

[RockD79]

Probably will hit the Best Buys first.  At least 30 days before launch would be wise but doubtful.

[Soul]

I could imagine walking to Walmart daily just to play the Wii U and pickup juice or something.

[uh20]

At least 30 days before launch would be wise but doubtful.

most likely right before or durring the displays will start appearing
if its anything like the 3ds, it should already have a large retail presence, but the extra explaining done by trained guys will definetely help spread the word that the wiiu is a a normal console with a tablet like controller, not just a controller or something, or something like the wii add on, etc

[Soul]

They need to have at least 3 demos.

ZombiU, Super Mario, and Panorama View.

The 360 and PS3 have 4 demos.

The 360 has MLB, NBA. Forza, and some other game.
The PS3 has Uncharted, Happy Feet, PES, and MLB.