I did it, I ended up with a Wii on launch day here in Tokyo! Even though I'd been planning to line up at the main Bic Camera store in Ikebukuro for a while now, catching a cold 2 days ago took care of that plan. But I didn't give up, and decided I'd still try my luck by going there early Saturday morning. So I woke up early (5:30), hopped on my bike, and headed to the store. Unfortunately (and as I sort of expected), it was too late — and I wasn't alone, as many people with dejected looks on their face were walking away from the store as I arrived. But all was not lost, as one of the smaller Bic Camera stores (there are 5 Bics in Ikebukuro) was having a draw for 100 units (and thank you, Patrick, for the tip). You had to go between 9 and 10, when they would take the number of your Bic Camera point card, and then go back at 11 to see if your number had been selected. Guess who was shown some Wii love! See the entire adventure, in glorious images, after the jump. Jean Snow

The main Bic Camera store a bit after 5:30, as they prepare to start selling the consoles and accessories. You can't see the lineup, since they did the same thing as with the PS3 launch, and organized a queue in back of the store, inside a park.

So I headed to one of the smaller Bics (on the east side of the station), and decided I'd try my luck with the draw they were having.

Staff were standing in front of the unopened store, writing down everyone's Bic Camera point card number.

I wasn't alone. I got there at 9 exactly, and it remained crowded throughout the entire hour (I stopped back later), and they were pretty quick at taking down the numbers.

There were 2 queues set up, as people who didn't have a Bic Camera point card had the option of getting one made, so that they could enter the draw.

Once they wrote down your number, they gave you a piece of paper with instructions.

This is the paper, which basically says that the winners would be announced at 11, and that you had until until 20:45 to pick up your Wii if you had been selected.

A girl, pondering if this is going to be her lucky Wii day.

I went and walked around Ikebukuro a bit, and came back later to see the exact same amount of people in front of the store, entering the draw. Don't know how many people entered, but it must have been a rather large number.

And in the end, Wii get! When I went to the store to check numbers, I actually thought I had lost at first, as the numbers listed didn't correspond to the amount of digits on my card, and I was just checking from the start. Before leaving, I decided to check with one of the staff, who told me that you had to check the last 7 digits of your number. I swear my heart skipped a beat when I found my number. I ended up also picking up Hajimete no Wii (Wii Play) and Wii Sports (you first picked up the console at the table they had set up outside, and then could go to the regular game floor to buy games and accessories — this was good, because I used points from my Wii purchase on the games). Later in the day I went back to the main store to pick up another game (I got Super Monkey Ball), and can tell you that pretty much every single accessory was sold out, including the Hajimete no Wii pack (with comes with Wii Play and an extra controller). Jean Snow