While waiting for my midnight launch last night, I strolled over to the Best Buy to find a line of about 20-30 people. I approached cautiously. Much like wild animals, gamers can be a bit skittish, especially after launches like last weeks'.

I spoke with the first guy in line to try and get an idea of how long the line had been forming. The lucky first place in line was taken by a guy named Jay (pictured) who said he arrived around 5pm. I was surprised considering I had heard of other folks in other places lining up as early as 9a.m. Everyone was laughing and excited and playing their DS's. I went down the line inquiring about who was keeping and who was selling. The vote was unanimous, "We're keeping them!", they all insisted. Several were actually incredulous that someone would even consider selling them. I was thrilled that most of them had actually heard of Kotaku, breaking the Fahey tradition of meeting non-believers.

As I got towards the back of the line a found a group of guys involved in a game of Risk. I asked around and it turned out only 3 or four of them were actually purchasing. The rest were just there for moral support of their friends and, I suspect, to be able to be there when said friend opened the box in the morning.

Once again, another story of a calm and friendly Wii launch line. Flynn De Marco

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