My son and I hit the stores yesterday to check for Wii lines.

Best Buy had six people waiting out front in tents by about noon. The line leader had a cool sign up that had written on it: Wii Wii are not waiting for the PS3.

The guys hanging out front were a laid-back, friendly bunch. They said they realized they probably didn't need to wait in line over night to get their Wii, but that they wanted to. It was an experience.

Inside the store the gaming section was hopping with people mostly checking out the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and older gear. While the Wii kiosk was mostly lonely, a few people stopped to look at the looped video.

Circuit City was just sad. An empty parking lot with a sign that read "The line starts here" You wish the line starts there Circuit City. Brian Crecente

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