I just got back from my local EB Games where about 15 people were waiting for ten Wii pre-orders.

Most surprising to me was the discovery that two women actually camped out over night for the first two spots in line.

Shannon Facchinello, 32, and her sister, Tiffany Grantham, 26, got to the EB Games at 9:30 p.m. last night. The two sat in their car until about 4:30 a.m. when a third line-stander pulled-up and then all three went and stood in front of the store by themselves until 7:30 a.m. when more people started showing up. The store opened at 10 a.m.

Shannon said she was standing in line to buy the Wii as a Christmas present for her children, but that the Wii is really for her. Her sister made no such illusions, the console was strictly for her.

Of the first ten standing in line, a handful owned Xbox 360s, but none of them did the Playstation 3 pre-order. One of the line-standers did say he was going to buy a Playstation 3 next year, "probably when the price dropped."

All of the ten had DSes, a few of them Lite, and most of them brought them there to play, though they weren't for the 20 minutes or so before the doors opened.

All of the line-standers had already pre-ordered games for the Wii or were going to that day. The most popular game on everyone's list seemed to be The Legend of Zelda.

It took the store clerk, the same guy who did the PS3 pre-orders, nearly an hour to write up and get the deposit for the pre-orders. This seemed mostly because the store was selling bundles for the Wii as well and he had to type them in manually.

I also noticed that the store had set up equally small Wii and Playstation 3 shelving spots in the store, though both just had a bunch of empty game cases and posters.

In general there seemed to be more excitement surrounding the Wii pre-orders, with people actually shouting with glee or pumping their fists in the air after getting the confirmation paperwork.

Those who didn't make the list stood around to make sure no one droppped out due to lack of cash, or as one person said, heart attack. Brian Crecente