Post by: JonLeung on June 28, 2006, 08:10:20 AM
NES - a few years
GB - many years
Super NES - eleven months
N64 - four months
GBC - within a month
GBA - the day after, evening
GCN - launch day, morning, hour after store opening
DS - launch day, morning, half-hour after store opening
Wii - ?
There's always been less time between the launch "moment" and my acquisition of one (with the exceptions of the Game Boy (I didn't get an original Game Boy, I got a Game Boy Pocket when Pokémon came out which was WAY later) and the Virtual Boy (rented but never bought)).
This means that I should obtain a Wii on the morning of launch day (whenever that is), hopefully in less than half an hour to maintain the streak. I'm not aware of any midnight releases around here so it's all dependent on store hours, unfortunately.
A few more Nintendo systems and I'll have to start getting them BEFORE they officially come out. >_>
I played some Wiis at E3 but that doesn't count, 'cause I played Japanese N64s months before it came out in North America. Glad to see that launches have gotten closer by region...the DS came out in North America before Japan if I recall correctly.
Post by: Kairon on June 28, 2006, 08:19:22 AM
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Post by: cubist on June 28, 2006, 08:19:32 AM
SNES - LAUNCH DAY + Super Mario World and Final Fight
N64 - Day Before Launch Day (worked at Toys R Us) + the only 2 games available at launch (Super Mario 64 & Pilotwings 64)
GCN - Launch Day Morning + 5 Games
DS Lite - Launch Day Morning + 5 Games
Wii - Projected: Launch Day Morning + 5 Games + 2 Wii Systems
Note to all: Don't forget to register them at Nintendo.com = Free NP Mags.
The older you get and the more funding = Launch Day + 5 games
Post by: JonLeung on June 28, 2006, 08:22:49 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on June 28, 2006, 08:28:28 AM
Post by: Spak-Spang on June 28, 2006, 08:39:55 AM
GB - a year after launch.
Super NES - a few months after launch.
N64 - Launch day saved my own money.
GBC - Never Owned
GBA - Launch Day
GCN - launch day
DS - launch day
Wii - Definate Launch Day.
I always try to preorder my system if I am going to get it the day of launch. I didn't do this with the DS though.
I know I will be buying one at launch. I just don't know how much money I will have available for games...and which games I will pick up at launch.
I will definately do my homework and wait for reviews of all games. However I know positive I will be picking up Zelda for Wii, and perhaps a lighthearted party game.
Later on I will get another the other time consuming games of Metroid Prime, and such...after I beat Zelda.
Post by: KnowsNothing on June 28, 2006, 08:44:42 AM
N64 - christmas after launch
GBA -christmas after launch
GC - christmas after launch
DS - christmas after launch
Wii - nothing surprising here
I love my parents
Post by: Ceric on June 28, 2006, 08:46:18 AM
)On the DS I was the first person to own one in my town on the official launch day. I got it at midnight straight. Everything else either Christmas or when I finally scraped up the cash. (No SNES though)
The Wii. I like to do that again but, More than likely if I did pick it up launch it would sit until I can get some time. Hmm... I only have a quarter of a year to get my life straight. Plus I probably want to hear what you guys say before I pick up my launch games. I know Zelda is a given but I have a backlog of GCN games to play and I'm interest in starting with something that's not a series because I know the series will not become hard to find, like Cubivore did.
Post by: Rhoq on June 28, 2006, 08:50:54 AM
GB - 1 month after launch
SNES - Never owned
GBP/GBC - Never owned
Virutal Boy - Never owned
N64 - 1 year after launch
GCN - 1 year after launch
GBA - Never owned
GBASP - Never Owned
NDS - Launch day, pre-ordered.
Wii - Launch day, Will most likely pre-order.
Post by: Ian Sane on June 28, 2006, 09:05:24 AM
GB/GBC - Never owned
SNES - 1994 when my brothers and I finally saved up enough money
N64 - 2000 when my brother bought one
GBA - Few days after launch
Cube - Launch day
DS - December 2005
Wii - Not until after I beat the Cube version of Twilight Princess, might as well wait for a price cut
Post by: stevey on June 28, 2006, 09:09:30 AM
Snes-can really rember
SG- same time as SNES
N64- a few year after launch
GBA- a few months after launch
ps2- Graduation gift in 2001
GC-Tried on launch but failure day after X-mas
GBA2- a little more than a year after launch
xbox- X-mas2002 gift
GBC- stole one 2003
GBAspNES- launch and right before a price drop
DS- thankgiving after launch
Wii- depening on supplies at store, most likely by the end of the year
by the way I alway get bad gifts
"cubist, what do you need two Wiis for? o_0"
1 to sell on ebay for millions muhahaha
Post by: Spak-Spang on June 28, 2006, 09:09:40 AM
Post by: JonLeung on June 28, 2006, 09:46:48 AM
Someone should make a "Nintendo Wii Kid" video, a la the "Nintendo 64 Kid" video. Furiously paw the box, have your sister dry-hump it, and shout "Nintendo WIIIIIIIII!" exactly as he says "Nintendo SIXTY-FOOOOOOOOUR!" If the person doing it isn't a seven-year-old kid and yet the scene is exactly the same otherwise it might even be funnier.
Start rehearsing now.
Back on topic, if the launch date happens to be on a weekday for some bizarre reason, would you skip school/work to ensure you get one?
Post by: Sir_Stabbalot on June 28, 2006, 10:00:53 AM
SNES: I completly missed this generation.
N64: Got it from my cousin after he got bored with it. Forget when.
GBC: Not certain.
GC: Months after launch.
GBA: A few weeks after launch.
Wii: Hopefully launchday.
Post by: KDR_11k on June 28, 2006, 10:12:02 AM
GB: Shortly after I got it SML2 came out
SNES: It came with SMW and an SGB
GBC: Around the time the first Pokemon games were selling big
GC: Came with Super Mario Sunshine, which, as I gather, was just released
GBA(SP): When it was new
PS2: When the 70k model was relatively new
DS: ~5 months before launch
I've been burned by the DS and will try to avoid buying any system at launch day.
Post by: Rhoq on June 28, 2006, 10:14:34 AM
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Originally posted by: JonLeung
if the launch date happens to be on a weekday for some bizarre reason, would you skip school/work to ensure you get one?
Has Nintendo released a console in the last 10 years on a day other than Sunday?
Also, I probably would not skip work. If my Wii is pre-ordered, I'd pick it up during my lunch break, provided I pre-order downtown. If it's a Sunday launch, I'll pre-order from the GameStop a few blocks away from my house (about a 10 minute walk).
Post by: Ian Sane on June 28, 2006, 10:26:31 AM
Probably not unless I'm really busy and can't find the time to play. So I guess I would get it sooner if Metroid Prime 3 gets good reviews.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on June 28, 2006, 10:36:35 AM
SNES: A year or so after Star Fox came out (not sure when that was though)
N64: Launch day.
Virtual Boy: Got it after the price dropped within a year
GBC: Never bought
GC: Launch
DS: Launch day for both Lite and the original
GBA: Launch (same with Micro, and GBA SP)
Wii: Will get on launch day
Post by: nickmitch on June 28, 2006, 10:53:29 AM
SNES: just kind of appeared
GB: the first system I owned personally, it was a gift from my mom.
GBC: the birthday after the release
GBA: see above
GameCube: launch day
DS: launch day
Wii: probably launch day, depending on the situation.
Post by: mantidor on June 28, 2006, 11:00:30 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on June 28, 2006, 01:17:21 PM
I got my Super NES right on launch day 'cuz I had a paper route and that made me relatively rich for a 13-year-old (or was it 14? Whatever).
I wanted an N64 at launch, but I had no cash and had to beg my parents for one for Christmas. How undignified!
I always get my handhelds well after launch. DS is the first one I bought without waiting for a price drop, though I tried.
GameCube on launch day.
Wii, definitely on launch day. I'll play it as fast as I can get home. I'll skip church, I'll take the day off work, whatever it takes. It looks awesome.
Post by: Athrun Zala on June 28, 2006, 05:44:37 PM
NES - 4 years after launch
GB - Never got one (at least not bought, a friend of my sister lent me one like in 1995...)
SNES - 3 years after launch
VB - Never got one
GBP - 1 year after launch
N64 - 1 year after launch
GBC - a few months after launch
GC - 2 years after launch
GBA/SP/M - Never got one
DS/L - Never got one
Wii - I don't have a clue, maybe by year's end?
Post by: Famicom on June 28, 2006, 06:56:40 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 28, 2006, 07:10:33 PM
Post by: Luigi Dude on June 28, 2006, 10:31:08 PM
SNES - July 1995
Gameboy - Christmas 1996
N64 - Febuary 1998
Gameboy Color - June 1999
Gamecube - July 2002
Gameboy Advance SP - Summer 2003 (This is the only one I cant remember well)
DS - July 2005 (I bought it when they released the special blue version with Mario 64 DS bundled in)
Wii - Spring 2007
There's still several Gamecube games I'm playing right now and with Super Paper Mario and Zelda TP arriving on the Gamecube this fall, I really dont need to spend between $200-250 to buy a Wii right away.
I'll buy one in either Febuary or March for Metroid Prime 3 and Wario Ware. Plus when I buy one I plan on just downloading as many classic games as possible for the first few days.
Post by: Requiem on June 29, 2006, 04:36:27 AM
Post by: Ceric on June 29, 2006, 05:10:30 AM
Post by: BigJim on June 29, 2006, 08:47:58 AM
SNES - Soon after launch. I'm not sure exactly anymore.
N64 - A few days before actual launch (KB Toys down the street broke the date.)
GBA - Launch day
Cube - Before launch day (the ebgames.com $400 bundle was shipped a day or two early)
GBA-SP - Japanese imported gift before U.S. launch.
DS - Christmas gift '04.
Wii - Launch day (I'm not 100% sold on Nintendo's direction yet but who am I kidding?)
I didn't own a GameBoy until GBA. Portables never really interested me. The GBA and SP collected dust. The GameBoy Player got more time than the actual GBA did. But the DS is doing OK for me so far.
Other systems owned... Atari 2600 (born into it, or close to that). Genesis, Sega CD (lolz), Neo-Geo, and PCs (of course).
I'll probably also pick up a 360 sometime next year. My hunch is that Wii won't be enough for me if the release schedule becomes anything like GameCube's in it's second half of life. Since it'll be a cold day in hell before I pay $600 for a PS3, 360 wins by default as system #2.
Post by: ShyGuy on June 29, 2006, 09:12:18 AM
GB - Never
SNES - Never, had a TG16 though
N64 - Never, I was into PC Games at this point
Cube - Late 2003
GBA - um, 2004 for 4 swords and FF:CC
DS - Late 2005
Wii - Hopefully my first launch day purchase.
Post by: nitsu niflheim on June 29, 2006, 09:32:15 AM
GB – I got a Gameboy when The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening came out.
Super NES – Got it for my Birthday right after it came out.
N64 – Got it before it’s actual release day. =)
GBC - ? I got it with Dragon Warrior 1 & 2 when the game came out.
GBA – At launch.
GBA SP – At launch.
GBA M – At launch.
GCN – At launch
DS – At launch
DSLite – At launch
Wii - ? At launch hopefully.
Post by: Donutt007 on June 29, 2006, 09:36:40 AM
Thinking about telling my boss I need that day and the day after off work.
Post by: The Omen on June 29, 2006, 02:03:22 PM
Post by: Smash_Brother on June 29, 2006, 07:24:15 PM
Post by: thejeek on June 29, 2006, 10:31:04 PM
I was debating whether to try and sell my Gamecube + a bunch of games now to finance buying a Wii, while I still stand a chance of getting something for it. I can see people trying to trade in Gamecubes for Wiis and being given practically nothing for them on launch day. Backwards compatibility is still certain, right?
Post by: IceCold on June 29, 2006, 11:21:33 PM
Post by: Garnee on June 30, 2006, 06:17:26 AM
GB - Never owned
SNES - a while after launch, could have been my brother's
VB - Never got one
GBP - Never owned
N64 - a while after launch, I think 1998 or 1999...
GBC - a couple of weeks after Pokemon Yeller came out
GC - Launch day
GBA/SP/M - I actually got my GBA the day before launch, EBgames employees are stupid. Got GBASP a month or so after launch, and got GBM last September. (a week or two after launch)
DS/L - DS Get @ Krizzums 2004. Couldn't wait for DS Lite, so I had to freaking import it over Spring Break. It's got a burned in pixel on the top, but I guess that's what I get for not waiting.
Wii - Launch.
