Gamestop Offering Wii Rainchecks

Apparently there’s a console by Nintendo called the “Wii”.  However, I’ve never seen one of these mysterious items actually for sale in a store, only empty boxes of what they might look like, had they been in stock.

Gamestop is trying to appease some of the demand for the Wii this Christmas by offering rainchecks for the system.  It seems the raincheck will be linked with a specific console, so you are guaranteed to get one.  This would theoretically avoid you simply having an insane waiting list to fulfill your raincheck.

My guess is that this probably means that most early 2008 Wii shipments will be going towards fulfilling rainchecks, rather than appearing in Gamestop stores.  So the shortage continues.

Somehow I think a raincheck is going to be a little less exciting than actually being able to play your games on Christmas day.