My wife and I are the proud owners of a Nintendo Wii. Neither of us much cares that it's not the most powerful system on the market, or that hardcore, "leet" gamers roll their eyes at it... it's the most accessible and overall fun system out there, and if Nintendo can get our parents to tentatively play a game, they're certainly doing something right. In particular, we're both huge fans of the ability to download games from past Nintendo systems- it lets my wife play Wario's Woods and Dr. Mario and all the other puzzle games she holds so dear, and for my part, I can finally beat Castlevania without my mom telling me to shut that damn thing off, it's time for dinner.
But we also like some of the games actually designed for the Wii itself, and the one we've been pining for lately is Mario Kart Wii. The N64 version is far and away the most popular video game I've ever introduced my wife to, and since she's currently pregnant, if it's the Wii version she wants, the Wii version she shall have. Simple, right? You'd think, except Mario Kart Wii is currently sold out everywhere. Ev-ery-where. Over the last week I've visited every Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, Toys R' Us, and even (*shudder*) Wal-Mart near our house and work, trying to find the frickin' thing. Nada. Zilch. A helpful employee of EB Games informed me that there's a huge shortage right now, but that Nintendo is expected to ship more out by late July. That's "late July" as in a month from now. Of course, eBay is teeming with copies, as long as you're willing to pay an extra $20 for the game plus shipping. I'm not, which has left me up the proverbial creek sans visible means of propulsion.
So in the midst of my utter failure to appease my wife's Mario Kart cravings, the other day I visited the campus bookstore to pick up materials for my latest MBA class. And what do you suppose I happened to run across, brazenly sitting there on a shelf? It just stared out at me as if to say, "Well, duh... I don't know why you didn't just come to this repository of textbooks, pencils, and notepads first, instead of visiting all those electronics stores. Fool." I don't know either, but you'd best believe I snatched that bitch up and brought it triumphantly home to my wife, and was rewarded with the biggest, most heartwarming smile you've ever seen in your life. Granted, it lasted exactly 7 minutes, at which point she placed fifth overall and angrily declared she didn't want to play anymore; but mister, that was 7 minutes well worth it. And that's the truth.
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