This past Black Friday was a Wii-less one.  Granted that I initially went into work to find out that I wasn't needed after, and my friend and I didn't start prowling the stores until noon.  If any Nintendo Wii consoles were available, they were long gone after 5:00AM.

First stop was Circuit City where we picked up "From The Earth to The Moon" DVD box set for $15 USD (normally $60 USD).  No Wii was to be found there.  We told one guy in line that we were searching for the mythical Wii-beast, and he mentioned that he got his months ago — through a friend at EA.  Uh, huh.  When I was a lead tester at Accolade/Infogrames/Atari (same company, two different owners, multiple identity crisises), I won a Playstation 2 shortly after they came out at the company Christmas party, and sold that to a friend unopened for $200 USD since she wanted one really bad.  I didn't want one since I was the Nintendo guru at the time.  That's how video game company connections usually work.

The parking lot at Fry's Electronics in San Jose was more interesting with three idiots for every open parking spot in front, and no one trying to park out in back.  Go figure.  Inside we were greeted with with a sign in the video game department: "Wii Sold Out" We didn't buy anything since the line to the cash register was two hours long.  The sign at Best Buy at Santana Row wasn't any better: "Wii No Longer Available" The mythical Wii-beast of Black Friday eluded us among the many boxes of the Playstation 3 and XBox 360 that no one seem to want.

I would like to buy a Wii on Amazon so I can get triple points on my Amazon credit card, where 2,500 points will get me a $25 gift certificate for Amazon.  (Most of my book and video game shopping is done through Amazon, so a $25 gift certificate every now and then is a sweet moment to buy an overpriced tech book.)  I been checking their site frequently during the holiday weekend to see if the Wii was available.  I'd heard rumors that were available in small lots that quickly disappeared if you weren't looking at the right time.  Still no luck there.  I don't need a Wii badly enough that I'll pay $600 USD to a third-party seller.

Since I told all my relatives that I was looking for a Wii, maybe the mythical Wii-beast will make an appearance for Christmas.