Buying a Wii - any tips?

In My Humble Opinion
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None of the local Best Buys or couple of other places I called had one in stock, so I just bought one off eBay from a reputable seller (as defined by feedback and standard checks).

$388 + $39 shipping gets me the full starter package, an extra remote and nunchuck and a few more games. Based on what I was seeing both online and on websites for bricks-n-mortar stores, this seems in line…

If I paid too much, so be it. Now I need to receive it and hook it up - hopefully all will work fine!

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We just bought our kid’s Wii for his birthday this weekend and they had the basic setup for $250 +tax at ToysRUs and they were also available at a SuperTarget in our neck of the Joshuas.

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[QUOTE=WordMan]
$388 + $39 shipping gets me the full starter package, an extra remote and nunchuck and a few more games. Based on what I was seeing both online and on websites for bricks-n-mortar stores, this seems in line…
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As long as the games interest you, it definitely sounds like it. Have fun!

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[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead]
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I’m a little confused by the statement.

The TV side of the video cord is a standard Yellow/Red/White RCA connection. Pretty nearly any TV over 13" made this millenium is going to have at least two RCA inputs.

I don’t see why this would be Nintendo’s responsibility to inform you that they use a standard, widespread input method that is usually redundant with two or three of that input being on a TV.
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I should clarify - “They” is that hypothetical “someone or anyone”, not Nintendo itself.

I did not know that newer TVs have multiple sets of the same sort of inputs - my TV was in fact made in 1991. We’re lucky it has even the one set of plugs :). I guess the newer ones have a selector button on the remote or something. I imagine a lot of purchasers have slightly older TVs, some of which have only one set of inputs.

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[QUOTE=Mama Zappa]
I guess the newer ones have a selector button on the remote or something.
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Yep…usually it’s labeled “TV/Video.” I have seen a TV/DVD combo set that labeled the input jacks “Game” (with a corresponding button on the remote).