>The first buyer, Isaiah Triforce Johnson, had been waiting in
>line outside the store for more than a week. He wore a
>Nintendo Power Glove, a wearable controller that came out in
>1989, while shaking hands with Nintendo of America president
>Reggie Fils-Aime after buying the first Wii. Johnson said he
>had legally changed his middle name to a reference in
>Nintendo's "Zelda" series of games.

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>At the Nintendo World store in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center,
>86 people were lined up for the morning opening. Anthony
>Eaton, dressed in green as the character Link from the "Zelda"
>series, looked chagrined when passing girls called him "Peter
>Pan."

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>Eaton, 18, didn't really need to be in line, since his friend
>had pre-ordered a Wii for him that would be available for
>pickup the next morning.

Make that two.

>"It's all in the spirit of gaming. Wiis only get launched
>once, and we gotta do this right," said Eaton, who had
>traveled from Washington to go to the only U.S. store bearing
>the Nintendo name.
>
>A few blocks away, there was no one in line at a Best Buy
>store that would start selling the console Sunday morning.

Make that three.

>In the Los Angeles area, more than 500 people waited in line
>at the Game Stop at Universal City Walk. The store handed out
>numbered wristbands to avoid the crushes that were common at
>the PlayStation 3 openings.

LA doesn't have Best Buys? Is the only story selling Wiis in LA?

500 L's

>The first to buy the system at midnight was Jonathan Mann, 24,
>who was dressed in red overalls and a cap like the Mario
>character from "Super Mario Bros."

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>"I'm a little delirious. I've been up for about 40 hours
>straight. But I've got it in my hands now and it feels good,"

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>said Mann, adding that he has written more than 40 songs about
>the console for his gaming Web site,

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gamejew.com.

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His song
>titles include "Wii Means You and Me" and "The Wind Whispers
>Wii."

These are ok.




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