Nintendo President Promises Plenty of Wiis for Christmas

On the Dean & Nooch podcast, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime promised that there will be plenty of Wiis in the stores this holiday. Not that he thinks it's really going to make it any easier for you:

The amount of Wii hardware that will be in North American stores will be unprecedented, substantially more than the launch, substantially more than has been seen to date. The bad news is that given the level of demand, and given the fact that the more we put in, the more we sell, it is still gonna be difficult to get your hands on the Wii.

Reggie suggests you regularly check your local Toys R Us, Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart, Target, or GameStop to see if they've gotten a shipment in and "try and get there when the product comes in." In other words, what you've already been doing. Hopefully the increased numbers of Wiis coming in will increase the odds of snagging one, but plan appropriately.

Reggie is actually more concerned with stores having enough shelf space to accommodate the vast number of Wii and DS games that are coming out this holiday season.

Interview with Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime [Dean & Nooch on Gaming]