It was about time that my flipping Wii arrived, I had been waiting for soooo long. So when I got the little note out of the post box that said "There is an international parcel that needs to be collected from the counter" I was over joyed! Unfortunately though the parcel was hit with customs so I had to pay South African tax on what the item was valued at in the states. I didn't hesitate to pay, i just wanted the thing already!
So i quickly rushed home with my beloved, still wrapped up with hundreds of shipping stickers on it, strapped into the passenger seat. I couldent get home quickly enough... but I wanted to stay under the speed limit because of the pain of the speeding ticket (which you can read about further below) was still fresh in my mind.
On getting home I unwrapped her. Her beautifully pale white exterior shone in the warm sunlight, the sleek, sexy rectangular box, yes she was calling, inviting me into her place to open her up, set her up and turn her on. So I did just that, I opened her up, set her up, but unfortunately my equipment was not suitable to turn her on.
Yes for some strange reason the Wii had a slightly different plag fitting then the 240-110v converter I have, so low and behold the system was not getting any power. This was bad considering I had already invited like seven friends over to play. Eeek!
Luckily the one guy that was coming had a travel adaptor thingy with about 10 different combinations of which one suited this weird Wii one. So the power was on and we all started Wii'ing!
Rumours have been flying around recently with regards to whether or not the Xbox 360 will come out this April in black. It is said through “reliable” sources that stores across Australia have been prepped to receive the new coloured systems in time for the PS3 launch (around the 22nd of March 2007). A move that some describe will offset PS3 buyers because now there is another black system on the market, or just that Microsoft had always planned to launch the system in other colours (black and silver) but when they were going to launch them and where have never been disclosed.
