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We have a Wii!

We got a call from Nintendo telling us that the Wii was only a block away from the office. Previews editor Brad Shoemaker and executive producer Ryan MacDonald ran downstairs to catch the Wii delivery on tape. We thought it would arrive in an armored truck, but then we heard the familar jingle of...

an ice cream truck!

And Brad takes delivery of the Wii!

Got any more Wii boxes in there?

Rich, Jeff, Alex, and Greg in the studio getting ready for the live On the Spot Wii marathon.

Brad heading to the studio with the Wii.

Rich reading a letter from Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime on air.

Let's get this box open and start playing! Check out GameSpot's "We Just Got A Wii Marathon" right now.

Posted by James_Yu, 11/10/2006 12:49pm
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Dinghy_Dog
hahahahaha AWESOME! Hey, when you're done, you can send it to me. That ice cream delivery truck reminds me of a joke by Mitch Hedberg. "I love the UPS man because he's a drug dealer and doesn't know it... and he's always on time."
Posted 11/10/2006 2:09pm
edubuccaneer
James, how big do you imagine the Wii box is? And is that the retail box you guys got?

Kinda arrived late, sorry if those questions were asked already.
Posted 11/10/2006 2:13pm
macacd
wow!! the marathon is great. But it makes me sad that i missed the PS3 one :-(
Posted 11/10/2006 3:32pm
juanfraino
I WANT a Wii...
Posted 11/10/2006 6:52pm
Reetesh
Great thing to keep Marathons on saturdays! Everyone can watch em

So cool!!
Posted 11/10/2006 7:24pm
NX75
Why in the world was it delivered via an ice cream truck?!

It was so unexpected and inexplicably unexplained that I'm extremely vexed. I am excited, exhilarated, and exuberant for the Wii, but existentially exhausted trying to extract a reason for the exchange with an ice cream truck.

Why did I write it like that? I'm genuinely wigged out over this ice cream truck chaos. Help!
Posted 11/10/2006 10:34pm
doolies
Ice Cream truck, inconspicuous, because Nintendo don't want the millions of people to swarm and attack the truck like Michael Jackson was in there.
Posted 11/11/2006 2:31am
XlpranksterlX
The behind the scenes look at it was as cool.
Posted 11/11/2006 6:20am
Zaxex
I'm getting a Wii for christmas and i have to say that marathon was better then any movie or even two movies. Watched the whole thing twice lol.
Posted 11/11/2006 11:58pm
crithon
that was the BEST Marathon ever. It ranged from Ice cream sandwishes, backseat gaming, yelling, complaining, accidents, and lots of goofiness. All of you guys acted like 7 year olds during christmas..... and that's WONDERFUL! Loved it!
Posted 11/12/2006 7:21am
Sonicgod
They was all brought by Ice cream truck.

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/nintendo-delivers-wii-in-ice-cream-trucks-214044.php

IGN.com was brought by armored truck and guard. who made them sign 12 times and had to walk it into the building.

they have there video And the ice cream truck Is better than anything ELSE! Only the smart ones asked for ice cream with there WII and got it with out paying.
Posted 11/12/2006 7:24am
pozer_27
A Ice Cream truck never see that comming. i cant wait to play the WII.
Posted 11/13/2006 1:27pm
edubuccaneer
That was the coolest arrival yet. It sure topped the PS3 launch event's fake system box delivery!
Posted 11/23/2006 11:15am
Stillmatic91
I loved watching that
Posted 11/28/2006 6:39am
tacoman2112
very very clever (claps)
Posted 12/13/2006 6:04pm
IpodHero176
Congrats on your new Wii.

Want to join my friends list?
Posted 01/24/2007 7:10pm
tyrant64
an Ice-cream truck, that's original.. they should watch out for teen vandalism though.. another ice-cream truck being held captive by 10 year olds and they got themselves a Wii.. Wiiiiiiiiiiii

I just loved your We Have A Wii Marathon.. Best On The Spot I've seen yet..
Posted 03/11/2007 7:04am
Turbopowered007
LOL, ICE cream truck, I must say that this was a INNOVATION and a half. You'll guys probably had an awesome day
Posted 04/14/2007 9:38am
Agente_Rolf
It was a long time ago since your last blog post!
And I've to buy a Wii... Wii + Ice Cream =
Posted 07/17/2007 12:05am
TheGreatGameGod
man wii is good and is good but is it really good?
we have to talk about that
yeah and i think i saw those men on the pics somewhere
Posted 11/06/2007 12:27am
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