Trading in 1st party GC controllers in for WB's at EB.

not really a "deal" or anything but just wanted you guys to know.



June 11, 2002 - Nintendo's WaveBird controller has shipped to retailers across the US and is now available. The wireless pad, which retails for approximately $34.95, delivers a solid signal at 20 feet or more with a battery life of 100 hours. It could very well be the best thing ever.
Still, at $34.95 each, perfection doesn't come cheap. But retailer EB World (formerly Electronics Boutique) is doing its part to cut the cost of the controller. Gamers can receive $15 off their WaveBird purchase if they bring in one standard Nintendo controller as a trade-in. No third-party manufactured controllers are accepted and there is a two controller per deal limit.

For $40 in total with two controller trade-ins, players can almost buy two WaveBirds for the price of one. We took advantage of the offer earlier this afternoon and couldn't possibly be more satisfied. Penny-saving players would be wise to inquire about doing the same.

More as it develops.

Big deal gamestop gives you about or even more i'll have to check on that tomorrow. Don't shop at Eb they suck :).

WaveBirds are very nice and there has to be a typo on that 20 feet, at work we took those suckers behind two walls atleast 30 feet away and still played perfect. Without the walls we got 40 feet aswell those suckers are bad ass! Now come on Nintendo let's get those games out so we can use them ;)

i dont shop at either. btw, love that sig pic :)

if one WB is $35 how does $40 qualify as almost 2...?

btw Best Buy has them for $30

Better yet, I buy two Wavebirds at Best Buy, put my two 3rd party controllers on eBay, and end up $10 better off.

I too wonder why Nintendo is advertising them with a 20 feet range. That's being way too conservative. They work anywhere in the entire house, Nintendo! Advertise them as such. You made something cool, and you're allowed to tell people about it, you know.:)

With the range estimate being that far off on the conservative side, I'm almost expecting my batteries to last 900 minutes or something.

Trade in my nice black controller that matches the GC for a controller that clashes and has no useful additions? No thanks.

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Originally posted by Chibi Nappa
I too wonder why Nintendo is advertising them with a 20 feet range. That's being way too conservative. They work anywhere in the entire house, Nintendo! Advertise them as such. You made something cool, and you're allowed to tell people about it, you know.:)

With the range estimate being that far off on the conservative side, I'm almost expecting my batteries to last 900 minutes or something.

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I hope you mean 900 hours. 900 minutes is only 15 hours. ;)

Doh!

Honestly though, why is Nintendo selling thier own product so short?

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Originally posted by Chibi Nappa
Doh!

Honestly though, why is Nintendo selling thier own product so short?

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They are probably covering their ass. At least Nintendo has never resorted to hyping their hardware as better than it really is.


I have a 900MHZ cordless phone, that claims to have a range of 1 mile, but in reality, it's probably more like 150 yards.