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...news is, if you haven't already bought one of these gems, you probably won't for a few months. Nintendo sold out their original U.S shipment of 750,000 units within days back in September, almost all through advance orders. Ultra 64 units are being hocked for as much as $750 this season, almost four times the sticker price...
Topping almost any game lover's wish list this year is the new Nintendo Ultra 64 (www.nintendo.com). Sure, the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn are fun, but the Ultra 64 is perhaps the most anticipated video game system in history. Forget your finals, an Ultra 64 will turn your common room into Arcade Central...
While titles for the new system are few and far between, the vast technical superiority of the system makes it a sure winner for years to come. The graphics and sound on the new Nintendo are, put simply, better than anything in home gaming history...
...have 900,000 machines already shipped to stores, and most of them are gone," says George Harrison, Nintendo's vice president of marketing. An additional 300,000 units (at $200 a pop) are en route from Japan, but "a week and a half before Christmas," says Harrison, "they'll be completely sold...
...result: that rare and glorious middle-class Cabbage Patch-doll frenzy, marked by toy scalping, queuing at dawn, rumors of retailers hoarding product and celebrities besieging Nintendo's Redmond, Washington, phone lines. Among those pleading for special dispensation: Matthew Perry, Steven Spielberg's office and, according to Harrison, "several Chicago Bulls who asked to remain anonymous." Look for Harrison courtside real soon...