Who says the Wii is hard to find? Nintendo’s hit video-game console sold a whopping 721,000 units in March, according to just-released figures by tracking firm the NPD Group — as filtered through a giddy Nintendo PR department. (The DS portable also sold nearly 700,000 units for an incredible non-holiday one-two punch.) Obviously, despite consumer demand that has made the Wii nearly impossible to find in stores, someone is buying them.

Speaking of, a reader passes on a tip for those looking to buy a Wii online. Nick Gaul, a former producer at Minneapolis creative agency Fallon who now lives in New York, says to try Wii Alerts:

“They send an SMS message to your phone when Wii’s become available at a retailer.

I signed up and received a text saying that they were available at Amazon.com. Luckily, I was at my computer and was able to purchase 3 Wii’s for me and my siblings before they were sold out (which was less than 10 minutes).  Made
life easy to just not even think about a Wii until I got the call (message).

I’d still be Wii-less if it wasn’t for that site.

Totally worked and I have no affiliation with them.  Just a guy who happened to use the site and was impressed.”

So there you go — one more way to find the evasive Wii. Thanks, Nick.

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