Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo's vice president of marketing and corporate affairs, recently broke the news that the Wii shortage isn't likely to disappear in the next few months. Manufacturing problems? End of the fiscal year business move? Far from it. Nintendo is doing their best to pump out the systems, but demand is so high it's difficult to keep up. Kaplan politely asks fans to "be patient and to know that we are working on this as fast as we can."

In the meantime, desperate Wii searchers will have to hit up eBay and hope their local Wal-Mart/Circuit City/Target/toys 'r Us happens upon a box or two. Come to think of it, I have yet to see a Wii out in the wild.