Silly rabbit

I went with the roommate early yesterday to stand in front of Toys're Us so he could get a DS Lite. When we got there we found to his consternation a line half the length of the building. Turns out, though, that not only were they selling DSes Sunday morning, but Wiis as well—so they had plenty of DSes to go around, while by the time the line grew to the full length of the front of the building, all the Wiis were spoken for.

I, of course, planned ahead, bringing my DS to get in a little more Phoenix Wright: Justice for All. Of course, the dude (12? 14?) in line ahead of us was all, "'Sup. What game do you have?" He had an old blue DS; he'd saved up years of gift cards for a Gamecube, but now had the opportunity to skip it and get the Wii. I found it's kind of hard to explain how little he'd want to play Phoenix Wright—lots of words and stuff, not something you can just pick up—so he showed me a bit of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (maybe I should get it; I liked Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door), and he loved Elite Beat Agents so I let him play Ouendan for a round.

He wanted to unlock me some Mario Kart levels, but after he discerned that my logo was "lame" (I had used the bunny stencil, apparently—it was quite a while ago), the gauntlet was thrown. So we played head to head a few tracks, then he schooled me at the balloon battle mode. Soon enough it was his turn to go inside, soon to be off somewhere else, having a distracted day full of prior obligations that would prevent him from playing his new Wii until last night.

Meanwhile I was off to breakfast, reminded how cool Mario Kart is. That's one of the few multiplayer plays I hadn't set up ahead of time, and one of the few fun times. Funny it took a kid in a line to remind me.