A few more Wii U tidbits from a Gamestop employee

A few “details” about the whole Wii U pre-order cutoff situation (and a couple of other things) from my friendly neighborhood Gamestop guy:

– Nintendo sent a company-wide number to Gamestop’s higher ups.
– Once this number is hit, Gamestop stores get a mysterious phone call telling them to quit taking pre orders.
– No word on what the number was.
– 80% of that number was sold yesterday.
– They expected the last 20% to sell-through by noon today, but it went over by a few hours.
– Wii U demo stations should arrive in select Gamestop stores mid to late October.
– There will be demo stations with the Wii U Game Pad and demo stations using a traditional controller.
– I asked whether the “traditional controller” demo stations were Wii U Pro Controller or Wii Remote, he said they aren’t sure yet.

If you’re still trying to preorder today, call your Gamestop before heading out and ask.

How many of you managed to get a preorder in today?