Thankfully the early model Wii is backwards compatible, and there are millions upon millions of those things lying around!
I had no plans to get a Gamecube anywhere near launch. Then I saw Rogue Squadron II on a display kiosk at Toys r Us. I marveled at how realistic that looked and immediately made it my mission to obtain the system as soon as possible. I believe I finally landed one in November, naturally with the aforementioned Star Wars classic.