Despite being on the market for over a year, retailers are claiming that Nintendo’s Wii console still continue to sell out of almost immediately after the system reaches stores. Nintendo has ramped up production on the system several times but waves of consumers trying to snatch up the system for the holiday season are leaving Nintendo with a challenging situation.

“Expect long lines this year for the Wii,” said a Walmart employee who wished to remain anonymous. “We’ve sold out our stock already and from what Nintendo plans to ship up in December isn’t going to be enough. Rather than leaving customers disappointed with no Wii system for the holidays, I’ve been trying to sell them Playstation systems and it’s worked in the past, but mostly people are dead-set on getting the Wii this year.”

The Wii was an incredibly hot system last Holiday season but Nintendo wasn’t re-stocking retailers until at least late January. If you haven’t gotten your Wii by now, you may be paying a higher price on ebay in order to complete little Timmy’s wish list.