I don't know what asshole at Nintendo thought it would be a good idea to keep all of their products in short supply, but that dude needs to be fired.  I understand the concept of perceptual demand, but this is ridiculous.

I can forgive them if it is hard to find a Wii, or even a Wii Fit, because after all, those are hardware devices that require considerable supplies and assembly time.  What I cannot forgive them for is why the fuck there are no Mario Kart games available.  Anywhere.  Unless you feel like getting raped on eBay, you are forced to lurk about your local GameStop or Target, only to be turned away and scoffed at by their asshole employees as if you were a leper begging for bread.

It's the same story every week:

Me: "Hey, do you have any Mario Karts?"

Dork employee: "<insert scoffing noise here>  UHHHhhhh.. NOOOOOoooo???!!!!  Those are in short supply!"

Thanks asshole, as if I didn't already know that.

Some may argue that because the game comes with the wheel attachment, that might be contributing to the supply latency.  The thing is, I can find the stupid wheel-attachment peripheral (for sale by itself) in abundance, so that can't be the limiting factor. 

Is it really so hard to stamp out copies of Mario Kart?  Why is it easy for other companies to supply games that have twice the demand (like GTA IV), yet Nintendo can't keep up with one lousy title?  Nintendo either a) doesn't know how to stamp games and keep them in supply efficiently or b) keeps the supply low on purpose.

To be honest, I think it is b).  Either way, one thing is clear.  Nintendo sucks.