Nintendo Wii – Pleasing Victoria Beckham and that screaming kid
Which console did you receive for Christmas? It’s highly likely it was a Nintendo Wii as everyone else seems to have got one. And if so, you’d be in the good company of Victoria Beckham, formerly of the Spice Girls, and that stupidly excited screaming kid on YouTube.
Personally, I’m not a fan of the Wii. Regular readers will already know this by the increasingly negative articles I’ve written about the console over the past few months. You see, I wasn’t always a hater, in fact I’m still not really a hater, merely someone who doesn’t understand the seemingly limitless appeal the Wii seems to possess, especially when it’s weighed up against the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Basically, I liked the idea of the Wii, and approved of Nintendo’s willingness to think outside of the box and the way it has dragged previous non-gamers into the fold. And then I actually played one and was bitterly disappointed. The Wii-Remote is inaccurate, the games short-lived, and the hype completely unjustified.
However, I’m clearly in the minority. Everyone I’ve spoken to since Christmas seems to have either bought a Wii or received one as a present recently. Some have also got an Xbox 360, proving that this generation has well and truly reached maturity. No one I know chose a PS3 for Christmas 2008. Sony, CUT THE PRICE.
One new Wii owner is that stupid kid starring in the current YouTube phenomenon. The family buy one gift for them all to share each year and this year they decided to get a Wii. While the older kids kind of shrug their shoulders and smile inanely at their mother, their younger sibling gets, well, a tad excited.
Seriously kid, calm down, it’s only a Wii. If it was a PS3 or Xbox 360 I could understand the reaction but a Wii? Sheesh. I hope the family upload a new video in a few weeks time of the kid drinking heavily and taking copious amounts of Prozac in order to get over the huge feeling of disappointment and anti-climax he felt when he actually started to play the thing.
But he’s not the only famous Wii gamer, with The Daily Star claiming Victoria Beckham (David’s husband) received one as a present on Dec. 25. She’s apparently using it to help her lose weight after binging on pizza and pasta since the couple moved to Italy. Yeah, because Posh Spice was really fat and needed to work out more didn’t she.
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January 1st, 2009
I hope he breaks it….
January 2nd, 2009
I’d bet money that by Valentines Day at LEAST half of the Wii’s gifted this season won’t be regularly powered up. Talk about a door stop. . .
January 2nd, 2009
DaveP,
“Seriously kid, calm down, it’s only a Wii. If it was a PS3 or Xbox 360 I could understand the reaction but a Wii?”
You’re kidding right? This thing is geared towards children, and he has probably been weaned on Mario, Pokemon, and Zelda via the GBA or DS, maybe even a GameCube, for years (half of his life at least). Of course he is going to get excited by the “upgrade”.
“huge feeling of disappointment and anti-climax he felt when he actually started to play the thing.” Do you started to play Super Mario Galaxy, Legend of Zelda Twighlight Princess, Smash Bros Brawl, Metroid Prime 3, Guitar Hero III, Super Paper Mario, Mega Man 9, and Mario Kart, or any of the other 57 titles with good aggregate review scores?
January 2nd, 2009
Sorry, it should read, “Do you mean started to play”.
January 2nd, 2009
To CarlB:
He’s talking about the Wii Controller.
We were all prepared to play games like never before, but what we got is mostly the same game control we had forever. Outside of Wii Sport, FPSs, and Boom Blox there really no reason to use the Wii Controller.
And all the games that could have used the Controller, like Civilization Revolution or Tom Clancy’s EndWar, couldn’t come to the Wii just because of the Graphics.
January 2nd, 2009
Zoar,
I could be wrong, but I believe the author is talking about the games here when he says:
“The Wii-Remote is inaccurate, the games short-lived, and the hype completely unjustified.”
The controller is part of that statement, but the games ratings and longevity stand on their own.
I may be mistaken, but it seems all the kid probably cares about is the games he has grown to love, which are probably not Civilization or Tom Clancy games.
January 2nd, 2009
Another thing, check out the background and tell me if these people are really into spending a lot of money on a console.
You see a small CRT television and a DVD player in a relatively small living room, which is perfect for the Wii. The parents either are not really loaded, don’t care for HD, do not want to spend a lot of money on electronics, and or do not want to spoil their child. Judging from the kid’s reaction, I am guessing the family does not have a 360 or PS3, and this is their “family gift” not just his gift. I would rather see this than some child ripping open his present and then acting like a spoiled brat because he didn’t get what he wanted.
January 2nd, 2009
CarlB, I think you may be over analyzing this just a little.
January 2nd, 2009
Dave Parrack,
You may be right. To sum it up, the Wii caters to a certain audience that relies more on simplicity and kid/family/classic games and less on graphics and adult games. I think it would be safe to say most people here do not fall into this category alone, including you and I.
January 2nd, 2009
Sorry, I forgot the workout game part for Posh Spice and just a few others…
January 2nd, 2009
dont forget the stripper game carmen eletkra is making for the Wii…
January 3rd, 2009
The new twighlight princess.
January 5th, 2009
I bet that is exactly how Ivan reacted when he got his Playstation 3.
January 6th, 2009
like a twilight princess?