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My siblings and I are getting them a Wii. Everytime I stop over to their house for free dinners, they request that I bring along my Wii. My worst situation: I did this on a Saturday night and they played until 11PM--I had friends waiting at a club for me! When they take care of their grandkids, guess who hogs the Wii for Bowling?
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I actually bought Super Mario Bros, Kirby's Adventure both for NES and then I got Super Mario 64. I just have to run out and get some more points now! Also, the Wii channels are really innovative. The ability to look at news headlines and check up on my local weather is simply amazing. Good job, Nintendo!]]>Feb 23rd 2007 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/Feb 24th 2007 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/Feb 24th 2007 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/Feb 24th 2007 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/Feb 24th 2007 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/Feb 24th 2007 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/]]>Feb 24th 2007 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/
But amazingly, my grandmother played Atari more than he did. She loved Pitfall, even though she never could get the hang of moving the joysick diagonally to climb down the ladders. She also loved Tennis, Ms. Pac Man, and Q-Bert.

I got misty-eyed thinking of them when I played Wii for the first time. They would have loved Wii Sports (and, I'd expect, Tiger Woods).

I wonder if gaming is heredetary?

JET]]>Feb 24th 2007 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/nintendos-wii-a-hit-with-the-geriatric-set/
But my question is "Why are people so amazed that because someone is 'old' they're not going to get into video games?" The problem isn't age, it's the fact that for so long video game designers just kept building overly complicated systems with no intuitive elements or game play whatsoever. This is why Nintendo will in the end beat out and is currently beating out the other systems. I can find Xbox 360 and PS3 everywhere but still can't score a Nintendo Wii of my own.

Good design and interfacing my friends will rule the school no matter what grade level were talking about.

I'm excited to see that someone figured out that to make video games more "real" you don't need insane graphics, you need insanely real game play. This is only the beginning of what's to come. Congrats Nintendo on understanding the future and congrats to these people in Chicago at the Sedgebrook retirement community. You are both knocking down ridiculous boundaries.

I found a link through USA Today's blog post about this to a video that was made of these people playing.

Check it:
http://www.erickson.com/ericksonvideogallery/evlPlayerver5.asp?videoname=sportsActivitiesStreaming&var2=7

It loads for second before starting.

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DA Coolest 92 year old wiimote toting pimp you'll EVER see :)

UBER LOL!!!!!!!!!!!11]]>Apr 24th 2007 4:54PM