Wii Fishing Pole: so close to too far

Continuing on its mission to totally eliminate imagination from the gaming experience, inveterate Wiiccessory maker Brando is now hawking a fishing pole guaranteed to increase the destructive potential of the Wii remote. Featuring an actual string with a chintzy plastic fish on the end, the pole collapses for easy storage -- which is good, because you'll be storing this thing for good about ten seconds after you realize that you just spent $19 to look like a complete fool.

[Big @ Jul 6th 2007 9:58AM]

Wii o' wii do they keep making this stuff?

Yeah I'm gonna get "low ranked" but I don't care. Wii is such a crappy system. The motion sensing is pathetic even compared to games on SNES that used special controls such as the Super Scope 6 because the developers tone down the difficulty of the games too much making ports suck.

Red Steel - garbage
Call of Duty - garbage
Mortal Kombat Armageddon - Garbage, and so forth and so on.


If Xbox360 and PS3 focused on making games with a special motion controller their games would probably be alot better and offer way more depth due to the superior technology.

You mean to tell me all anyone can talk about is Wii sports? Just get DDR and you'll lose weight faster.

[Matter @ Jul 6th 2007 10:51AM]

Big - Call of Duty is a decent game on the Wii, by no means sucks. Yes, the other titles you mentioned do beat big time. But, I could pick out numerous titles, at random, from either the PS3 or XBOX360, both who's suck-to-good ratio far leans to the left, and label the system as being crappy. Superior technology does not = good games, just high $ and technology that may never have its full potential tapped.
Play some real games and change you mind, suggestions:

Resident Evil 4 (ok, its a port, but amazing on the Wii control scheme)
Legend of Zelda
Tiger Woods Golf 2007
Super Paper Mario

When Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Metroid Prime, Mario Galaxy and all the sports titles are released, you can look at that malfunctioning 360 and wait for your warranty extension to be granted and pick up a Wii while Micro$oft sends your burnt out tank to a 3rd world country to get serviced by slave labor.

[John B @ Jul 6th 2007 10:55AM]

For some reason, the phrase "Shut the f**k up" comes to mind. You don't like the Wii, fine. Many of us do. The debates (and arguments) about Wii/PS3/XB360 are now becoming old and clichéd, and there is nothing to gain from further fanboyism. If you can't do anything but bitch and moan, then go over to Digg.

[Josh @ Jul 6th 2007 11:12AM]

@ Matter

I was with ya there until "Micro$oft". Spelling Microsoft with a dollarsign just screams "tool" to me.

[Grey Acumen @ Jul 6th 2007 9:59AM]

Okay, I'm SURE that I saw an actual decent Fishing Pole style Wiimote accessory that actually looked halfway decent.

This wasn't it.

[Grey Acumen @ Jul 7th 2007 8:55AM]

Found it. Good god, brando deserves to be slapped, or perhaps whipped using their own accessory. At least this other one here looks a little sturdy.

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/06/21/get-hooked-on-expensive-wiimote-decoration/

[JD @ Jul 6th 2007 10:02AM]

Forget the fishing accessory, check out the cooking accessory! Yippee!!
http://videogame.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00471&cat_id=046&dept_id=020

[Zarniwoop @ Jul 6th 2007 11:26AM]

Oh that's ROFL funny... Attaching a sharp pointy fork to the end of a Wiimote is just a bad idea!

Ow, Mii Eye!

[granny down east @ Jul 6th 2007 10:13AM]

Increase the Realistic! Bwahahahah.

[Janna @ Jul 6th 2007 8:39PM]

Wii-alistic.

[thesawzall @ Jul 6th 2007 10:26AM]

Something about that picture makes me think that guy is fishing over his toilet.

[spamfast @ Jul 6th 2007 1:33PM]

No, he's fishing in the tub. He's sitting on the toilet.

[Big @ Jul 6th 2007 10:44AM]

Finally a device to get my car keys out of the toilet bowl.

[Big @ Jul 7th 2007 11:07PM]

I bought my XBOX360 last March instead of the PS3. Never ever considered a WII since I still feel cheated after spending on Virtual Boy.

I have never seen the RED RING OF DEATH, and only 2 of my games have been scratched (still playable).

WII SUCKS. Its only good for senior citizens and AMERICAN KIDS WHO ARE GETTING DUMBER EVERY DAMN DAY WHILE THEIR JAPANESE COUNTERPARTS rake in DOUGH at SONY, NINTENDO and NEC.

[Zarniwoop @ Jul 6th 2007 10:57AM]

Nintendo is behind the games like Zelda and Super Paper Mario... Big, you're knocking a system because games others have come out with for it suck? That's like saying Motorola sucks because some completely different company made some batteries and then some welder decided to wear his phone out where it could get really hot and it exploded... Yeah Motorola SUCKS!

Nintendo is after the market of consumers willing to spend only $200 or less. You really can't compare it to the PS3 without coming off as a squeaky fanboy. To some degree I agree, the games have sucked more than not for Wii, but can someone honestly say that PS3 and 360 don't have some bombs out?

[tiuk @ Jul 6th 2007 11:01AM]

I'm absolutely loving the lens flare.

[NHAnimator @ Jul 6th 2007 11:16AM]

$19 to look like a fool? I just saw a lot of people camping out and spending $500 for the same result.

[A realist who wants to point something out @ Jul 6th 2007 12:09PM]

Can't motion sensing just go away for awhile so we can enjoy some normal games?

[Mike Cerm @ Jul 6th 2007 1:34PM]

Is is just me, or is "chinty" not a real word? It sounds like the kind of slang/slur that might offend some people. Hey Patel, are you a racist?

[Reginald @ Jul 6th 2007 5:42PM]

It was just a typo; the word should be "chintzy" and yes, it looks chintzy.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chintzy

[Keaton @ Jul 6th 2007 9:14PM]

hmm...

is the visor included?

[toritori @ Jul 7th 2007 2:49AM]

"inveterate Wiiccessory maker Brando"

Are you guys sure Brando is actually the "maker" of these weirdo's?

Stores like DealExtreme sell a lot of appear-to-be-exact stuffs for much cheaper prices (for example the exactly fishing pole for $15 in this case, even with free shipping). That makes me think Brando don't actually produce them, or unless they produce them and supply it to other stores who in then resell and undercut their price. But that's just seems highly unlikely!

So what's the real deal? I love engadget but it hurts to have (possibly) inaccurate intels.