Vii, meet Wii -- the wannabe gets caught in the wild

Just in case you thought this whole Vii thing was one big prank, guess again. Our pals over at Engadget Chinese managed to scrounge up one of these clones and put it toe-to-toe with its idol. Needless to say, Nintendo's unit tends to demand quite a bit more respect, but why not take a look at their gallery and see how the two really stack up.

Update:Live video

[nate @ Oct 13th 2007 10:37AM]

am i the only one still wondering why this particular clone has gotten so many posts?

[David Clark @ Oct 13th 2007 10:52AM]

For real! Engadget, it's a chinese knockoff! Leave it alone already.

I know it's a slow news day with nothing particularly anti-microsoft to blog about, but damn. Let it go.

[trainwrecka @ Oct 14th 2007 11:18AM]

how many times does "don't read the posts if you don't like the content" need to be said? not everyone here has the same tastes. i actually find the posts about the Vii humorous.

[nate @ Oct 14th 2007 12:56PM]

i find it humorous too, i was just honestly wondering what made it any different than the hundreds of other imitation game systems from china.

[a ham sandwich @ Oct 13th 2007 10:40AM]

uh, where does the game go?

[ark_v2 @ Oct 13th 2007 7:42PM]

They are build in DUH. Optical drives are so last gen!

[anthone @ Oct 13th 2007 10:41AM]

imitation crabs!

[Michael Leung @ Oct 29th 2007 11:14AM]

Wow...... Cool? =.="

[GazzyC @ Oct 13th 2007 10:55AM]

So the games aren't very good huh? I would have one sitting next to my Wii for a laugh!

[Vincent @ Oct 13th 2007 11:12AM]

So, that's it?
A picture of two white crash sit together make up a post?
Come on Engadget, let it gooooooooo already!!

[N30 G30 @ Oct 13th 2007 11:21AM]

In the future, consoles will be intelligent enough to trash talk to each other. Based on the names, these two will have very heavy sexy European accents.

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Oct 13th 2007 11:23AM]

after so many posts of the vii, I'm wondering.... Where the heck do you put the game?

[GazzyC @ Oct 13th 2007 11:38AM]

Aww come on! Give the Engadget staff a great big hug *hugs* they do keep us entertained all day!

[maina231 @ Oct 13th 2007 11:46AM]

Can we have the VII contest next week...... Please Engadget.

[ronald.raygun @ Oct 13th 2007 11:45AM]

the size of two laser disc cases put together!

[master_sword @ Oct 13th 2007 12:57PM]

Man, we still use those in our chemistry classes, they're HUGE!!

[g3n3tiX @ Oct 13th 2007 12:33PM]

But do games look? No pictures....and seeing the cables behind (or lack thereof) there mustn't be game cube compatibilty.

[rouge @ Oct 13th 2007 1:20PM]

But does it play doom?

[Dean @ Oct 13th 2007 3:01PM]

idk, but im pretty sure it will blend

[ethana2 @ Oct 13th 2007 11:40PM]

That depends on whether or not it has an OGL/X Linux driver for its GPU, whether it uses code signing, and whether it has an MMU.

It looks like it would have an MMU, but I say if it doesn't use code signing, and does have an OGL/X Linux driver, it's a better deal than the Wii any day.

Engadget, if you want to make this interesting, get a hold of one and try to get an Ubuntu variant running on it.

[Matt @ Oct 13th 2007 1:25PM]

It looks vonderful!

[waiownsyou @ Oct 13th 2007 2:53PM]

LMFAO, I can imagine a kid inviting all his friends with a Wii over to play it too (and now he's cool too because he has one), but then his friends find out it's a Vii. Then the kid grows up to be Michael Moore.

[Willy @ Oct 13th 2007 9:24PM]

True that

[ben w @ Oct 14th 2007 3:50AM]

I agree! Try and get Ubuntu on it!

[Onetruebill @ Oct 13th 2007 3:23PM]

How many pins do the cartridges have?

[Bobs @ Oct 14th 2007 5:43AM]

negative four

[Onetruebill @ Oct 14th 2007 7:33AM]

I am also excited to see the new SHii.
This is the female version of the Wii, it promises to solve some of the problems faced by guys who play so many video games that they have no one to date.

[Coffey @ Oct 13th 2007 4:36PM]

So what do the games look like?

[garywht @ Oct 13th 2007 5:08PM]

i bet you it's got better graphics than the Wii. Zing!

[ark_v2 @ Oct 13th 2007 7:07PM]

Well, it's not that it's so hard to do actually.

[ethana2 @ Oct 13th 2007 11:43PM]

Yeah. And saying something obvious and putting 'Zing!' after it makes you looks special.

My momma said life is like a foreign piece of imitation consumer electronics... You never know what you're gonna get.

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Oct 13th 2007 8:29PM]

I'm googling this thing once and for all...

[Jackyshadow @ Oct 13th 2007 9:27PM]

does Vii have cut pins as well? Damn I dont wanna solder my Viikey with wires all over the place

[KiwiNick @ Oct 13th 2007 10:46PM]

Pppppppppppppffffffffffftttttttttt.

Its just two NES emulators duct-taped together.

[JBo @ Oct 13th 2007 11:03PM]

They're both fugly.

[darter9000 @ Oct 14th 2007 1:08AM]

It's named to fool the German market...