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Real bowler schooled by Wii bowler
Despite its look and feel, Wii Sports: Bowling isn't exactly a true-to-life game. Sure, it may feel like you have a sound style of delivery down, as you are awarded with numerous strikes during your career as a bowling champion on the Wii. But, it turns out that even experience does not govern performance in the game, as in the latest tournament at the 3000-resident Riderwood complex in Montgomery County, Maryland showed underdog Nancy Davies bested previous champ Hal Winters in a tournament with a score of 202 to 182.[Via Engadget]
Game 2 of the Erickson Sports Nintendo Wii Bowling Championship
If you caught the first game, then you know what to expect from this video: more senior citizens in he bowling match of their lives. At least, that's how they treat it, as many teams across this great nation throw down for the ultimate prize of glory and respect. There is one thing we can definitely say about a lot of these bowlers, though. They would probably stomp us in some Wii Sports: Bowling.[Thanks, Zach!]
Senior citizens see who's the best of the best in Wii Sports: Bowling [update 1]
We love to see people, regardless of their age, enjoy gaming. We even love the spirit of competition. Heck, we love lots of things these days. So, with that in mind, we bring forth this video of the first game being played in the First Annual Erickson Sports Nintendo Wii Bowling Championship. And, like any kind of championship, we're impressed by the presentation of it all. Oh, one other thing: don't mess with Charlie "The Hook" Dierbach. That man looks like he's liable to mess you up.You got served!Update: Wow, me am not good at grammar. Sorry for the mistake in the headline, all is fixed thanks to the keen eye of Miranda.[Thanks, Zach!]
Retirement home hosts Home Run Derby
In between episodes of Matlock (we kid, we kid), some folks in Silver Spring, Maryland managed to conduct a Home Run Derby through the Wii. In celebration of Barry Bonds' record-shattering home run and using the game (we assume) Wii Sports, residences of the Riderwood retirement community took 15 fastballs and did their best, swinging for the fences. You know what else is cool? The competition even had a celebrity entrant, as 1940s' All-American Girls Baseball League participant Doris Terry took some pitches. Remember that movie A League of Their Own? Oh, and there is still no crying in baseball.
Another medical institution brings the Wii in
With it helping wounded soldiers recover and retirement communities to stay active, along with personal trainers utilizing it to help people to lose weight and stay fit, we wonder if there is anything the Wii can't do? Surely, at this pace, we're likely to find out it can cure cancer and provide you with a more luxurious, thicker head of hair come October.The latest in the long line of stories about the Wii helping those in need finds us at Raleigh, North Carolina. Here, the Wake Med center is using the Wii to help those who've been in accidents or the recipients of disease. The idea to bring in the Wii was brought forth by the individual who delivers the wheelchairs, as he commented "People don't think of it as therapy. It's fun. It's a distraction, so the therapist can use it to do exercise activities that are hard to do."[Thanks, hvnlysoldr; via The Tanooki]
On a slow news day, CNN discovers that retirees enjoy the Wii
As if the news of older individuals enjoying the Wii was anything new to us, CNN found themselves late to the party in reporting it. They focus their story on 82 year old Ruth Ebert, self-explained apathetic towards all things gaming, that is until she got her hands on a Wii. "It was funny, because normally I would not be someone who would do that," Ebert explains after giving a match of Wii Sports: Tennis a go. She ended up losing the match, explaining that such a loss was alright by her as "I didn't mind losing to a video game. It couldn't rub it in." Yeah Ruth, well you try losing to a Mii of Hitler, that hurts.The rest of the article talks about others in the Virginian retirement community and their experience with the system.
Round up some old people and make them play Wii
Around the EGM/GameVideos/1UP offices, professionalism runs rampant as they are constantly pushing the envelope and looking to expand on their coverage. That was the main drive behind their recent trip to a retirement home where they tested the "appeal-to-anyone" gameplay and accessibility of the console. We won't ruin the video because it's pretty darn funny (old asian ladies playing Wii Sports: Boxing has to be our favorite part), instead directing you past the post break to watch the embedded video and share in the laughter with us.
Seniors in Chicago are Wii crazy
It's been awhile since we've heard anything else on Nintendo's continued effort to lure in that elusive 'gray gamer.' Well, a recent article in the Chicago Tribune tells of an older community where the Wii has taken everyone's interest hostage and threatens to never let it go. Seriously, it has a gun ... and it knows how to use it.The community, which is the Sedgebrook retirement community in Lincolnshire, has an average age of 77 and according to this article, is bringing a bit of youth back to the lives of these senior citizens. Turns out, Wii Sports: Bowling is like a drug to these folk; they can't get enough and we assume if someone threatens them with taking the game away, that individual will face death (no doubt they'll run that individual over very slowly) . One resident backs up our claims of addiction, stating "I've never been into video games." Flora Dierbach, who is a young 72 years old, goes on to say "But this is addictive."Have any of your grandparents or parents been caught up in Wii fever?[Via 1P Start]
