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Wii Family Trainer

Kev and I just got a Wii Family Trainer from Tesco while getting some milk and a few other bits. This was on the recommendation of a woman I commute with in the evenings. It has a whack a mole game on it : )

Had fun playing with it the only thing that pissed me off about it was that there is still a difference in price between buying a gadget here vs. in the US. It is called Active Life Outdoor Challenge in the US and is a bit cheaper for the exact same game and mat. The only differences as far as I know are the box artwork and the ratings systems used in the US vs. Europe.

Artwork:

UK edition features visuals of a whole family – mom, dad and a boy and girl.  Boy and girl are playing – parents are on the couch behind them. The mom has a evry traditional crossed-legs pose. The U.S. version features only a boy.

The evolution of the artwork in the 2 regions via  Extreme Challenge (the next game from this series) UK version has a whole family again but this time mom is moving rather than having her legs crossed. The U.S. version now features a boy and girl and still not targeting adults.

Wii Family Trainer

Wii Family Trainer

Wii Active Life

Wii Active Life

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Wii have a problem solver

Consumerist has posted a solution to flying wii controllers. Comment on waiting for an official solution from Nintendo: “It ain’t carved from Zelda’s hyperpolygnal ass and handed down by the hands of many small Japanese gods, but it’ll do the trick.”

Nintendo Wii is a new gaming system where you move the controllers through the air to control the action on the screen. Some people have been doing so a bit overzealously. [See Wii Have a Problem; also the twisted take by Penny Arcade; Originally noticed the Wii on boingboing with a funny post by Mark Frauenfelder]

Official Solution: Nintendo is replacing straps. Information Here.

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