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Seniors Go Wild For Wii
I'm sure everyone can agree that Nintendo has truly captured the casual audience this generation. One of their main goals was to bring gaming "back to the masses" and Nintendo certainly achieved that goal. Since the launch of the Wii, strange stories have spread across the internet about how the Wii has made its way into old people's homes, hospitals etc. All the places that you wouldn't really expect to see a video game console.
The latest story comes from Riverton Elks Lodge, where the Wii has become a huge hit! Melanie Melsted, Riverton’s senior resource coordinator, started bringing her own Wii to the lodge for the seniors to enjoy. Soon enough the seniors loved the Wii so much that they decided to buy one for the lodge. “Once they learned how to use it they wanted me to keep bringing it back,” Melsted said. “This is a great way for seniors to interact and keep active.”
Wii Sports is one of the many games that allow the seniors to take part in activities that would usually require them to go outdoors; like bowling, golf, baseball, boxing (granny punch out anyone?) and tennis. Although this is just one of the many splendid ways Nintendo has taken the casual audience by storm, it's refreshing to look at how the Wii has redefined gaming.
Written By: Billy Hudson
This post was last modified: 04-06-2008 03:51 PM by Alex51011.
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RE: Seniors Go Wild For Wii
haha, that's cool. Nintendo really has spread out to all ages! XD
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RE: Seniors Go Wild For Wii
Yet more Nintendo anti-ageism.
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| 04-06-2008 03:56 PM |
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RE: Seniors Go Wild For Wii
Lol, good for the grannies! They'll be living til they are 200 if they keep up the exercise! That's unless they die of a heart attack from too much movement or something like that .. lol
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| 04-06-2008 04:12 PM |
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I want to see how well they do on ROCKBAND or GHIII.
lol.
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RE: Seniors Go Wild For Wii
that picture rocks!!! anyways, Nintendo now can saw truefully that they appeal to ages 8 to 108. 
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| 04-06-2008 05:21 PM |
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That picture is rather giggle worthy! 
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| 04-06-2008 05:23 PM |
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Hilarious picture! They have been practicing for Wii games before they were even announced such as inserting false teeth as in Wario.
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Wow. I thought I was the only one laughing at that image.
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| 04-07-2008 01:26 AM |
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RE: Seniors Go Wild For Wii
I bet there'll be a lot of broken bones while swinging that Wii remote around.
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