Church uses Jesus Mii to attract crowds

By Robert Purchese Published 20 March, 2008

Celebrations absent of "churchiness".

Mission Bay Community Church in San Francisco is using a Jesus Mii to advertise its Easter celebrations.

The poster shows a Mii version of Jesus next to an Easter bunny and reads, "Come and follow Mii."

Mission Bay is not your typical Church, though; they also like to play music and offer coffees to encourage visitors.

This, Mission Bay claims, means it is "absent of negative 'churchiness'".

We have all sorts of Mii designs on our Wii. One looks like a human Lassie.

Picture of Robert.

About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

Read more articles from Robert by visiting the Robert Purchese archive page.

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Comments (36) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • AHiFi #1 4 years ago

    ...Miission Bay!

    Sorry, I couldn't resist...

  • erp #2 4 years ago

    Sue them.

  • bad09 #3 4 years ago

    I hear Jesus is great on the fishing in Wii Play.


    /gets coats, leaves the building and goes to pray.....

  • Machiavel #4 4 years ago

    I love churches that think up witty ad lines week on week. My fave (never used apparently)

    Come to God's Party -

    Food, Wine, Virgins!

  • r3n #5 4 years ago

    If you have to tempt kiddies in to church with a character made on a Wii...

  • bad09 #6 4 years ago

    @ r3n

    Well lets be honest the bible doesn't work :)

  • Stormflood #7 4 years ago

    Wii Crucifixion would work - use the wiimote to hammer home the nails.

  • r3n #8 4 years ago

    I bet Jesus Mii is your typical white caucasian, long haired hippy, where as real Jesus definitely wouldn't have had long hair (as it was frowned upon for men), and obviously would've looked like someone of Middle Eastern lineage.

    Ho hum, religion's a funny old thing

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #9 4 years ago

    It's not a real Mii, he's wearing a robe :-(

  • PlugMonkey #10 4 years ago

    I bet Jesus Mii is your typical white caucasian, long haired hippy, where as real Jesus definitely wouldn't have had long hair (as it was frowned upon for men), and obviously would've looked like someone of Middle Eastern lineage.

    Ho hum, religion's a funny old thing

    Hmm. Why don't you try following the link to their site and have a look?

  • woodnotes #11 4 years ago

    Jesus is black?

    Hang on, maybe it's the brightness on my monitor..

    EDIT: I know exactly what the rabbit is thinking.
    Edited by 1 at 20/03/08 @ 10:07

  • The-Bodybuilder #12 4 years ago

    @ r3n

    You know, you wouldn't look so dumb if you had actually clicked the link...

  • monkie_king #13 4 years ago

    Miiraculous!

  • Dark_Stranger #14 4 years ago

    I wonder if there is a mohammad mii? maybe created by a Danish journalist
    Edited by 2 at 20/03/08 @ 11:03

  • The-Bodybuilder #15 4 years ago

    You mean mohammed awii?

    And why would a church have a mohammed mii?
    Edited by 1 at 20/03/08 @ 10:39

  • The-Bodybuilder #16 4 years ago

    @ Xiphos

    So, when you see a brown jesus mii, with brown eyes and brown hair, the first thing that comes to your head is "he looks like a euopean with a tan", rather than the fact that, you know....he looks.....middle eastern/jewish?

  • dncc #17 4 years ago

    What is the rabbit saying?

  • Nithron #18 4 years ago

    Wait, Jesus would have had short hair because long hair was "frowned upon" on men at the time?

    I hear they weren't all that keen on claiming you were the son of god, either.
    Edited by 1 at 20/03/08 @ 11:27

  • r3n #19 4 years ago

    @ The Bodybuilder

    Whoops... still, he really doesn't look Middle Eastern. There's even people who think Jesus was African... who knows eh? What with The Bible being such a reliable piece of literature

    @ Nithron

    He was still a "man of the people", so it's unlikely he was trying to set new fashion trends.

    Anyways...

    *skulks off from religious debate*

  • JediMasterMalik #20 4 years ago

    He never did claim that though, it was added later when the Gospels were compiled. He claimed he was the son of god in the way all of mankind was. i.e. we were all children of god, it was metaphorical.

    In my belief of course.

    I also doubt he had long hair. Not that his appearance is in any way important.

  • The-Bodybuilder #21 4 years ago

    >"In my belief of course"

    It's good that you added that comment.

  • JediMasterMalik #22 4 years ago

    Why? Wouldn't it have been obvious? It's like the morons who write imo after EVERYTHING! I only wrote it cause religion can be a touchy subject.

  • mossychops001 #23 4 years ago

    Quick, someone create a Devil Mii.

  • wayn3h #24 4 years ago

    JediMasterMalik; fuck tip toeing around religion. Just say it like it is. Why there is some sacred respect around religion I will never know. i can slag off your political beliefs all I want but as soon as I mention religion.. OH NOES!!11!! TABOO ALERT!!!

    Fuck religion.

    eurgh. OT. Sorry. lol.

  • JediMasterMalik #25 4 years ago

    What the fuck are you on about?

    nutter...

  • RobertFoster #26 4 years ago

    The bunny is the best part.

  • magnemar #27 4 years ago

    Jesus Mii pwns Devil Mii on Friday.

  • monkie_king #28 4 years ago

    Just realised, this means that lent is nearly over, yay.

    Back on the smack for me.

  • JamieR #29 4 years ago

    I hate religion crazy loons keep their mad delusions to them self

  • PlugMonkey #30 4 years ago

    Wait, Jesus would have had short hair because long hair was "frowned upon" on men at the time?

    I hear they weren't all that keen on claiming you were the son of god, either.

    Or hanging around with prostitutes. The guy was executed for being a wild-eyed, big-bottomed anarchist. It wouldn't surprise me if he didn't conform to popular grooming practices.

    A FUCK LOAD MORE TERRIBLE THAN BEING NAILED TO A CROSS AND SUFFOCATING UNDER YOUR OWN GRAVITY

    It's a close run thing, but I think I'd actually choose a few minutes of burning over a couple of days of suffocating to death with fuck off great nails through my arms and legs.

    And a lot of the people who got burned got made saints for it. You can't make them ALL the son of god. ;)
    Edited by 1 at 20/03/08 @ 15:01

  • Nithron #31 4 years ago

    PlugMonkey hit the nail right on the head. Regardless of what he may or may not have said, he is remarkable purely because he broke a lot of rules in his lifetime, and so i don't think he really cared what was "frowned upon".

    More to the point, though, who really cares what he looked like?

  • The-Bodybuilder #32 4 years ago

    >"I hate religion crazy loons keep their mad delusions to them self "

    So you don't like wayn3h^! either?

  • DVR #33 4 years ago

    It's interesting that this topic is being so hotly commented on in a games forum. And never mind a devil or mohammed mii, give us a Flying Spaggetti Monster Mii!!

  • Kropotkin #34 4 years ago

    Now they need to do a Mohammed Mii and Nintendo will be fire bombed within about 20 seconds of it being made.

  • DVR #35 4 years ago

    @ the bodybuilder. Why do you think wayn3h^! is a religious nut? I would class her/him as a non-religious apologist. In other words no matter the gender, there is a very sincere attempt to discover truth despite the obvious candy-filled lies (read child abuse of) religion. And this is not just opinion.

  • Landmaster #36 4 years ago

    C H _ _ CH

    What's Missing?

    U R !!

    I know it's not funny in the slightest but the first time i saw it on a church in NewQuay i Wet myself with Joy :)