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Wii News by Ellie Gibson
It's official - the Wii has gone so "mainstream" it's now hanging out at Hollywood's biggest globally televised circle jerk.
As you probably know it was the Oscars last night, and lots of films won various awards. It was an unexpectedly poor show for Britain as Keira Knightley's tits won none of the 48 categories they were nominated in.
But it was a bumper night for Nintendo in global advertising terms. As the awards ceremony resumed following one commercial break, Jon Stewart off of satirical US news programme The Daily Show appeared on stage playing Wii tennis.
According to News.com, "It was a funny moment, and in keeping with Stewart's contemporary wit."
Judge for yourself by watching Stewart's tennis skills in action over on YouTube.
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MoGamer2006
25/02/08 @ 10:43
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Proof - as if it were needed - that Nintendo has won the 'war' this generation... amazing!
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'circle jerk'. Ha! Couldn't agree more.
"Hey, you rich celebrities - you have everything your hearts desire, wealth, fame, private jets, drugs, fatuous hangers-on. What else could you possibly need... Oh, a massive back-pat award ceremony? Certainly. Something for the poor people to watch." Tossers. |
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Apparently it also has the power to heal the sick.
I'm keeping my eye out for the first "Wii raises the dead" news story. |
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"Proof - as if it were needed - that Nintendo has won the 'war' this generation... amazing! "
hahaha... they wernt really playing on it if you were watching it someone backstage was...its a massive advertising stunt.. if u also noticed the iphone ..(or ipod touch) was on there as well, does that make is a winner of the phone war? just one thing id say is when nintendo finally get their finger out and i get good games for my wii so it gets turned on (hasnt been for the last 3 months) then il change my point of view...so far its a waste of money for me personally.
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Muddtallica
25/02/08 @ 13:30
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This year's Oscars were surprisingly good, actually; big-budget Hollywood love-ins were largely shut out in favour of smaller independent films that were actually, y'know, good. I thought There Will Be Blood was a little bit better than No Country For Old Men, and probably deserved the big prizes, but I'm not complaining about a fairly decent showing from the Academy for a change.
Except - The Golden bloody Compass had better effects than Transformers, did it? Give me a break. |
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MoGamer2006
25/02/08 @ 13:33
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@wakka2k5 - or should I say, "Mr Personally"
Given the quality of your spelling, I suspect the reason your Wii hasn't been turned on for the last 3 months is that you haven't worked out where the power button is. ;-) |
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MoGamer2006
25/02/08 @ 13:46
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What... an *animation* degree... Well, that changes everything!
Look son, it's probably best not to define yourself or your 'authority' by the degree course you're doing - it makes you look like an idiot. When you grow up, you'll understand. |
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