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Wii got imitations!

StarJet | April 07, 2008 | News | Wii 
Remember the Vii? In case you don't, the Vii was Chinese ripoff of the Nintendo Wii. It had a rather cheap motion sensing gimmick and few games inbuilt. Now it seems the French are taking a leaf out of the mighty Chinese book of ripoffs, all at a low price.
We all remember the hilarity surrounding the Chinese answer to Nintendo’s Wii, the Vii. Now it seems a French company is doing the same thing and releasing its own family-friendly, casual-gamey, motion-sensey device for living rooms.

The device, which retails at EUR39.99, features a vibrant portfolio of games including Baseball, Ping Pong, Bowling, Boxing, Football and Tennis.

While it’s easy to laugh at what is blatantly an attempt to horn in on the Wii format at a budget price it is, in a sense, quite worrying. What bothers me is that the growth in casual/family oriented gaming could mean a downturn in the quality of both the hardware and software in production.

For those of us who have been gaming for a while it’s easy to know where we stand. We can identify what each console or format offers to us and correlate that with what we want as gamers. However, those who are not yet gaming, wherever they may be, blissfully unaware they are in the cross-hair of Nintendo or whoever else will not have this pre-existing knowledge of implied quality and may only see the price.

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    Carlyon | April 07, 2008
    I doubt people will only by games for the price. They know there is the main market leaders; Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft who will offer quality and so the price they pay, they pay for quality.

    Also, there will always be a strong hardcore market and so quality in gaming will never fall, if anything it will continue to rise with innovations such as the Wii.

    No need to worry.
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    The Primagen | April 07, 2008
    I seem to remember A big patent fight Nintendo had with another company.. Needless to say, Nintendo crushed them.

    Why don't they do that now? isn't it infringing on their patent?
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    theundertakergonzo | April 07, 2008
    All i can do is laugh in the face of the people who actually try to sell this, it has its games packed in which meant it couldn't offer to much. A nice atempt to say the least but an epic phail to say the least aswell.
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    Miller | April 07, 2008
    Epic TF2 picture!

    Spies sappin' my Xbox!
  • 0 thumbs!
    slumpy monkey | April 07, 2008
    Ever heard of Polystation....


    If you havent you tube it.

    You will laugh your ass off.
  • 4 thumbs!
    Vito Raliffe | April 07, 2008
    They should call it the Oui.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Twisted | April 07, 2008
      Lmao, that was really funny XD.

      It's probably going to suck terribly, I would lol at the people buying it.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Avalith | April 08, 2008
      I would give Vito +100 thumbs for that if I could.
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    therealNgamer | April 07, 2008
    I'm only interested if it has killer apps like the Vii. No Flip Egg, no sale.
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    chautemoc | April 08, 2008
    That thing looks like a frickin' kettle.
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    Catboy14 | April 08, 2008
    To those who haven't, check out this video of a Vii Review. At the end, he opens it up and it is mostly empty with a weight inside.
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    bk man | April 08, 2008
    why even do this... it is not going to work out!

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