The Royal Wii

[ravenholtex]

From Yahoo! Games. Link: videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-royal-wii/1316670

The Royal Wii
by Mike Krumbholtz

The Nintendo Wii has positioned itself as the gaming console for everybody. As it turns out, that includes the Queen of England. Well, sort of. It's not like Her Royal Highness went down to Wal-Mart and bought one with her summer job savings. Rather, she was given a special version by gaming company THQ.

What makes the Queen's "Royal Wii" different? It's gold-plated, sucka! None of that lame white plastic for Buckingham Palace — the Queen needs her bling! Gaming blog Joystiq reports that the gaming company is hopeful that the PR stunt "will amuse Queen Elizabeth."

Meanwhile, Geek.com writes that the gift is actually meant to build awareness for the upcoming game, Big Family Games. An ulterior motive? What?!? As the geeks put it, "for a game that is meant to include the whole family from kids to grandparents what better family to send it to than The Royal Family in England."

According to Game Revolution, Big Family Games is a collection of mini-games, including "golf, tennis, ladder golf, lawn darts, horseshoes, bocce," and more. So far, search interest is rather scant. However, should the Queen declare her love for the gift, expect the title to get a right honorable boost in the Buzz. Silly as that sounds, it's not out of the realm of possibility -- according to insiders, she was "addicted" to playing Prince William's Wii last Christmas. Now she'll have one of her own.

[Streamstrider]

I personally don't much care for the Wii, but eh, it is kind of amusing to hear that the Queen of England is playing one and actually enjoys it. Who wouldn't enjoy a good gaming console of their own?

[ravenholtex]

Yeah, especially one MADE OUT OF GOLD.

[Streamstrider]

Seriously, who needs one made out of gold? Why not get a normal one and make use of the money leftover (which, I'm sure, is a lot)?

[ravenholtex]

Well, we are talking about the Queen of England here. I'm sure she's not hurting for lack of cash, you know?

[Streamstrider]

So what? No use in wasting cash, no matter how rich you are. Though I admit, it's much easier to be tempted to spend money when you have it.

[rainseaker]

It is a waste of money, but who is saying it is her waste of money? Maybe the company chipped in because of the press they would get by saying the the queen of england plays the Wii?

[ravenholtex]

Yeah, that's kind of what the article says. They're trying to get press for their new family-orientated game, so why not send a copy to the most famous family in the world?

[Streamstrider]

That's true. I see how that could be helpful in boosting popularity.

[Ħ Gage Ħ]

Hahaha... that's possibly one of the most pointless purchases ever made. lol i am not much a Wii player even though i have one i never play it. But i wouldn't mind having one made out of gold ^_^

[Streamstrider]

You could show it to all your friends and invite people over for a fancy party. It'd be perfect for all the rich kids. Now, all they did is a gold-trimmed PS3, X-Box360, and fooseball tables and all that other stuff. Then they'd be set for the party.