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Offline Mashiro

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Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« on: August 08, 2007, 01:37:58 PM »
Kotaku: Stroke Victims Find New Lease On Limbs With Wii Sports

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A Minneapolis hospital has become the latest unwitting Nintendo viral marketer with its new rehabilitation plan. The Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Minneapolis' Abbott Northwestern Hospital aims to aid patients who have suffered from strokes by giving them access to the popular Wii pack-in, Wii Sports, and a Wii-mote, putting the fun back in motor function recovery.


It's nice to see that Wii helping stroke victims out.
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RE: Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2007, 01:54:45 PM »
Jack Thompson's going to have to work pretty hard to make up a reason why that's bad.
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RE: Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2007, 01:57:04 PM »
He'll probably find some story about a stroke victim recovering and killing 5 people at a bowling alley.
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RE:Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2007, 01:57:22 PM »
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Jack Thompson's going to have to work pretty hard to make up a reason why that's bad.


Jack Thompson: Clearly GOD wanted these people to die! By Nintendo helping them recuperate, they are directly interfering with God's will!  
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RE: Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2007, 01:59:24 PM »
I seriously wonder if there's ever going to be one of those 'real' (i.e. less than 90% frivolous) lawsuits against the Wii, like with the XBox last generation and the cop that was killed by the kid who 'played too many games'.  

Also, has Jack Thompson ever said anything explicit about Nintendo's consoles or games? Most of his vitriol is directed against GTA and Rockstar in general.  
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RE: Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2007, 02:01:32 PM »
I'm pretty sure he said bad things about Manhunt 2's Wiimote controls.
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RE: Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2007, 02:02:26 PM »
You know I'm surprised no one said that they were waiting for the other shoe to drop and find out that the seizure was caused by playing video games.
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RE: Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2007, 02:05:55 PM »
Yeah, because the EM radiation emitted by the Wii's wireless transmitter induced the hemoglobin in the person's blood to stick together, creating a giant clot. Or something.

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RE: Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2007, 03:05:01 PM »
But it still can't help Michael J. Fox.

Because of Parkinson's.
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RE: Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2007, 04:00:29 PM »
Something tells me there'll be a lot of WiiFit injuries of people... NORMAL people... just falling over because they're too engrossed in the game.
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RE: Stroke Victims aided by Wii
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2007, 04:41:57 PM »
Nintendo will take care of that by adding another "stand on the wii fit board in a clear space surrounded by pillows" warning message right after the Wii Wrist Strap message upon game bootup.
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