Author Topic: Nintendo Virus Sightings (Read 21870 times)

Donutt007 · « **Reply #50 on:** August 24, 2006, 11:17:19 AM »

My girlfriend, who is a massage therapist and is probably tired of hearing me talk about Wii all the time, was talking to her boss at the spa and they somehow started talking about video games.

Her boss was talking about how much she would enjoy the games if she didn't have to sit around the whole time and that whenever she plays the games she moves her arms around anyway trying to mimic the jumps and stuff. So my girl started talking about the Wii to her and all the great things that Wii is. She sounded kinda excited about the idea.

Wow, a 35 year old female massage therapist and yoga instructor is now interested in buying a Wii. Talk about reaching out to a new market!

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #51 on:** August 24, 2006, 11:26:00 AM »

Strike another blow again nemo & Ian...

combined...

NEMIAN!!

mantidor · « **Reply #52 on:** August 24, 2006, 11:55:41 AM »

sounds like Damian, is the antichrist upon us?

JonLeung · « **Reply #53 on:** August 25, 2006, 09:51:50 AM »

Well, Nemo is backwards of "Omen"...

EasyCure · « **Reply #54 on:** August 26, 2006, 09:26:37 AM »

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Originally posted by: Donutt007
My girlfriend, who is a massage therapist and is probably tired of hearing me talk about Wii all the time, was talking to her boss at the spa and they somehow started talking about video games.

Her boss was talking about how much she would enjoy the games if she didn't have to sit around the whole time and that whenever she plays the games she moves her arms around anyway trying to mimic the jumps and stuff. So my girl started talking about the Wii to her and all the great things that Wii is. She sounded kinda excited about the idea.

Wow, a 35 year old female massage therapist and yoga instructor is now interested in buying a Wii. Talk about reaching out to a new market!

lucky you ;-)

Donutt007 · « **Reply #55 on:** August 26, 2006, 10:39:09 AM »

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Originally posted by: EasyCure
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Originally posted by: Donutt007
My girlfriend, who is a massage therapist and is probably tired of hearing me talk about Wii all the time, was talking to her boss at the spa and they somehow started talking about video games.

Her boss was talking about how much she would enjoy the games if she didn't have to sit around the whole time and that whenever she plays the games she moves her arms around anyway trying to mimic the jumps and stuff. So my girl started talking about the Wii to her and all the great things that Wii is. She sounded kinda excited about the idea.

Wow, a 35 year old female massage therapist and yoga instructor is now interested in buying a Wii. Talk about reaching out to a new market!

lucky you ;-)

I was talking about her boss. My girl's a 24 year old massage therapist and yoga student, even luckier!

EasyCure · « **Reply #56 on:** August 26, 2006, 11:32:24 AM »

even luckier indeed!!!

Killer_Man_Jaro · « **Reply #57 on:** August 28, 2006, 05:43:37 AM »

Yesterday, on my way home from work, I stopped off at an internet cafe because I was desperately thirsty. While I was having a beer, I noticed a guy about 18 years old looking at GameSpot videos of Wii games. I went over to him and we had a reeeeeeaaaaaaaly long discussion about the Wii games, in particular Red Steel. After a while, a man in his early 30s came over, wondering what we were doing. My and this boy explained to him about the Wii and his capabilities. He sounded excited about it, especially after hearing he could play his old favorites on the Virtual Console, as he was apparently a hardcore SNES gamer.

JonLeung · « **Reply #58 on:** September 06, 2006, 09:51:12 AM »

Last Thursday, I had dinner with a girl *gasp* at a diner-esque place on Whyte Ave (you know, "the" place to hang out in Edmonton). On the way out, as we were paying, the girl I was with started a brief conversation with the waitress/server/whatever while I busied myself with my debit card. The conversation started out with something about the place being busy. Then it was something about people being more thrifty because of the money left over from student loans. Then something. I wasn't paying attention at this point, but it was only a half-minute, tops. Then the server suddenly exclaimed to her, "NEW ZELDA COMING SOON!"

That surprised me. o_0 I mean, that a Whyte Ave diner person would care about such things.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention. My supervisor (I may have referred to her as my boss in the past but she isn't really), who I introduced Brain Age to, recently introduced Brain Age to our (actual) boss, who now has a DS Lite and Brain Age as well - and as an early birthday present. Couldn't wait to train the brain, I guess. Passing along the love of Brain Age is truly "viral". I didn't really believe the whole word-of-mouth thing, really, but now I'm a link in that chain. Perhaps my boss will introduce Brain Age to someone else...or me and my supervisor probably will again.

IceCold · « **Reply #59 on:** September 06, 2006, 03:07:28 PM »

I wish I had sightings like these

Svevan · « **Reply #60 on:** September 06, 2006, 05:56:19 PM »

I showed Brain Age to some older people who got so pissed with the word "blue" that they broke my DS and swore to never buy a Nintendo product ever.

There's still a long way to go, Nintendo. TRY HARDER.

MarioAllStar · « **Reply #61 on:** September 06, 2006, 06:02:30 PM »

I know that Brain Training is really picky about the word "blue", but did they actually destroy your DS to a point where it wouldn't function?

Svevan · « **Reply #62 on:** September 06, 2006, 06:20:57 PM »

Yes. No.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #63 on:** September 07, 2006, 06:20:19 AM »

My sister just now realized that I actually have a DS (and that a DS Lite isn't required for Brain Training) so she decided to split costs with my mother. Let's see if I see my DS again. Even if she doesn't use it stuff has a tendency to disappear permanently in her room.

EasyCure · « **Reply #64 on:** October 05, 2006, 11:07:40 PM »

as some of you may know im trying to get a job at the nintendo world store in NYC. i was there on wednesday for an interview and after it was done i hung out a little, played a few games. before i left i was at the register to purchase something when one of the employees hands the cashier a copy of brain age and says "its for this lady here."

i took a glance at the women and she was easily in her mid to late 30s, and she didnt have a kid with her. i assume its for herself.

then just yesterday, i was talking to a friend whom i havent spoken to in years. the subject of video games came up and he asked if i was still interested. he expressed his excitement about ps3 (im sorry, i mean PLAYSTATION 3). i asked him if he even knew the price of the thing... boy was he in for a suprise. i gave him all the bad news there is about it and told him he'd be better off waiting a year or more to get one.

to my suprise he hadnt heard about the wii. he asked if nintendo was coming out with a new console or not. i told im all about Wii and its motion sensing controls, showed him pictures of how small it is and showed him trailers for red steel and even Trauma center and he was simply awed. he didnt say a single thing about graphics or asked if it was anywhere near as powerful as ps3. he was just floored at how fun the games would be and how new it felt. he was genuienly excited.

he's a complete mainstream gamer who wanted a ps3 because it was the 'cool' system to have, but i think i converted him to Wii after telling/showing him all it has to offer.

ps i didnt tell him the price of the console until the end and he couldnt believe how much cheaper it was then ps3.

JonLeung · « **Reply #65 on:** October 06, 2006, 09:28:34 AM »

I think it's kind of sad that there are a lot of people unaware of Nintendo's upcoming Wii, but stories like the one above seem common - the PS3 is assumed to be cool until they hear the bad news, most especially the price, and the Wii floors people when they see how fun it looks.

With a month and a half or so before the launch, I expect that non-Internet-dwelling citizens of the planet Earth will soon catch up to what the Wii is all about. Though now I'm wondering if I'd rather they weren't excited, so that I'd be more likely to get one on launch day without having to preorder. >_>

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #66 on:** October 06, 2006, 09:40:54 AM »

It'll be on Oprah within a month of launch, and the rest will be history.

JonLeung · « **Reply #67 on:** October 06, 2006, 09:44:28 AM »

Everyone keeps saying it'll be on Oprah for some reason. Why is that? This was long before one was seen on Ellen. And if Oprah can afford to buy audience members new cars, couldn't she buy audience members new PS3s?

Yeah, I know the Wii just might interest Oprah-watchers...but still, everyone keeps talking about it as if it's a sure thing.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #68 on:** October 06, 2006, 10:04:15 AM »

Cuz it is. Why would Oprah bother to discuss the PS3? expensive high tech system concerned with existing gamers and tek-heads?

Oprah's audience falls in line with the non-gamer audience. Plus, she has massive media potential.

And I'M the only one saying it'll be on Oprah. You just see my posts too often.

Kairon · « **Reply #69 on:** October 06, 2006, 11:19:00 AM »

Oprah and the home shopping network.

HSN. MARK MY WORDS... with spaghetti sauce.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

WuTangTurtle · « **Reply #70 on:** October 06, 2006, 10:03:25 PM »

We should start emailing, and writing Oprah to be the Non Gamer Spokesperson for the Wii. Then maybe she could have her own game list like her book list, lol. Instant best seller!

Caterkiller · « **Reply #71 on:** October 06, 2006, 10:39:13 PM »

What an idea Shaolinkilla! I never really thought of actualy emailing her. I really wonder what they would possibly think if they recieved emails and letters about us wanting Oprah to be the spokesperson for the Wii. I woud love for her to fall in love with the Wii, but it seems like too much of a good thing to happen for Nintendo. Well who knows, if it really makes families get together and... Hey If we send in emails and letters about how much it has braught together our family and friends, and how much better it is at keep large children a bit more active, I defenitly think she'd look into it. Send them even if for some reason the Wii tears your family apart.

JonLeung · « **Reply #72 on:** October 07, 2006, 09:17:15 AM »

I was actually going to suggest a campaign to let Oprah know about the Wii yesterday, too. >_<

So long as she doesn't see it as some kind of fanboy bombardment, if she's able to wrest time away from her gazillion other duties to take a look at what the Wii is all about, it just might work.

Kairon · « **Reply #73 on:** October 07, 2006, 09:32:40 AM »

Wouldn't she be more receptive if we were actually long-time Oprah viewers?

*clicks on TV*

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #74 on:** October 07, 2006, 10:32:40 AM »

my dad and my sister (both nongamers and blah) were extremely excited when I told them what the Wii was about

the funniest part was that my sister was dissapointed that we had to wait until November to get one XD

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