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Wii Would Like To Play with Sick Kids
Conrad Zimmerman \| 8:04 PM on 06.24.2008	4 comments

Nintendo is going to be putting Wii "Fun Centers" into childrens hospitals throughout the US and Canada. Currently, the goal is to get 500 of them into the hands of sick kids by the end of the year and another 750 thereafter. They sound like they'll be pretty sweet, too, rocking Sharp Aquos screens and throwing in their typical assortment of first-party, family-friendly games.

This is all well and good, but is Wii really the best choice of console to give to hospitalized children? We all know how little actual physical motion is required for most of the games on the Wii, but illness can really take its toll on young victims. I'd hate to hear stories about bedridden kids who have no choice but to look on while all the other children get to have so much fun because they can't muster the energy to waggle. I'd have thought the DS would be a more appropriate option.

Then again, I guess there's pretty good odds that remotes won't be flying into those screens either.

(via Kotaku)

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4 comments | showing # 1 to 4

xdaytime

This is good. Hopefully it will joy those kids up.

DynamicSheep

I desperately want to make some offensive joke about dead kids and Wiis, but I'm drawing a blank.

Coonskin05

I'll help you out Sheep.

They should change the slogan from "Wii would like to play" to "Wii would like to live".

Mxyzptlk

*slow clap for Coonskin*

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