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Canada calls seniors out on their Wii skills, holding a tourney  photo

Apparently the excitement of being old, fragile, and incontinent just isn’t enough for the senior citizens in Hamilton, Ontario. Lifecare Long Term Care Homes seems especially proud of itself with their senior-only tournament in progress this week. They dropped this flyer in one of our fine reader’s mailboxes hoping that he would join in on the fun.

The competition is for $1,000 dollars in prizes. The prizes are not specified, but one can imagine that there will be an exceptionally large amount of Vaseline, diapers, syringes, and applesauce involved. More importantly, the tournament will also teach seniors how to waggle their Wii remotes appropriately in rhythm with whatever game they are pretending to play.  

If you’re old and don’t know how to swing around the Wii remote, feel free to hit these guys up. If you’re like me, you’re more interested in who is going to fall down and when. As if old age wasn’t brutal enough, now they may have to deal with the catastrophe of party games on the casual console that could.

[Thanks  Zero "I should include my screen name in e-mails" Iscariot!]








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ian_esq's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 17:03
ian_esq
I've tested it out on old people,

It really works!
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 17:04
ThunderHeartXI
Ah, Ontario, how I loathe thee.
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 17:32
Naim Master
my gramma even tryed to play games, but then she said they are too flashy * it was sudoku for DS * and she would get back to kniting ....
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 17:39
Naim Master
MotoRobo :

Actually , bingos dont have gimmick controls, thay last for more than 30 minutes , AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ....

IT DOES'T HAS WII MUSIC """
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 17:43
CelicaCrazed
Haha wow!! I saw this flyer just over a week ago when my mom brought it home from work (she works at the paper distribution centre). She was amazed by it and found it hysterical, in a good way. Can't believe something so local to me appeared on Destructoid!!
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 17:59
Holyetheline
Old people in my family enjoy the Wii. haha
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 18:06
Darren Nakamura
Why is "First Ever" in quotation marks?
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 18:10
Zero Iscariot
thanks for using my real name jerk-fo-brainz
Brad Nicholson's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 18:38
Brad Nicholson
@Dexter345 - that's how Canada rolls, son. You not down?
trickfred's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 18:55
trickfred
Hah. I just emailed the link to my mother-in-law. She's going to hit me next time she sees me. :D
CypherVR's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 19:25
CypherVR
facepalm
Pixel Blue's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 19:43
Pixel Blue
I know almost all of you guys hate this kind of shit, but damn, I love it. Everyone can game now. There are games for everybody. I'm so psyched when my parents or grandparents play games.

Game on, grandma. :D
sylphx's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2008 21:37
sylphx
@Dexter345 I think it's because they don't actually know if they are the first or not.
RollingZeppelin's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2008 00:25
RollingZeppelin
Yay a story about the town I'm currently living in!

Hamilton sucks but McMaster kicks ass.
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