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Make yourself look sillier playing Wii Sports; introducing Wii Boxing Gloves photo

I truly find it hard to believe that anyone is still actually playing Wii Sports, much less the "sounds great on paper, but about as fun as trying to bite your own ear" Wii Boxing. But then again, NPD numbers indicate that Nintendo sold 338,000 Wii consoles last month, so I'm sure that somewhere someone's grandmother is flailing wildly at a television. 

With Wii "fight clubs" and bowling leagues popping up all over the place, maybe there actually is a market for the Wii Boxing Gloves that Divineo is selling for $12.95 a pair. Simply slide the nunchuck and remote into pouches located on the made-for-Wii gloves and before you know it, you'll be looking like a total idiot and alienating your friends in no time. 

Divineo also offers bulk discounts, if you need to purchase 50 pairs of boxing gloves for your local Wii fight club. I sure do hope someone gets hurt.


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UglyDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:08
UglyDuck
Nintendo - Finding new and more innovative ways to batter your loves ones to death.
Reeper's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:09
Reeper
awesome, a more authentic looking-like-a-moron experience
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:11
Joe Burling
Now it's like you are really boxing! Fear my mii!!!
harelo's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:21
harelo
It would be a great idea if you could add weight onto the gloves, that would be REALLY good excercise
Aetsen's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:31
Aetsen
GAY!
Zanch's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:35
Zanch
A useless peripheral good for use with ONE game. Yeah, that'll sell like crazy.
zardoz's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:36
zardoz
I don't find it hard to believe that people are still playing/buying Wii sports, it's like a good album that you listen to every so often. You may as well say you find it hard to believe 6 month old music still sells, which would be a ridiculous statement.

I find it hard to believe people are still buying Mario fucking Party, it's had 8 attempts to get it right, and it's still utterly hateful.
iliketuna's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:45
iliketuna
wii bowling is still the videogame i play most. 2nd maybe only to pokemon.
DM_L's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:46
DM_L
Hey, I still...

...don't play WiiSports... >.>
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 21:57
BluDesign
This is the dumbest accessory I've seen released for a video game since the U-Force.

U-Force, people.
kielejocain's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 22:02
kielejocain
Perhaps my favorite part is the discount that kicks in on the 5th pair of gloves.

For those of us with a Wii that has 5 controller ports and a 5-player version of Wii Boxing: ROYAL RUMBLE!!!
JohnnyWadd's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 22:17
JohnnyWadd
VERY fucking gay.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 22:45
deiga-the-semivaliant
"Can improve inspiration when wearing the boxing glove to play the game, make the game more realistic and exciting, and enhance the joy of playing the game."

Yeah, nice English.
Brock_Dainjer's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/17/2007 23:25
Brock_Dainjer
I wrote the letter to Dtoid about finding a Wii while checking out the major Griffith Park fires in LA, and I wish I could write a followup about how fucking disappointing the Wii is. It's too damned imprecise, the retarded wrist motions that actually dominate a game are sadly lame, and there truly is nothing awesome out for it. I haven't even fucking played it in a month. And I dont even have a job right now. I just drink. And no matter how drunk I get, I still cannot feel shitty enough to play that muddy brown shitshow that is the new zelda. 250 dollars for a system to simulate cooking is the most retardly japanese mistake I've ever made in my life. I should've bought a PS3 to compliment my 360. Although I blew about 3 PS3's at Olympic Garden's last week in Vegas.
amalgamut00's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 00:01
amalgamut00
If I saw these in stores I would get them for some dumb reason. I mean all I do is play Wii Sports any way, every other game sucks ass
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 00:19
Mxyzptlk
@ Brock_Dainjer:

I think you just did write your follow-up. :)
Brock_Dainjer's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 00:22
Brock_Dainjer
Yea, i realized that a little too late.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 00:29
Im OK
*peeks in on the post and the subsequent comments*

Nice. It's almost as though Summa never left. Great job keeping his spirit alive here, you guys. @_@

*heads out before Nintendo Fanboy™ rant mode futilely kicks in*
Brock_Dainjer's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 00:46
Brock_Dainjer
I'm just being honest, Im Ok. It doesn't mean I'm right by any means. I just don't understand what the fuck is going on with the Wii and the PS3 essentially failing. I mean, its pretty obvious whats going wrong and right, but for fucks sake, the fact that its the wii dominating, it makes me concerned for the future. As awesome as it isn't to play text driven lawyer games that could sell on Live or the PSN for about 6 bucks, but instead, people will spend 50 fucking bucks? Thats what i guess my whole argument with the Wii is. There's no way you can tell me that I should spend the same amount of money on paper mario (which is a good game, dont get me wrong) as I do on Gears of war. theres a little bit of production disparity there that makes me want to just throw my Wii at my roommates japanese girlfriend.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 01:34
Mxyzptlk
Man, I wish there actually was a Phoenix Wright game on the Wii. I'd pay 50 fucking bucks for that.
DM_L's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 01:52
DM_L
Motion sensing DID open a lot of doors for text-driven lawyer games. If I see one more collection of... text-driven lawyer games on Wii, I'll post angry phrases on a message board.
JimJim's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 02:01
JimJim
why would you pay money for these when tape does the job just as well?
stevenjazz787's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 02:19
stevenjazz787
Brock, either you don't own a Wii or you should have known it wasn't for you before buying like the tool that you are for buyiing into the fad.

That being said Wii games aren't the same price as 360 games. It's fine that you like GoW, you don't have to "hate" other people genres or consoles. I wish there was a Text base lawyer game for Wii. There are 2 for DS, let's hope for a spin off.

You are the reason why LIVE isn't as fun as it could be. I know you are one of the ones shouting out explitives about other peoples homosexuality. You really should stop playing games all together. Oh, and the enter key is your friend.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 02:49
bleep
Actually this is the lamest peripheral NES every had. I actually owned one and it sucked
Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 06:38
Tron Knotts
I play Wii Boxing every day, unless I'm too lazy, which happens about once a week. I never thought I'd say that about a videogame. Weird.

Once you figure out the controls (they are not as intuitive as they appear, which actually made the game more interesting to learn), the game is actually pretty fun, like a 3D version of the old Game and Watch Boxing I grew up with.

I could see how it isn't a great game for everyone, as you don't get to travel to magical fairly lands or be all "hardcore" in rough and tumble fantasy alien apocolypses. This game, like many awesome Wii games, offers little to none of the escapism which video games (sadly) are so well known for.

Is that what really scares people about the Wii? That the era of video games being primarily a form of total escapism may be coming to a close?

There will always be escapist games guys. They still dominate the market. It's just now, there are more kinds of games that actually make money. That can only be a good thing for the industry.

Brock- Were you pissed that movies like Napoleon Dynamite cost just as much on DVD as Spider Man 2? Are you worried that because Napoleon Dynamite made tons of money that studios will stop making special effects blockbusters? If the answers to either question is no, then you can stop worring about the Wii and go back to playing GoW.
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2007 10:08
PappaDukes
I don't even know what this thread/article is about, BUT I just went and bought Rayman: Raving Rabids for the Wii, and it's a pretty decent game, graphics aside. I thoroughly enjoy it.
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