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More Vii for you: another Wii knockoff hits the scene photo

We had a giggle over the Vii last year, but like any massively popular icon of pop culture, the ripoffs are far from over. We spied this recent imitator over at Engadget, with comes with a slew of vaguely identifiable acessories including paddles, something that might be a bat and a tiny blue spaceship. I'm kidding, I have no idea what that little blue thing is. A heart rate monitor?

The rig costs roughly $205 and comes with a gift box in case you want to make someone hate you for life. How thoughtful! It was made by China Shenzhen Firstsing Company Limited, who hilariously enough made a cooling fan for the actual Wii, but apparently didn't make the profit they hoped for, so they decided to rip off the whole system. Nice going. I wish I knew someone in China who could tell me if this crud actually sells.

[Thanks Justin]








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Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:13
Excel-2011
They ripped off the Virtual Console wrong. Somebody forgot to tell engineering that "virtual" doesn't mean physical cartridges.
NightDehumidifier's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:16
NightDehumidifier
Probably looks, plays, and feels better than the Wii. I am also the truth.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:17
mistic
ugh ridiculous... and looks quite flimsy to me...
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:21
zombiekiller13
I quickly scanned the post and read "China Shenzhen Firstsing Company Limited" as "China Shenzhen Fisting Company Limited". If that was the company that made it, I'd buy a dozen.
Lord The Night Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:23
Lord The Night Knight
That British guy on youtube, is going to love this. And by love, I mean love to tear it a new one.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:34
Holyetheline
it'd be fun to see what this one is like
ZombiePlatypus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:41
ZombiePlatypus
That looks pretty sad...
Yuphrum's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:45
Yuphrum
I would so sorry for the kid whose parent brought this home thinking it was a Wii
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:52
MechaMonkey
These should be distributed for free to make everyone in the world laugh. The positive energy created by this event will solve all the planet's problems.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 12:59
Maurice Tan
That bat thing on the left had better vibrate.
BlackSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 13:19
BlackSheep
the blue thing is obviously a VMU.

duh.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 13:22
AgentMOO
Holy shit, $205 for that? I'm speechless
Novakaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 13:31
Novakaine
China's got the most fucked up copyright infringement laws.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 13:34
Neonie
I think Vii have a problem (I COULD NOT HELP MY SELF)
Tash's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 13:39
Tash
Are they kidding with the $205?
Noah's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 13:46
Noah
I live in China, and I don't believe this thing is that expensive. I've never seen it, but have seen tons of cheap consoles like it, they're not that expensive. You can get an authentic Wii already flashed with 10 games of your choice for not much more than $300....but that's not in a department store if you know what I mean.

When I was in Thailand you could find tons of cheap consoles that looked like a PS1 that played cartridges and sole for practically for nothing.
TheF1sh's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 13:54
TheF1sh
The Viimote attachments look like something Fisher Price would make.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 14:00
Cheeburga
Hot.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 14:06
Darren Nakamura
Poor Chinese people.
Rifter01's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 14:09
Rifter01
LOLz @ ZombieKiller13... I thought the exact same thing... Great minds think alike. I'll be looking for one of these at the next big flea market/swap meet sale! ^.^
Satsumomo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 14:28
Satsumomo
Yeah, I think it's $205 imported, I doubt it's THAT expensive.

Here in Mexico, in WAL-MART you can find the PS1 knock offs that play NES games.
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 14:49
mrplow8
Why do the Wii ripoffs always look 100 times cooler than the actual Wii?
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 14:57
king3vbo
In a sick way, I kinda want one
brainpower4's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 14:59
brainpower4
is it just me or does that blue thing have a soccer ball on it? my guess is that you strap it to your ankle, and "kick" the ball. Nintendo might actually learn a thing or 2 here.
Primo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 15:38
Primo
will it blend?
big filth's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 15:40
big filth
lol @ ^
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 16:13
fetusmilk
my local moruning radio station (wplr) was talking about how they want to do a WII pole dancing game. i guess the controller would be the pole?
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 17:56
TheToiletDuck
Chances are i could drop this and it would still work.
Alpha 87655320875's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 18:14
Alpha 87655320875
These systems make me cry, poor kids.
grrza's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 18:32
grrza
These systems make me lol. But I'm holding out for teh Pii.
WillyFourEyes's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 18:43
WillyFourEyes
Wait a minute...are those cartridges on the left side? Pfft...anybody who mistakes that for the real Wii deserves to get ripped off.
brownpig's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 18:55
brownpig
I live in China, and I don't know who buys these. I see plenty of real Wiis around Beijing.. (they have been overstocked since its release... isn't that amazing.)

It is probably for small country towns, where movies are still sold on vcds. I've seen a PS1 on sale in a country town department store.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 19:19
Aaron Mxy Yost
It's no Wu.
CareBear LG's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2008 21:10
CareBear LG
I saw this in The Nederlands(Mastricht) two weeks ago, I actually tok a picture of it on my cellphone.. I guess I'll upload it later..! ;)
GeTFiX's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 02:14
GeTFiX
The team of the french magazine "Canard PC" made a review with videos and dismantling of this thing ...
Here, the console is called Technigame and is cheaper (40€).
http://www.canardplus.com/dossier-40-console_technigame_miwi_vimix.html

FYI, the "space ship" is an accessory for the soccer minigame to detect your kick move.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/10/2008 09:24
TrailerParkJesus
But is it as good at collecting dust?
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