Looking to bring that special someone in your life to tears with a present this holiday? Imagine their face when they tear open their gift to find what looks like a Wii remote, but is actually a useless stand-alone knock-off!
About.com writer Aaron Stanton found this nasty knock-off at his local Wal-Mart, and like us, is disturbed by the product's uselessness. Made by the Los Angeles-based ToyQuest, this terrifying monster isn't a replica, and it's not even for use with your Wii -- it's simply a stand-alone gaming device, complete with its own mini-LCD screen.
As Stanton points out, the screen is so tiny and of such low-quality, that it's nearly impossible to see. The "Wii-annabe" (ouch, sorry about that one) offers the choice between motion controls or D-pad usage; but between that the screen is so tiny and that you'd be moving it while playing, Stanton says the motion controls are pointless.
Well, I sure am glad he spent the money on it before we had to. Still, at under $20, this kind of garbage makes for the perfect "White elephant" gift this holiday season.
Contest:
2:39 PM on 11.04.2007
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Sucks to be the parents that will end up in a cut-rate nursing homes several years from now because of these.
Failed.
My advice to kids who have this happen to them. Get real angry and throw that fake ass system across the room. Insult the crap out of it and go online and show your parents the difference between the real version and the fake one. To make them feel real stupid. Because they deserve it for being so damn ignorant!
Imagine this scenario though, you buy yourself an Xbox 360 for christmas, let the kids play it too to keep them entertained, and so you don't have to splash out on another one, it's getting late, they won't go to sleep, you really want to have a game yourself, tell you'll switch it off in 5 minutes, go up, with your favourite book, for a nice steaming dump in the toilet, and when 5 minutes come, turn it off... remotely... no confrontation.... and you get to play your game relatively weightloss. Haha.
OHHHHHH DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD?!
It actually reminded me of a iPod when I first saw it.
I'm Jewish, so I'm all for ruining someones Christmas!