That's right, you can now see Al Roker attempt to play a Wii on the Today Show. I made some comments before about how Nintendo's commercials are teaching non-gamers to make exaggerated movements instead of small, simple ones. Was I right or what?
While Al Roker probably hasn't seen any of these commercials yet, just look at him act like a fool! Do you think that the public will be the same way until they get acquainted with the console or are some people just stupid?
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7:23 PM on 11.15.2006
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I stand up to play Wii Sports games. But I don't flail my arms like an idiot. It doesn't take much in the brain department to understand you only need to swing or do an action when the time is appropriate on the screen.
And yeah, the Nintendo World Store is literally right next to the Today Show studio. They could have easily had a rep there to demonstrate it properly.
Now, if they go to little Timmy's house and see the Wii in action and are interested, that's a different story. But an old person is not going to be swayed from 20 seconds of footage on the Today Show. You gotta give them more credit than that.
trying it for the first time has done the same.
It seems there that Al wouldn't even know how to play regular tennis let alone tennis is video game form. Not to mention that the person told him nothing about the controls or which characters he was.