How to tell if non-gamers are embracing Nintendo’s Wii

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1. My girlfriend is playing Wii without me all the time. She wanted to make a Mii while I was at work after watching me make some, and now she's in love with bowling.

2. Today, I brought it over to my parents house and let them try it out with me. They were having a blast and my parents don't touch video games. Then they wanted to show off their pictures of their vacation and I showed them the Pictures Channel. They were having so much fun and were very impressed. Then my dad said, "I might have to pick one of these up when they become more available". I was amazed… for the first time I actually believed that Nintendo could pull this off getting new gamers.

3. So far this extended holiday weekend, Ive had about 6 very light casual gamers fall in love with it, and 8 people who don't game what so ever instantly fall in love with it. When they heard how much less it was then the PS3, they "simply must have one of these". I am surprised. My wife hates videogames….. she now has about 80 Mii's and can kick my ass in Bowling. EVERYONE LOVES BOWLING. Nintendo could of just had the bowling bundled with the Wii and it still would of been good.

4. so far so good in my house. both my sister and wife have turned it on and played while i was cooking dinner yesterday. its great the like it but kinda sucks cause i can't play zelda all the time 😉 gonna have to buy more wii's so i don't have to share!

5. My Fiancee is getting upset that I am playing Zelda, which means she is not. Any chance she gets when I'm busy, she'll fire it up.

6. My wife, who hasn't touched a video game in decades, is now playing Wii sports with my son and having a blast.She told her coworkers about it and they (a bunch of middle aged accountant women) and they are all planning to come over for a party in January to play.Guess I better get some more controllers! ;-)Chris in TN

7. Both my uncle and my dad have powered it on and competed against each other without me even being home… Uncle bowled a 222 on the first day!

8. It is amazing how successful Nintendo has been with coming though on the promise that the Wii will be the system for nongamers.My dad who only games when my little brother pleads him to now fires up the wii and plays on his own. He is a fan of Wii Sport's tennis and golf.I really like the fact that I can play my dad at a game and not have a technical advantage. There are no weird button schemes, all you need to know is how to swing the wiimote for a game of tennis.

9. I stayed at my parents for thanksgiving, and when I woke up this morning after sleeping in, my Dad told me that he played Wii Sports and Zelda for a while. I thought it was kind of cool that he botted it up and played it by himself.

10. It's been like 3 times this week that I came home to see my girlfriend playing Wii Sports Baseball by herself. She gets so into the game that she forfeits sleep to go up in levels. She barely gets any sleep the next day, but still trudges on with Baseball after a short nap. I think her score is around 6 hundred now. Then when I play her, she destroys me. And I am loving every minute of it.

11. One thing that gets a lot of "play" time on my Wii is the Photo Channel. I haven't read of too many people using this, and it is quite handy. MUCH easier to use and more practical than viewing your pictures through a PC!

12. The photo channel is kinda fun. You can play with it, put glasses and kisses on people. PhotoWii. (WiiShop?)

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