I’m a Wii

Note: It may be that, not living in the US and not having a knowledge of US TV channels and programming I may have got the wrong end of the stick and the content of this post is wrong. I’m assuming the video featured is an actual advert but it might just be a comedy skit. If it is then ignore and take this as a ‘if it were real’ post.

They say immitation is the highest form of flattery or something like that anyway - well now Nintendo have had a go at creating an Apple style advert for the Wii.

This makes sense because, to be honest, I’ve always thought that if Apple made a games console it would be very much like the Nintendo Wii - it’s the one I’d get if I had the time and money to play games consoles.

Unfortunately I have neither. I’ve had a Playstation 2 since about a month after it came out and I’ve played it four times at most. My Playstation 1 suffered a similar fate.

Nintendo’s new viral ad features two people, one playing the Playstation 3 (in the I’m a PC role) and another playing the Wii (in the I’m a MAC role).

However, unlike the PC v Mac adverts this one does make you want a Wii - well it would if you could actually concentrate for long enough to get the message anyway

The PS3 is portayed by a, lets say slightly larger girl who is a bit booky. She talks about enjoying world war 2 games, being stable and Blue Ray. She also tells us how her vibrate function is disabled, has lots of buttons to work out and is expensive because ‘people know expensive things are quality’.

On the other hand, the Wii is played by a bubbly blonde cheerleader type in hardly any clothes. You see her talks about being ‘all about fun’ and how she ‘likes go-carts - vroom vroom’. The only jar is the bit where she says ‘I’m cheep’ and then does a bit of a wiggle.

Each of the two have a couple of great lines though. The Wii girl says “All you have to do is touch me and you’ll have the time of your life” and “I’m just peppy”. The PS3 girl says “I’m large and in charge” and “have you ever heard of blue ray? It’s the future”.

It’s well worth watching.

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