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50 reasons NOT to buy your child a Nintendo Wii
Lydia Sung - Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 | 12:57PM (PT) 0 Favourites (0)


At least chain the kid to the floor first!

It's Christmas Eve, so most of you probably already have your gift exchanges down pat, but here's a last minute tip anyway -- I'd call it more of a warning.  This holiday season, do not buy your juvenile son or daughter a Nintendo Wii.

Don't believe me?  Here are 50 reasons you should, thoughtfully compiled by a very bored anonymous individual.  Some of you may laugh, a few might cry, and the rest will simply stop the video barely halfway through the 8 minutes and 41 seconds to splash cold water over your face just to make sure you're still sane.

On second thought, let them have the Wii.  Get them a DS or PSP while you're at it, because I really don't want kiddy gamers like these trying to friend me on LIVE or WoW.

I do not recommend earphones for this.

Depressing glimpses of your future offspring and their ear-piercing shrieks aside, may your Christmas be filled with much love, gamers.  If you're heat is out, just huddle around your HD console of choice and bask in its warmth.

Source: PWN or DIE

Section: Nintendo Consoles

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    eyesidol since Feb 2008 | Dec 24, 08
    Dear god, what have I done!
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    chautemoc since Mar 2008 | Dec 24, 08
    'If they couldnt find it in stores then santa mustve made it'. Look at the *bleep*ing box kid, it says manufactured by nintendo!

    These kids are insane. Nintendo's audience I guess. Glad they're not mine. Haha.
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    ar_cat since Aug 2005 | Dec 24, 08
    LOL, I love this video! Good job Lydia.
    You really brought some laughs at this Holiday Season.
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    Gussimotto since Jan 2003 | Dec 24, 08
    Look what Nintendo has done...
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    uxnhoj123 since Dec 2002 | Dec 24, 08
    Oh god, I couldn't even finish watching through the first one.
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    killerkid22 since Jun 2007 | Dec 24, 08
    ....are Wii's really that..great?? wdf? lol
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    OmegaFury since Jan 2008 | Dec 24, 08
    These kids make me wanna hate Christmas:|
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    ViperSean since Apr 2002 | Dec 24, 08
    BRB, gonna go kick someone in the throat.
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    RabidChinaGirl since Oct 2007 | Dec 24, 08
    Consider this article my Christmas present to everyone at Neo.
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    Guest | Dec 24, 08
    Hey, the last one is a Playstation 3- you can tell when he holds it up!
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    gerard way owns you since Aug 2007 | Dec 25, 08
    That girl at the begining should be *bleep*xin shot.
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    gerard way owns you since Aug 2007 | Dec 25, 08
    To further go with that last comment, they ALL need to die. All of them. I now remember why I hate little kids.

    especially the kid dressed as spider man who is jumping around with a knife at 6:30

    i also like the kid at the end with the ps3, hes the only one that acted halfway normal.
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    L0GIN SLAY3R since Oct 2008 | Dec 25, 08
    gerard, I completely agree. We should band together and burn every last bit of these children until their screams bleed through their ears! And my parents wanted me to take medication...
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    twizttid13 since Aug 2007 | Dec 25, 08
    I'm pretty sure most of them will play it for a month then will probably not play it very much. Although this might pertain to the hardcore (gamer), older kids.
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    Jarhead255 since Sep 2008 | Dec 25, 08
    Sweet jesus...I hope my sister doesn't do this with her DS...Oh god...
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    NickACWW since Apr 2006 | Dec 25, 08
    i want to shoot those kids with a spartan laser.
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    oni_hero since Jul 2005 | Dec 25, 08
    Just once I am going to do what my parents did to me. Buy a controller for the new system, a game, wrap them up, stick them under the tree, and hide the actual console upstairs in the closet. It also works to buy something in a big box, or wrap something small up in a big box. The look on my face was priceless, we have pictures to prove that. They did that to me with the N64 when I was like 10. Not nice, but incredibly funny.
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    Primus50 since Apr 2008 | Dec 25, 08
    MUST.......
    KILL.......
    LITTLE KIDS!!!!
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    gerard way owns you since Aug 2007 | Dec 25, 08
    quote Primus50
    MUST.......
    KILL.......
    LITTLE KIDS!!!!
    JOIN US!!! WE HAVE COOKIES!!!
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    Guest | Dec 25, 08
    Ahahaha, it just goes to show that Wii's are awesome. Poor soul at the end got a PS3 though.
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    gerard way owns you since Aug 2007 | Dec 25, 08
    Poor soul?! For gods sake, he was the only sane one. If anything it shows the corruption of gamers that the Wii causes.
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    Guest | Dec 25, 08
    oh darn, little children FILLED WITH JOY ON CHRISTMAS THA EHVIL@! we need to build a time machine to tell that jesus one-four! i liked the nintendo sixtyFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUR kid better though. let them enjoy their lives before they figure out how meaningless and unforfilling it is. they'll fill the void with novelty electronic gizmos like the rest of us
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    gerard way owns you since Aug 2007 | Dec 26, 08
    Dude, I am STILL playing my n64. In fact, I just picked up Goldeneye. That game is awesome. I like that I can use 2 controllers. One to aim and move, and the other to look and fire and change weapons. It kind of reminded me of the Wii. 0_o maybe that's how they got the idea...
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    ButchSmudge31 since May 2007 | Dec 26, 08
    Its a Wii! Which you will most likely be bored of in around 2 months. >_>
    If they were my kids I would shoot them.
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    THM since Jan 2008 | Dec 26, 08
    Well, I'm not quite sure whether Wii is popular among kids or not, nevertheless, a lot of parents are buying Wii for their kids as Christmas present for the whole family's fun time.

    Note: If I have a kid, I'd definitely buy Wii for my child because PS3 or Xbox 360 is just too advance for kids, Hee Hee!!!!!!
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    Jarhead255 since Sep 2008 | Dec 26, 08
    My Sister did something similar with her DS. But, she didn't make we want to blow her up..
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    Heralmina since Jul 2008 | Dec 26, 08
    My Dad was going to buy the Wii as a Christmas present for the family- he expects, though, that they will go down nearing the new year. If we do get it, it means we will have all four next ten consoles, no the Wii is nothing on comparison, but it means the whole family can have a bash together...
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    chowder57 since Dec 2008 | Dec 26, 08
    wow
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    chowder57 since Dec 2008 | Dec 26, 08
    i had no presents for my cristmas
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    gerard way owns you since Aug 2007 | Dec 26, 08
    That sucks for you. Well my YouTube friend BigAl2K6 got a Wii for Christmas, and he unfortunately acted just like a few of these kids...Oh man...But I still love him!
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    Iceguy2003 since Sep 2005 | Dec 26, 08
    Absolutely hilarious.
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    Guest | Dec 26, 08
    toooooooooooooooooooooooooo
    MANY

    ADS!!!
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    RabidChinaGirl since Oct 2007 | Dec 26, 08
    @John Fredrickson
    I think you're one of the few who actually made it to the end and still had half a mind left to notice the PS3 boy. It'd say that all those kids before him got jipped by comparison.
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    freddy4940 since Nov 2005 | Dec 27, 08
    quote gerard way owns you
    Poor soul?! For gods sake, he was the only sane one. If anything it shows the corruption of gamers that the Wii causes.
    Yeah, but did notice how many gamers Halo 3 corrupted? You cant even play one decent game without hearing some 10 year old kid screaming because someone took "his" laser...goddamn that pissed me off so much. And yet, The 360 is such a good console! If anything, what really pisses me off is little kids that get a new console for christmas, and they dont even know how to use it. My 11 year old cousin got a PS3 movie pack for christmas, thinking that the movie was a game...-_-I wanted to laugh at him, but I just felt too sad knowing that this is how PS3's, WII's, and 360's are being used....
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    nanfoodle since Dec 2008 | Dec 27, 08
    OMFG, ITS A WII!!! ITS A WIIIIIIII!! :')

    .....ffs.

    I'm so wrapping an empty Wii box up for xmas next year...
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    lucky 7 since Aug 2007 | Dec 27, 08
    quote from vid "it's a Wii, it's a Wii omg"

    when he opens it there is a just a weight. that is what my parents did to me i wanted a xbox(so pwns the wii) they got a xbox 360 box and but a weight in it and i got it and i opeded it i was like omg i threw the box at em
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    cheatdude since Nov 2006 | Dec 28, 08
    Imagine the kids with the same behaivor in the video, only that they get a dildo instead.
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    Shinobi_razor since Sep 2004 | Dec 28, 08
    not as good as the epic "Nintendo Sixty FOOOOOOOUUUURRR!!!!!" youtube video.
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    gerard way owns you since Aug 2007 | Dec 28, 08
    quote cheatdude
    Imagine the kids with the same behaivor in the video, only that they get a dildo instead.
    Why would anyone wanna do that?
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    0172 since Jun 2007 | Dec 28, 08
    Watching that was incredibly painful, especially that first one. She appeared to be insane. o_0
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    Max5176 since Nov 2006 | Dec 29, 08
    jeeze, being young teenager getting my wii...well i wasnt as excited as they were...but excited, but for my ps3...a bit more excited...
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    TheDragonMaster since Mar 2008 | Dec 29, 08
    Man, I wonder what's so great about nintendo wii. I don't own one, I'm simply not interested. I just got a new ps2 for christmas because my old one's ruined.
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    SonicDude28 since Nov 2007 | Dec 29, 08
    Jeez I hope that girl at the start doesn't have wii speak. >
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    L0GIN SLAY3R since Oct 2008 | Dec 29, 08
    I hope the girl at the start doesn't have friends.
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    koopatroopa17 since Oct 2008 | Dec 30, 08
    Umm, those kids are psycotic. They probably couldn't even play it anyway.

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    foxthefox since Mar 2007 | Dec 31, 08
    The internal processers are all probably destroyed from all the sound waves and shaking....bloody hell.
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    Guest | Jan 1, 09
    ...Wii fans should be called Wiitards.....
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    Guest | Jan 1, 09
    Children are so easy to brainwash with the wii's gimicky shit. My little bro got a ps3 and the first thing he said was "thank god its not a wii" he's a smart kid for a 10 year old.
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    DonCar since Apr 2005 | Jan 1, 09
    Lol that teenager at 2:04 looked like he was ready to go and jack off to it.
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    chautemoc since Mar 2008 | Jan 3, 09
    Do I win a Wii ?
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    VeGiTAX2 since Apr 2001 | Jan 3, 09
    I feel ripped in comparison, when I got my Wii I only saw people crying because they didn't comprehend what pre-order meant, when I got my PS3 I had some guy follow me on the freeway because they were #14 and there were 13 tickets for those waiting to get it. (there were other freaky ones as well) and when I got my 360 much later it was more or less "meh congrats go play gears and get out of the store already"
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    RabidChinaGirl since Oct 2007 | Jan 3, 09
    @VeGiTAX2
    #14 would've shot you if he knew you were just going to sell the thing.

    @chautemoc
    OICWYDT!
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    Blaze since Jan 2009 | Jan 14, 09
    Well that was the most embarassing things to watch yet.
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