Video Documents Mass Hysteria Over Wii For Christmas
Video Documents Mass Hysteria Over Wii For Christmas
December 24, 2008
Pwn Or Die has posted a video which shows a bunch of kids wigging out as they tear the Christmas wrapping from a Wii.
John Herrman from Gizmodo watched the video and seems on target with this comment:
Remember Nintendo 64 kid? Apparently that was just the tip of the iceberg. Much kudos if you can sit through this whole video without weeping, returning everyone's gifts or scheduling a vasectomy.
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Posted 11/22/09 at 11:48pm
ZippyDSMlee: AE:they feeding you well? I am enjoying win7 and heading to bed...uhg I need to get up early and start back to cleaning/painting blahg >< need tog et stuff done befor thanksgiving....
ZippyDSMlee: AE:they feeding you well? I am enjoying win7 and heading to bed...uhg I need to get up early and start back to cleaning/painting blahg >< need tog et stuff done befor thanksgiving....
Posted 11/22/09 at 11:41pm
Andrew Eisen: Just got home from an eight hour recording session at Capitol Records. A lot of fun but damn exhausting.
Andrew Eisen: Just got home from an eight hour recording session at Capitol Records. A lot of fun but damn exhausting.
Posted 11/22/09 at 08:44pm
BearDogg-X: 10 N. O. Who Dat?
BearDogg-X: 10 N. O. Who Dat?
Posted 11/22/09 at 09:45am
ZippyDSMlee: JD:I think doc phill is still sout about the break up with his wife he dose not fill holes as much as make them bigger these day
ZippyDSMlee: JD:I think doc phill is still sout about the break up with his wife he dose not fill holes as much as make them bigger these day
Posted 11/22/09 at 12:06am
JDKJ: You should get Phil McCraken to help you spackle those banisters.
JDKJ: You should get Phil McCraken to help you spackle those banisters.
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:57pm
ZippyDSMlee: Oh in the pirate hunter article I need my song ieda heckled DS,JD,Beemon sic im !!!
ZippyDSMlee: Oh in the pirate hunter article I need my song ieda heckled DS,JD,Beemon sic im !!!
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:56pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:no I am tried from prepping the banisters for painting , worked on them from 12 to 4 and 6 to 8...after I got back from the store...got up early got ready...blah...been up all day..I need a nap...
ZippyDSMlee: JD:no I am tried from prepping the banisters for painting , worked on them from 12 to 4 and 6 to 8...after I got back from the store...got up early got ready...blah...been up all day..I need a nap...
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:42pm
JDKJ: No. You gonna stay up late tonight soldering?
JDKJ: No. You gonna stay up late tonight soldering?
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:41pm
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:Don't you mean Mctite?
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:Don't you mean Mctite?
Posted 11/21/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: @Zip: Neil, Bob, and Lik McTaint. The McTaint brothers. LOL!!!
JDKJ: @Zip: Neil, Bob, and Lik McTaint. The McTaint brothers. LOL!!!
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:44pm
Flamespeak: I still think military personell, killing other military personell, on a military complex should be handled by military courts.
Flamespeak: I still think military personell, killing other military personell, on a military complex should be handled by military courts.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:43pm
Flamespeak: I could see this a mixture of the two charges rather than just one or the other.
Flamespeak: I could see this a mixture of the two charges rather than just one or the other.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:43pm
Flamespeak: I think this was mainly a person who snapped, but evidence is showing he definitely had strong inlinations to islamic-extremism.
Flamespeak: I think this was mainly a person who snapped, but evidence is showing he definitely had strong inlinations to islamic-extremism.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:41pm
Flamespeak: People are trying to claim that Hasan's actions were not terrorism. I don't jump on the 'terror train' like others, however
Flamespeak: People are trying to claim that Hasan's actions were not terrorism. I don't jump on the 'terror train' like others, however
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:38pm
mentor07825: Britain certainly does deserve it! And the French! God damn it, it was a hand ball!!!
mentor07825: Britain certainly does deserve it! And the French! God damn it, it was a hand ball!!!
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: mentor07825:Well Brittan dose deserve it....
ZippyDSMlee: mentor07825:Well Brittan dose deserve it....
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:33pm
ZippyDSMlee: Alyric:I don;t hasliburton having to pay back billoins... don;t you love it when the rich roll over the goverment without a care?
ZippyDSMlee: Alyric:I don;t hasliburton having to pay back billoins... don;t you love it when the rich roll over the goverment without a care?
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:32pm
mentor07825: I say we nuke the whales, for the benefit of both mankind and the environment.
mentor07825: I say we nuke the whales, for the benefit of both mankind and the environment.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:28pm
Austin_Lewis: I say we try Al Gore too. I always said he was in on the racket.
Austin_Lewis: I say we try Al Gore too. I always said he was in on the racket.
Posted 11/21/09 at 09:16pm
Alyric: The leaked information proves these organizations knowingly defrauded governments (i.e., taxpayers) out of billions of dollars. Yet there will probably never be a trial.
Alyric: The leaked information proves these organizations knowingly defrauded governments (i.e., taxpayers) out of billions of dollars. Yet there will probably never be a trial.
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Comments
must... schedule... vasectomy....
Forget scheduling... I'm using the home kit.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
God, I want more kids! I would so get my daughter a Wii...if I didn't already have one! I'd just love to see the look on her face. She loves that thing, and she's only 2!
Nintendo is closing the generation gap.
First one is freaking scary
that's something only Jesus Jack Jones Thompson would do...
Jesus Jack Jones Thompson.... is dead... (funeral udruge, followed by Celebrate :D )
i hope it ain't like that poor xbox 360 kid... that was purely fucked up right there!
Jesus Jack Jones Thompson.... is dead... (funeral udruge, followed by Celebrate :D )
I actually thought most of them were cute.
I would have found them even more cute if it weren't for the stupid ads that kept poping up during the video. I could only make it through the first 5 kids before I gave up due to those things. I'm sure the rest of the kids were all amusing.
Foaming at the mouth
"Nintendo Sixty-FOOOOOOOOOOUR!!!!!"
Please dont...remind me.
NINTENDO SIXTY-FOOOOOOOOUR!!!!!
There have always been motherf*ckers, there will always be motherf*ckers, but what we can't do is let them control our motherf*cking lives. -John Oliver, December 1st, 2008
Personally, I thought it was really heartwarming to see those kids so happy and excited. Reminds me of how I acted when I first got my Super NES. I think Herrman (and GP) are way off here. When I read the article before actually watching the video, I was thinking it'd be a collection of kids swearing at and strangling each other over who gets to play first or stuff like that. Carnage, you know?
Seriously, what's wrong with being overjoyed that you got what you wanted most for Christmas? That's all this video really is. They're just kids being kids. *shrugs*
"There is no sin except stupidity." - Oscar Wilde
Kinda like me when I got my SNES at Christmas 1992 (Or was it 1993? I dunno.)). My Grandmother mutered about the amount of money spent for something so small. I got the Super Scope Six game with it and My Aunt (Auntysocial on here)) gave me her copy of SimCity for it. So, yeah, I was probaly like that.
- Warren Lewis
That makes me want to get one of those fake Wii boxes from Gamestop and put an N64 in it. Then give it to someone.
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I'm totally gonna fake-gift my Wii box with clothing and a brick inside it. Thank you sir.
"You're a foul one...Mr. Grinch..."
"There is no sin except stupidity." - Oscar Wilde
please don't replacate the poor xbox 360 kid, that's still fucked up as i stated before, it's bad for a kid's mental health
Jesus Jack Jones Thompson.... is dead... (funeral udruge, followed by Celebrate :D )
I recall that video. That was fucked up indeed.; primarily because the parents and entire family laughed AT the kid and made sure to tape it.
I would have done what I said if I didn't have my 50+ year old uncle for secret santa. He's not much of the Wii type. Also my daughter got an actual Wii today, so that wouldn't work to well on her either.
Yes, thats right, kids all around the world, are having a Wii.
What?
In other news, that video is making me feel sorta ill.
Wish I was a kid then. I wouldn't go out and GET a Wii, but I wouldn't mind be given one. Same with the PS3. IT's not a money thing, more than me just liking the 360 better. :)
Edit: Oh, and my NES, and SNES. I didn't really think too much of the N64 and right now, even the Wii compared to them.
- Warren Lewis
Wow! A zeppelin!
Screw the scheduling where's my scalpel gone?
_ _ Pops... If you dance with the devil, the devil don't change. The devil changes you.
Atleast one of these is totally fake (the one where the older kid mimics the 64 kid). I didn't find this video bad at all - just a bunch of kids super psyched to get the present they wanted the most - if anyone says they were different then they are a liar.
The best part? "I'M CHOKING ON MY SPIT!" lol
My 2-year old niece behaved relatively similar over some tinkerbell toys she got for the holiday, some few hours ago...
Overly exaggerated, yes. Almost annoying, yes. Exclusive or even related to videogames, no.
Yeah my daughter loved her tinkerbell baby doll.
I got my girlfriend a Wii for Christmas, and I totally expect her to go ape shit when she opens it. And she's 28!
The danceing kis got moves
There have always been motherf*ckers, there will always be motherf*ckers, but what we can't do is let them control our motherf*cking lives. -John Oliver, December 1st, 2008
I was waiting for one of their throats to rupture and start spewing out blood. Alas, I was disapointed.
The teens and adults were just as excited as the kids to get the system. I just hope the parents bought them some additional games to go with the system as its really no fun if you get a system with only wii sports. Personally I would be more excited with the games I would recieve with the system. I also hope that these people recieving the gift of Wii do not ebay their systems in 2 months when they realize its not all that they thought it would be.
The last kid on the video actually got a PS3. And I can't believe I actually watched the whole video. All those kids going ape seriously had me considering the Chicken Scissors.
Notice how all the kids there have still yet to hit puberty. Just goes to show you the wii is a kiddie console.