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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    05:08 PM

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    As a female mostly x PC-gamer, I understand the results. I no longer really have the time or motivation to maintain the best gaming equipment or character stuff so I'm not a player to be taken seriously. I'm the creepy old chick with the dumb looking character that only gets invited to group events as more of a mascot than anything. I'm also about the only one that can manage to kill my own group members.

    Does it hurt my feelings? No. I just don't have the time and motivation to be a serious player. I think most females (not all), feel this way too. It's hard arguing with a testosterone filled male why you don't care that your character is a fool.
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    Image of Adam Wilson Adam Wilson
    05:16 PM

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: as a guy who plays games the same way, I play games in my free time, which I don't have much of.

    Sure I enjoy games, and read reviews, get excited about cool new releases but tbh, I didn't buy any new consoles (student), got given a wii for free and Im surviving.

    Mainly cos my flatmate has fallout 3 (which seems to be mentioned a lot here) on his PC, and Im mucking about with a character on there.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    05:27 PM

    @Adam Wilson: Yeah, I know there are males in the same boat, but I just think the mentality is more common in women.
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    Image of rcast1986 rcast1986
    05:59 PM

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Holy crap, you're a girl?? It all makes so much more sense now.
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    Image of LVP LVP
    01:24 PM

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Could you change "girl" to Female?

    I'm female. My Wii is collecting dust as my 360 is racking up my electricity bill. Fallout 3 ftw.
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    01:52 PM

    @LVP: Lucky for us, you're not 12% of the female population otherwise this graph would be wrong.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment KassiaHaoe was starred KassiaHaoe was unstarred
    Image of STiger STiger
    05:00 PM


    @LVP: So you'd be picking up that copy of Metal Gear Solid 3 in the bottom left corner of the rack I take it?
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment STiger was starred STiger was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    05:15 PM

    @STiger: Dude, that's awesome!!! I want top, second to the left.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of STiger STiger
    05:27 PM

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: The Strawberry Shortcake game...?
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    05:28 PM

    @STiger: Hell Yeah!!
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    Image of Slinkytech Slinkytech
    01:22 PM

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    It's a casual gamers console, with very little to offer to hardcore gamers. Most casual gamers don't consider themselves gamers. Casual gamers include solitaire, flash games, phone games, and lots of "real games."
    Most wii players don't consider themselves gamers.
    What I'd really like to see is the number of hours played per game and played per console.
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    Image of MechaMunch MechaMunch
    01:18 PM

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Just means my Wii is a chick magnet.
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    01:12 PM

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    So, thw Will is a girls console...what is news here?
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    01:06 PM

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Play what? I'd love to see that broken down into actual games.
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    Image of aprather aprather
    01:13 PM

    @jepzilla: and then you run to the store? :P
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    12:59 PM

    In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
    Maybe it says something about their preference to handle a 7-inch rod-like object as opposed to traditional controllers.

    (Runs away)
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02:01 PM

    @Hello Mister Walrus: 7-inch?
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    Image of Major-n0ob Major-n0ob
    04:18 PM

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: 9-inch
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    No biggie... the system has so little computing power that it can not only be emulated during its commercial lifetime on home PCs, but you can also set it to emulate in HD!

    (I have never tried this though because I actually have a Wii...) #nintendowiihdrumors
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    Image of phicaluk phicaluk
    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    That's not a denial. All he says is that he doesn't know how forcefully he can deny it. #nintendowiihdrumors
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    Image of FP_slomo788 FP_slomo788
    11/09/09

    @phicaluk: Well done. #nintendowiihdrumors
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    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    That's because if he said yes, whatever crappy sales they have now would get even worse. #nintendowiihdrumors
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    Image of imalexx001 imalexx001
    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    I can't wait for the new super mario bros to come out on the wii!
    old school game are da best!
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    Image of brkmrtn002 brkmrtn002
    11/09/09

    In reply to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime Quashes Wii HD Rumors
    I play my snes all the time, my wii is a doorstop.
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    lolgreg promoted this comment Danny Allen approved this comment brkmrtn002 was starred brkmrtn002 was unstarred
    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    11/09/09

    @brkmrtn002: Haha, I've actually been playing my SNES recently too. Haven't touched the Wii in a looong time. Good ol' Donkey Kong Country 2 #nintendowiihdrumors
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    Image of jurrasix jurrasix
    10/29/09

    In reply to Why Nintendo Had to Slash the Price of the Wii
    Bring on the black Wii. It's just a fresh look to increase sales.

    But lets be honest the future of console gaming is HD content and online gaming. It's all about social networking and being able to connect to people all over. The Wii lacks in both categories by comparison.

    The Wii is a one-trick pony that's on its last leg, especially with Natal and PS3 motion controllers coming in 2010. #wii
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    Image of Marc Böhmig Marc Böhmig
    10/29/09

    In reply to Why Nintendo Had to Slash the Price of the Wii
    U know... Nintendo, looking at the units they still sell each month, they couldnt care less about you not buying the wii! #wii
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    Thee Sea promoted this comment Marc Böhmig was starred Marc Böhmig was unstarred
    Image of Thee Sea Thee Sea
    10/29/09

    @Marc Böhmig: Way to fanboy there, champ.

    " Its net profit for the past six months fell by 50 percent, almost perfectly matching a near 50 percent drop in Wii sales."

    Shrinking profits directly tied to the sales of a single product means that, yes, Nintendo DOES care if you buy a Wii. #wii
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    Image of Insert_Meme Insert_Meme
    10/29/09

    @Thee Sea: Fail statistics. Correlation is a prerequisite of causation, but does not imply causation. #wii
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    Image of W10002 W10002
    10/29/09

    In reply to Why Nintendo Had to Slash the Price of the Wii
    I consider myself a gaming fanboy. I have no preference for one system over another [as I have defended the 360 when all of my friends prefer the PS3, and I have defended the PS3 when everyone else has a 360]. However I noticed most gamers despise the Wii, as if they feel threatened. Personally, I think it's because of the ratio between bad games and good games on the Wii [with the rule that for every good game on the Wii, there's 10 bad games].

    That being said, for any criticisms people may have for the Wii... it's not a horrible console. It does have good games. The thing is, I don't think those Wii games interest most gamers out there, or gamers just assume anything on the Wii is sub-par. It's just not true. I've enjoyed a ton of games on the Wii. A lot of them are underrated. And I know some of them don't interest 'hardcore gamers'. But that's fine. Everyone has their own tastes.

    You can criticize the console for its lack of HD graphics. But don't criticize it for having no good games. If you give some of the games a shot, you might find them quite enjoyable.

    That being said.... it was only a matter of time before Nintendo had to do a price cut of their console. With pretty much every other console slashing their prices, I just think it was about right. Regardless, Nintendo is still making ton of profit, and I'm sure they're developing the next console in order to try to maintain their lead. #wii
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