But, as we have all been trained to tell Wii haters, appearances are nothing-- it's the games that count. And, as revealed by NeoGAFfer xfactor, the Vii has things that look like games, at least, all of which star a pair of unidentifiable white animals (goat-bunnies?). The Vii can, of course, play sports games like Alacrity Golf, Happy Tennis and Fantasy Baseball, and the cooking simulation Fry Egg. But it's also got the dancing game Fever Move, the Balloon Fight-esque Bird Knight, and even something ... seal-related called Come On.
The 2D graphics in these games show evidence of some small amount of work, which means that these games must be direct copies of some retail games. Or the real games don't look anything like the screenshots. We're guessing we'll never find out, since we don't know any knockoff retailers we can go to for one of these. GameStorp?
Check after the break to see the screens, and check out the Engadget Chinese post for more hardware pictures, including festive Viimotes.
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10-13-2007 @ 6:11PM
Shadow-gamer said...
"free crap(s)" says it all...
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10-13-2007 @ 6:47PM
troy said...
'GameStorp' just qualified you to be acknowledged as 'Commander Badass.' Just to knock you down for no reason now that you have achieved this awesome height, I will bring up Ocarina of Time pointlessly. Seriously though, you are all really funny people but I think you are the funniest.
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10-13-2007 @ 8:13PM
Zack W. said...
Come On, I hear that if you have too many Fry Egg, you might just get the Free Craps....and that is one serious Fever Move.
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10-13-2007 @ 10:24PM
DomoBraden said...
I've got to say...they're better than I would have expected.
I naturally assumed that the only games that would be available for it would be all those shitty 8-bit titles that you find in generic plug-and-play games, (you know what I'm talking about...56-in-1 or whatever they're called).
Some of those actually appear to be 3d. I'm sure they're garbage, but again...better than I expected.
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10-13-2007 @ 10:27PM
Randy said...
Man, the makers of this Vii thing are just asking to get sued....
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10-14-2007 @ 12:21AM
Hollywood Ron said...
I will pwn everyone at Fry Egg. Don't even try it.
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10-14-2007 @ 2:24AM
jbs_Reptile said...
I can't wait for it to pop up on ebay...some dumb dude is going to think it's a wii
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10-14-2007 @ 8:42AM
Michael Williams said...
But the vital question, Can we play Fry Egg online?
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10-14-2007 @ 11:49AM
fuzzy_mcbitty said...
I can't believe people are falling for this.
The screen shots look like someone took normal Wii games and edited them with a few new graphics. That's why you have the mixture of 2d and 3d. Several of them look like direct lifts from Wii Sports and Wii play.
It's an obvious prank.
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10-14-2007 @ 12:34PM
James said...
I'm just waiting for
"It's a-Vii! Vario!" on the next adverts :P
But seriously, why haven't they been sued yet?
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10-14-2007 @ 12:38PM
Billy_McBong said...
@Hollywood Ron
bring it on. i will kick you ass at Fry egg
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10-14-2007 @ 6:08PM
CackNBallz said...
I guess the Shanghai adage of "we copy everything except your mother" is true. Nintendo will find (and has found) that trying to sue anyone in China is a lost cause. China doesn't have any real copyright laws like anywhere else in the Western world. Well they do have some laws, but they aren't enforced.
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10-15-2007 @ 8:58AM
ELIJAH said...
But what all you commenters missed in your questions was "CAN IT PLAY MEGA CLASH SISTERS?". PUT THAT IN YOUR FRY EGG AND SMOKE IT. FLYING LOL :)
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10-15-2007 @ 2:46PM
krizoitz said...
Does it try to play Wii games? Does it even HAVE a motion sensing controller?
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