Wii Sports added to 2012 Olympic games

Also at the press conference was Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo. Iwata said the company is “pleased that the IOC has welcomed our wonderful console into their family with an open heart. We look forward to many prosperous years together. Additionally – suck it, Sony!”

The vote to include four of the five Wii Sports passed by a 3 to 1 margin, as the committee decided to leave out only Wii Baseball from its new program.

“Baseball is dead to us,” Rogge explained. “All forms of it. Seriously, if baseball was dying on the side of the road in the middle of a desert and I knew no one else would be driving by for days, I still wouldn’t pick it up. I hate baseball.”

However, not everyone on the committee was happy with the discission. “Zes is outrageous!” IOC member Guy Drut said in a silly French accent. “Zes are not sports! Zes are traveztiez!”

Jim Easton, a U.S. representive, elaborated for his French colleague. “Listen, I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but if my wife’s eight-year old, mentally-challenged, wheelchair-bound nephew can beat me at Wii tennis every single time, what kind of athletes can we expect to represent the sport at the Olympics?”

In order to prevent the dorkiest, most unathletic Wii athletes from making the Olympics, there are rumors that the events will take place outside, since it is widely believed that many video gamers are allergic to natural light.

Still, most of the responses for the new Olympic sports are positive, especially for parents like Tom Mitchell. “This is going to do wonders for my family,” Mitchell said. “It might finally get my athletic son back on the couch and in front of the TV where he and all children his age belong.”

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Labels: 2012 Olympics, baseball, International Olympic Committee, Nintendo Wii, Olympics, Sony, Wii sports

Posted on January 21st, 2008

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1. Oh, this article made my Monday morning a little brighter. Great sense of humor!

   Comment by jimi on January 21, 2008

2. Wow… Just wow.

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3. What a great article.

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4. I’d like the world to be like this. :]

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