Nintendo at the AARP Life@50+ event

By Spencer . October 30, 2006 . 1:02pm

This weekend the Anaheim Convention Center was home to the AARP’s Life@50+ convention where senior citizens went to an Elton John concert and played with the Wii. The only game on display was Wii Sports and anyone could come up to play it. One patron dropped by to play Bowling and after watching the game demoed by a Nintendo rep he got a spare.

 

 

While I was there only a few people dropped by to play the Wii, but plenty watched. In the audience one senior proclaimed, “This is amazing my grandson has played lots of video games and I haven’t seen anything like this.” It also seemed like the price point wasn’t a big deal, when a Nintendo rep told a grandmother who played Wii Sports Tennis the system costs $249.99, the grandmother responded with “that’s all?” Her five year old or so daughter pulled her grandmother’s shirt and said “Can I have it?” The Grandmother then asked where she could buy the Wii and walked off. Nintendo also had DS Lites with Brain Age on display where guests could come by get their Brain Age and compete for a DS Lite.

 

See some photos of the booth below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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  • rdaneel72

    What, no booth babes?!?!?

  • Cor

    From a 50+ event? I WISH!

  • WTF

    You guys disturb me.

  • rabidMike

    Love the larger screens displaying the ds play. Now if only the wii would offer ds play on your television. Seems easy enough. Hmmm…

  • fuzzYogHurt

    The guy in the video isn’t using his wii-mote wrist strap!

  • strongWrist

    That’s because real men who have strong wrists do not need pussy-straps to hold a Wiimote. Real men can grip the device and swing it all they want without catapulting it like a weakling with limp wrists would. Indeed, only women, children and girlie-men need to use a wrist strap.

  • http://www.jadedoel.blogspot.com Disturbed Nfan

    I’d just like to vent a bit of frustration to do with this Wii event kiosk.

    LESSON 1- It’s cluttered. I can see two drink bottles sitting on it, aswell as rubbish and there is this ugly smaller screen probably displaying info on the system (not needed, let the console/TV screen and Booth Operater do the talking) which is blocking the poster on the back wall. Where has that minimalist look that Wii is all about gone.

    LESSON 2- The poster on the front of the desk is of twenty sumthings playing instead of using a poster of 50+ gamers. This would have to be the biggest lesson.

    LESSON 3- I don’t want to judge a book by it’s cover but the Booth Operater looks like a slob (who needs to get a haircut) that they picked up from the local Mac Donalds Restaurant. If you want to make an impression on gamings hardest audience to WOW! Instead of using a typical “gamer-looking” person, use fresh faced people a.k.a Models and other 50+ gamers, which will be much more approachable and appropriate.

    FINAL LESSON- All together it just looks unproffesional and a bad representation of Nintendo. I am used to seeing sleekness, and freshness ooze forth from Ninendo Kiosks but I’m afraid this event got scrap left overs and it shows. Where are the controller stands? It is very messy and disapointing to see.

    AGREE?
    Jade…

  • Trident

    The above poster obviously is a cranky old female, and should not be taken into account.

    1. What’s wrong with the sales rep? I was focusing more on the game itself, though I didn’t notice anything abnormal?

  • Trident

    The above poster obviously is a cranky old female, and should not be taken into account.

    1. What’s wrong with the sales rep? I was focusing more on the game itself, though I didn’t notice anything abnormal?

    2. Who pays attention to drink bottles on the table?

    3. Drown.

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