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Evan · 04-27-2007, 12:57 PM

Lucky kids. lol. Here ya go:
Wii toys served hot off the grill - Nintendo Wii Fanboy
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Wii toys served hot off the grill
Posted Apr 25th 2007 3:25PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Fan stuff, Controller

Fast food chain Wendy's plans to pack its Kids' Meals with Wii-related toys soon. The new knickknacks don't look like they're anything to fawn over, but that miniaturized and muddied Excite Truck might make a nice addition to your collection of Micro Machines and Hot Wheels racers.

Truthfully, we've never been partial to the restaurant's square-shaped burger patties or its bland french fries. Wendy's chicken nuggets, however, are like the real-world equivalent to Narnia's turkish delight. Families have been betrayed and wars have been set into motion over these bits of meat. The fact that we can get a pocket-sized Wii remote with these nuggets pretty much settles our schedule for where we're eating lunch at when this promotion goes into effect.
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Gekiryuger · 05-10-2007, 11:05 PM

Mr jack thompson might be aware of this!

here`s the evidence to make it easier:

Dear Mrs. Anderson:

I should like to alert you to the inappropriateness of the above upcoming promotion at Wendy’s, in light of the below information.

On July 10, an extremely violent video game will be released for “play” on Nintendo’s kid-friendly Wii game platform. It is called Manhunt 2. It will feature, according to video game news sites, beheadings with hatchets, bludgeonings with baseball bats, the jamming of syringes into eyeballs, cutting opponents’ testicles off, and “environtmental [sic] kills” in which common objects in the field of vision, such as electrical cords to strangle victims. I attach news reports in these regards.

What makes this Nintendo Wii game all the more troubling is the nature of Wii platform itself. Instead of holding in one’s hand the typical game controller, the player holds motion capture devices, so that by moving one’s hands and limbs one is actually acting out with one’s own body the violent behavior. The American Psychological Association in August 2005 found a direct causal link between the play of violent video games and increased adolescent and teen aggression. One pro-video game industry site is referring to Manhunt 2 as a “true murder simulator” when played on Wii.

A dear friend of mine worked for Wendy’s and with Dave Thomas closely for years. From that I know that Dave Thomas never would have tolerated the use of Wendy’s good name to promote Nintendo’s Wii, not with this game available on the Wii platform.

Please cancel the Wii Kids’ Meal promotion immediately.

Regards,
Jack Thompson

That Normal Kid · 05-11-2007, 07:04 AM

now, i dont know who jack thomson is, but i want these toys and Manhunt 2!!!!

Kovalchuk · 05-11-2007, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gekiryuger

Mr jack thompson might be aware of this!

here`s the evidence to make it easier:

Dear Mrs. Anderson:

I should like to alert you to the inappropriateness of the above upcoming promotion at Wendy’s, in light of the below information.

On July 10, an extremely violent video game will be released for “play” on Nintendo’s kid-friendly Wii game platform. It is called Manhunt 2. It will feature, according to video game news sites, beheadings with hatchets, bludgeonings with baseball bats, the jamming of syringes into eyeballs, cutting opponents’ testicles off, and “environtmental [sic] kills” in which common objects in the field of vision, such as electrical cords to strangle victims. I attach news reports in these regards.

What makes this Nintendo Wii game all the more troubling is the nature of Wii platform itself. Instead of holding in one’s hand the typical game controller, the player holds motion capture devices, so that by moving one’s hands and limbs one is actually acting out with one’s own body the violent behavior. The American Psychological Association in August 2005 found a direct causal link between the play of violent video games and increased adolescent and teen aggression. One pro-video game industry site is referring to Manhunt 2 as a “true murder simulator” when played on Wii.

A dear friend of mine worked for Wendy’s and with Dave Thomas closely for years. From that I know that Dave Thomas never would have tolerated the use of Wendy’s good name to promote Nintendo’s Wii, not with this game available on the Wii platform.

Please cancel the Wii Kids’ Meal promotion immediately.

Regards,
Jack Thompson

OMG, that sounds awesome, this is either a joke or someone's drinking a little too much cool aid. Mr. Thompson, the Wii has a rating system managed by the ESRB (maybe you've heard of it?). It is not Nintendo or Wendy's responsibility to make sure the player is playing appropriate games for the appropriate age, it is up to the parents. Wendy's is promoting an Item that has several games for kids or an E rating and the promotion in no way promotes young children buying M rated games. also, in case you dident know, each Wii console can be locked with a password to prevent children from playing such games. So please take a chill pill and give Wendy's a break, at least they are promoting a console that gets these kids off the couch and moving so they can burn that fast food off. Have you played Tiger Woods yet, great game.