Why would a parent ever buy their kids a Wii?

If someone make a thread called "the 10 worst thread ever ."

this one should definetly be in.

Seriously.  Little 8 year old Johnny wants a Wii for his birthday.  His mom says "Ok, honey."  The mom must have no clue what the Wii is.  If she did, she wouldn't want her hyperactive child who eats too much sugar swinging the wiimote like a drug addict on a cocaine binge.  Watch Johnny break mommy's vase.  Watch Johnny hurl the wiimote through daddy's new HDTV.  Watch Johnny have 3 little friends over and break even more things!  Seriously...there is no logical reason for a parent allow their kids to play a Wii...especially once they know what Wii is all about.  Do you really think an 8 year old boy is going to control his movements when using the wii controller? :lol:AvIdGaMeR444

Wow, AvidCoW, your points are so tired and unrefreshed. Make up some new propaganda for a change, and preferably propaganda which actually has some logical base in it.

[QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"]Seriously.  Little 8 year old Johnny wants a Wii for his birthday.  His mom says "Ok, honey."  The mom must have no clue what the Wii is.  If she did, she wouldn't want her hyperactive child who eats too much sugar swinging the wiimote like a drug addict on a cocaine binge.  Watch Johnny break mommy's vase.  Watch Johnny hurl the wiimote through daddy's new HDTV.  Watch Johnny have 3 little friends over and break even more things!  Seriously...there is no logical reason for a parent allow their kids to play a Wii...especially once they know what Wii is all about.  Do you really think an 8 year old boy is going to control his movements when using the wii controller? :lol:UKNintendoFreak

Wow, AvidCoW, your points are so tired and unrefreshed. Make up some new propaganda for a change, and preferably propaganda which actually has some logical base in it.

Is it logical for a parent to buy their spastic kid a motion-sensitive console?  Not if you don't want the kid breaking stuff.  Kids are hyper for the most part.  I think it is nuts to give a child a Wii where the kid could potentially break stuff. 

[QUOTE="UKNintendoFreak"]

[QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"]Seriously. Little 8 year old Johnny wants a Wii for his birthday. His mom says "Ok, honey." The mom must have no clue what the Wii is. If she did, she wouldn't want her hyperactive child who eats too much sugar swinging the wiimote like a drug addict on a cocaine binge. Watch Johnny break mommy's vase. Watch Johnny hurl the wiimote through daddy's new HDTV. Watch Johnny have 3 little friends over and break even more things! Seriously...there is no logical reason for a parent allow their kids to play a Wii...especially once they know what Wii is all about. Do you really think an 8 year old boy is going to control his movements when using the wii controller? :lol:AvIdGaMeR444

Wow, AvidCoW, your points are so tired and unrefreshed. Make up some new propaganda for a change, and preferably propaganda which actually has some logical base in it.

Is it logical for a parent to buy their spastic kid a motion-sensitive console? Not if you don't want the kid breaking stuff. Kids are hyper for the most part. I think it is nuts to give a child a Wii where the kid could potentially break stuff.

Should they give them gears of war? That's a good way to warp a kids mind in a good way right? 

Spastic ADD kids go crazy with regular controllers too. Remember your childhood? And at least the Wiimotes come with a thicker wrist strap now.wok7

Would you trust an 8 year old kid to even use the wriststrap?  I wouldn't.  Also, spastic kids going crazy with regular contollers usually entails them pushing buttons really hard or pressing the analog stick to hard.  With the wii controller, the kid could more easily break stuff and accidentally hurl it. 

[QUOTE="wok7"]Spastic ADD kids go crazy with regular controllers too. Remember your childhood? And at least the Wiimotes come with a thicker wrist strap now.AvIdGaMeR444

Would you trust an 8 year old kid to even use the wriststrap?  I wouldn't.  Also, spastic kids going crazy with regular contollers usually entails them pushing buttons really hard or pressing the analog stick to hard.  With the wii controller, the kid could more easily break stuff and accidentally hurl it. 

That can be just as easily said with a kid playing resistance trying to shake an alien off him with the SIXAXIS. Yes, young kids play these games nowadays.

Those regular controllers would get thrown around as well.

But the only logical way you could save yourself is by saying Parents shouldn't buy the Wii only for it to the babysitter of those kids. The parents should be playing with their kids.  

You're so right.

So maybe the parent should spend $400 on an xbox 360 and buy Gears of War for that 8 year old.

Another quality AvIdGaMeR444 thread. :roll:DA_B0MB

:roll: Whatever DA_BOMB.  Yeah, I'm soooo off-base here.  There have never ever in the history of the Wii console ever been any reports whatsoever of people accidentally hurling Wiimotes.  NEVER! :roll:  I'm sure an 8 year old kid has never ever accidentally let go of the wii controller or broken something from swinging it too wildly :roll: But, hey.  I'm way out of line here for saying that an 8 year old may not know any better and accidentally break something...even with all the reports of wiihaveaproblem.com and such.  I'm just so off :roll:

Flopicwok7

[QUOTE="DA_B0MB"]Another quality AvIdGaMeR444 thread. :roll:AvIdGaMeR444

:roll: Whatever DA_BOMB. Yeah, I'm soooo off-base here. There have never ever in the history of the Wii console ever been any reports whatsoever of people accidentally hurling Wiimotes. NEVER! :roll: I'm sure an 8 year old kid has never ever accidentally let go of the wii controller or broken something from swinging it too wildly :roll: But, hey. I'm way out of line here for saying that an 8 year old may not know any better and accidentally break something...even with all the reports of wiihaveaproblem.com and such. I'm just so off :roll:

I garuntee one half of the reports of breaking TVs or injuries from Wii are fake...

I never once said a WORD ABOUT 360 or PS3. I'm NOT EVEN IMPLYING THAT the parents should buy their kids a 360 or PS3. GEEZ! :xAvIdGaMeR444

So what are you suggesting? Stick with gamecube. You call out the Wii but I can't call out the 360 or ps3? 

Another quality AvIdGaMeR444 thread. :roll:DA_B0MB

Yup...

sounds like someone didn't get what they wanted for x-mas or thre birthday! you have no idea what it is to be a parent.

Seriously.  Little 8 year old Johnny wants a Wii for his birthday.  His mom says "Ok, honey."  The mom must have no clue what the Wii is.  If she did, she wouldn't want her hyperactive child who eats too much sugar swinging the wiimote like a drug addict on a cocaine binge.  Watch Johnny break mommy's vase.  Watch Johnny hurl the wiimote through daddy's new HDTV.  Watch Johnny have 3 little friends over and break even more things!  Seriously...there is no logical reason for a parent allow their kids to play a Wii...especially once they know what Wii is all about.  Do you really think an 8 year old boy is going to control his movements when using the wii controller? :lol:AvIdGaMeR444

why do people have no faith in little kids. sure they do stupid crap a lot but they dont do stuff that dumbEducated_Gamer

Yes they do.  My friend broke my N64 controller when I was real young.  He was spastic.  Kids do stupid things all the time.  THERE IS A FREAKING WEBSITE DEDICATED TO SUCH PROBLEMS!  Wiihaveaproblem.  But, hey...I'm sooooo off-base here in everyone's eyes. 

I'm sure not one person in the entire world who owns a Wii has ever let their little brother use it. And I'm sure the little brother has never accidentally broken anything. NEVER! NOPE! Little kids don't ever break anything :lol: WOW! I can't believe people disagree with this thread so much! I guess since it is AvidGamer saying little kids break stuff, kids magically have now stopped breaking things because I'm always wrong! :lol: AvIdGaMeR444

Because this is ridiculous. Because sometimes kids break things they = automatic hazard? Don't let them handle pencils, they will poke themselves in the eye..

Many of my young cousins have played the wii. I've had no problem with them. My 40 year old aunt played and dropped the controller while playing bowling.

This is beginning to be a joke now. "You guys just hate this because I'm avidgamer mehe mehemeh you guys hate me, please love me, you guys are unfair"

Make a good topic for once and talk intelligently, and then we will take it seriously.

[QUOTE="Educated_Gamer"]why do people have no faith in little kids. sure they do stupid crap a lot but they dont do stuff that dumbAvIdGaMeR444

Yes they do.  My friend broke my N64 controller when I was real young.  He was spastic.  Kids do stupid things all the time.  THERE IS A FREAKING WEBSITE DEDICATED TO SUCH PROBLEMS!  Wiihaveaproblem.  But, hey...I'm sooooo off-base here in everyone's eyes. 

Because they don't know any better...

But SERIOUSLY.  This topic isn't even worth discussing on SW.  Yes, kids break things, but who cares?  Does it matter?

Another quality AvIdGaMeR444 thread. :roll:DA_B0MB

Seriously. Little 8 year old Johnny wants a Wii for his birthday. His mom says "Ok, honey." The mom must have no clue what the Wii is. If she did, she wouldn't want her hyperactive child who eats too much sugar swinging the wiimote like a drug addict on a cocaine binge. Watch Johnny break mommy's vase. Watch Johnny hurl the wiimote through daddy's new HDTV. Watch Johnny have 3 little friends over and break even more things! Seriously...there is no logical reason for a parent allow their kids to play a Wii...especially once they know what Wii is all about. Do you really think an 8 year old boy is going to control his movements when using the wii controller? :lol:AvIdGaMeR444

ROFL!  Please back up this hilarious thread with a few YouTube videos! 

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[QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"]Seriously. Little 8 year old Johnny wants a Wii for his birthday. His mom says "Ok, honey." The mom must have no clue what the Wii is. If she did, she wouldn't want her hyperactive child who eats too much sugar swinging the wiimote like a drug addict on a cocaine binge. Watch Johnny break mommy's vase. Watch Johnny hurl the wiimote through daddy's new HDTV. Watch Johnny have 3 little friends over and break even more things! Seriously...there is no logical reason for a parent allow their kids to play a Wii...especially once they know what Wii is all about. Do you really think an 8 year old boy is going to control his movements when using the wii controller? :lol:AvIdGaMeR444

Wow, AvidCoW, your points are so tired and unrefreshed. Make up some new propaganda for a change, and preferably propaganda which actually has some logical base in it.

Is it logical for a parent to buy their spastic kid a motion-sensitive console? Not if you don't want the kid breaking stuff. Kids are hyper for the most part. I think it is nuts to give a child a Wii where the kid could potentially break stuff.

Stick the HDTV behind bullet proof glass and keep the Wii in a padded room and if the kid gets out of hand just drug him and strap his jacket on :P 

Flopicwok7

Agreed.

But heres some good reasons why the Wii is a wise purchase for children as well as adults:

1.Cheaper.  Parents dont want to spend $600 on a piece of equipment that runs the inevitable risk of being damaged in some way. I know we dont have to deal with controller cords anymore but kids are clumsy. I've already knocked over my wii on accident and it didnt effect it. But if you have the ps3 sitting around vertical style and knock that thing over (or a 360 actually) you run the risk of damaging something just enough to piss you right the hell off.

2. Backwards compatibility. Having a wider selection of games for the kids to stay busy with is important. Plus the larger the library the more games with less than a T rating will be available for the kiddies. Kids arent supposed to play violent games.....

3. Which brings me to CONTENT; the wii , and nintendo in general, dont rely on content for entertainment; they rely on gameplay. Whereas the other systems rely almost solely on violence the wii/nintendo tends to produce games that focus on what the player is doing to motivate further play and enjoyment. Why? Well because nintendo is a big fan of creativity whereas the other guys....not so much. Creativity in this way also inspires players....and thats good for kids who are so used to violence permeating every aspect of their life.

But ultimately, concerning this topic, this thread is just a flopic.