According to an article on The People, Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth has become a fan of the Nintendo Wii.
As reported by GamePolitics, the article states that Prince William received one of the popular consoles for Christmas from his girlfriend. According to a Palace source, "He loves his gadgets and boys' toys. So it was the perfect present for him." Unfortunately for him, when his grandmother later saw him playing with the system, she became intrigued.
"When she saw William playing a game after lunch at Sandringham she thought the Nintendo looked tremendous fun and begged to join in," the source said. "She played a simple ten-pin bowling game and by all accounts was a natural. It was hilarious. William was in fits of laughter. He was enormously impressed at having such a cool gran. And although she is 81 the Queen's hand-eye coordination was as good as somebody half her age."
Her use of the Royal Wii is not the Queen's first foray into technology. According to the report, she has kept up with mobile phone technology, owns her own iPod and began making use of a Blackberry in June of this year.
"[William's] only difficulty now is prising it away from the Queen's clutches," the source said. "She showed all the signs of becoming a Nintendo addict."
Alright, so when does Nintendo start stamping Wiis with "By Commission of Her Majesty..." and that spiffy royal logo? Y'know, like HP sauce and those cookies?
(And Reggie Fils-Amie (sp?) must be pounding his head on his desk even harder now for not ramping up Wii production earlier.)
LOL, that's quite funny, but if she likes technology, then she ought to get a real console, or at least the only good game out on Wii, SMG. What's worrying is she won't have time to make speeches at Christmas and have tea and crumpets anymore! Oh no!
LANCE420: I would like to represent the 98% of non-British people of this world who don't give a shit in the following statement.
"we respectfully don't care about this trivialization."
Which begs the obvious question: Why did you view this thread in the first place then, when the title was very clear of it's contents?
Not to mention the fact your the only one with a negative comment so far so your "98%" theory can be thrown out of the window.
Here's a simple answer for a simple person. I read the title and i had to bring it up. You don't happen to be British do you? it may come as a shock that no-one cares. Hell, The magna carta was signed so you don't really have to care about the queen/king anyway.
I admit, I made up the 98% statistic because looking up the actual figure would have been as pointless as this article and this needless response to your question.
All of this begs another obvious question: How many wii/queen fanboys are here?
LANCE420: I would like to represent the 98% of non-British people of this world who don't give a shit in the following statement.
"we respectfully don't care about this trivialization."
Which begs the obvious question: Why did you view this thread in the first place then, when the title was very clear of it's contents?
Not to mention the fact your the only one with a negative comment so far so your "98%" theory can be thrown out of the window.
Here's a simple answer for a simple person. I read the title and thought i had to bring it up. By the way you don't happen to be British so you?
I admit, I made up the 98% statistic because looking up the actual figure would have been a pointless as this article and this needless response to your question.
Thank you for your time.
So you saw the title, knew what the thread was about, and decided you had to troll? Ok, reported.
I am British, but do not support the Monarchy so the point you were attempting to make is void.
Another point would be that this site is American. So if nobody except British people cared I don't see it being posted on here.
ShmenonPie: LOL, that's quite funny, but if she likes technology, then she ought to get a real console, or at least the only good game out on Wii, SMG. What's worrying is she won't have time to make speeches at Christmas and have tea and crumpets anymore! Oh no!
Define "real console," because I'm sure Nintendo, the dictionary, most gamers who are not anti-wii, and perhaps even the Queen would beg to differ on your definition. Also, define "good," because once again that sounds like your opinion and not something the Queen is interested in.
Whoever said "Wii are amused," I love you. That is just perfect (And reminds me of that Doctor Who episode).
The Queen Plays Wii
According to an article on The People, Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth has become a fan of the Nintendo Wii.
As reported by GamePolitics, the article states that Prince William received one of the popular consoles for Christmas from his girlfriend. According to a Palace source, "He loves his gadgets and boys' toys. So it was the perfect present for him." Unfortunately for him, when his grandmother later saw him playing with the system, she became intrigued.
"When she saw William playing a game after lunch at Sandringham she thought the Nintendo looked tremendous fun and begged to join in," the source said. "She played a simple ten-pin bowling game and by all accounts was a natural. It was hilarious. William was in fits of laughter. He was enormously impressed at having such a cool gran. And although she is 81 the Queen's hand-eye coordination was as good as somebody half her age."
Her use of the Royal Wii is not the Queen's first foray into technology. According to the report, she has kept up with mobile phone technology, owns her own iPod and began making use of a Blackberry in June of this year.
"[William's] only difficulty now is prising it away from the Queen's clutches," the source said. "She showed all the signs of becoming a Nintendo addict."
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