Barack Obama is a Popular Mii
Barack Obama is a Popular Mii
May 25, 2008
Big Head DC reports that a Barack Obama Mii is a hugely popular download for owners of the Nintendo Wii:
Barack Obama gets around. His Mii, a digital avatar created for the Wii video game console, is currently one of the most popular user-submitted Mii caricatures in all of America. Obama is next to Batman in popularity and stands tall right behind Indiana Jones.
Speeches is listed as Obama’s skill.
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Posted 10/06/08 at 08:43am
Paulrus: 1up.com just reported that MadWorld may not seee release in "censor-heavy" countries like Australia, Germany, and even Japan. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170362
Paulrus: 1up.com just reported that MadWorld may not seee release in "censor-heavy" countries like Australia, Germany, and even Japan. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170362
Posted 10/06/08 at 07:28am
Austin_Lewis: they're all about a month old, but if they do it again, I'll be sure to post the link here
Austin_Lewis: they're all about a month old, but if they do it again, I'll be sure to post the link here
Posted 10/06/08 at 06:41am
Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of : Hold up, Austin. Can we have the link to that Yahoo! Story?
Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of : Hold up, Austin. Can we have the link to that Yahoo! Story?
Posted 10/06/08 at 12:26am
Austin_Lewis: I've been reading on yahoo things I read on here three days earlier, nearly word for word. I've insulted the writers, too.
Austin_Lewis: I've been reading on yahoo things I read on here three days earlier, nearly word for word. I've insulted the writers, too.
Posted 10/05/08 at 09:29pm
PHOENIXZERO: @Austin_Lewis Just watched the video, I like how they mention Australia banning violent games and then show a list of games that includes some that weren't violent. <_< Think they could have given GP a little more credit too.
PHOENIXZERO: @Austin_Lewis Just watched the video, I like how they mention Australia banning violent games and then show a list of games that includes some that weren't violent. <_< Think they could have given GP a little more credit too.
Posted 10/05/08 at 08:52pm
gamepolitics: Plus, with Yahoo's huge traffic, if they want to steer some peeps to GP I'm okay with that, too! ;-)
gamepolitics: Plus, with Yahoo's huge traffic, if they want to steer some peeps to GP I'm okay with that, too! ;-)
Posted 10/05/08 at 08:51pm
gamepolitics: thx, Austin, but it seems to be more along the lines of fair use.
gamepolitics: thx, Austin, but it seems to be more along the lines of fair use.
Posted 10/05/08 at 08:16pm
Austin_Lewis: My link is to yahoo's playback or whatever they're calling it, which nearly always shows a gamepolitics article and seems to
Austin_Lewis: My link is to yahoo's playback or whatever they're calling it, which nearly always shows a gamepolitics article and seems to
Posted 10/05/08 at 08:15pm
Austin_Lewis: plagarize Gamepolitics' works and use his site, maybe without his permission. I just felt he ought be informed of it.
Austin_Lewis: plagarize Gamepolitics' works and use his site, maybe without his permission. I just felt he ought be informed of it.
Posted 10/05/08 at 08:03pm
J.Alpha.Gamma: This is an interesting read: http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200810/N08.1001.1532.23011.htm?Page=1
J.Alpha.Gamma: This is an interesting read: http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200810/N08.1001.1532.23011.htm?Page=1
Posted 10/05/08 at 03:34pm
Haggard: Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 in under 3 weeks now :D :D
Haggard: Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 in under 3 weeks now :D :D
Posted 10/05/08 at 03:09pm
Austin_Lewis: HEY DENNIS, CHECK THE LINK: http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/playback/playback-13/1246552
Austin_Lewis: HEY DENNIS, CHECK THE LINK: http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/playback/playback-13/1246552
Posted 10/05/08 at 10:19am
HarmlessBunny: @black manta: Certainly felt like I did when I had a flu earlier this week :\
HarmlessBunny: @black manta: Certainly felt like I did when I had a flu earlier this week :\
Posted 10/05/08 at 09:58am
black manta: "You have died of dysentery." ;)
black manta: "You have died of dysentery." ;)
Posted 10/04/08 at 09:06pm
DarkTetsuya: EZK: all that's missing is the 'rearview mirror' image he posted some time ago
DarkTetsuya: EZK: all that's missing is the 'rearview mirror' image he posted some time ago
Posted 10/04/08 at 07:30pm
VideolandHero: I prefer Oregon Trail.
VideolandHero: I prefer Oregon Trail.
Posted 10/04/08 at 07:08pm
Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of : BORING DAY IS EVIL
Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of : BORING DAY IS EVIL
Posted 10/04/08 at 04:07pm
King of Fiji: @Ghede: Holy crap you just brought back nostalgia by mentioning that game. T_TT
King of Fiji: @Ghede: Holy crap you just brought back nostalgia by mentioning that game. T_TT
Posted 10/04/08 at 03:19pm
Ghede: Number munchers is the only school game for me. MUNCH THOSE NUMBERS.
Ghede: Number munchers is the only school game for me. MUNCH THOSE NUMBERS.
Posted 10/04/08 at 11:21am
ZippyDSMlee: nighstalker160:an industry that lives on selling crap to witless sheeple.
ZippyDSMlee: nighstalker160:an industry that lives on selling crap to witless sheeple.
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Woops, Looks like someone didnt put BHO for his initials. So, I must say: Lawl, BO.
I have to wonder if there are any Mii versions of Hillary though. It'd probablly be made to look like the devil or something if a gamer made it..Hmm, maybe I should do that.
You can only put 2 initials for a Mii, so that's the closest you can get.
Just what I want, a Mii of a scumbag politician.
Exactly!!!!!
I really want to vote for this man come November. Let's hope the Democrats don't screw it up with the nomination.
I wouldn't download a Mii of him, though.
I don't like him as a canidate, so I'm not downloading him for my Wii.
Really?!?! Wow.
Yea, Really! Imagine that. Someone doesn't want an Elitist, Socialist, Racist prick for a president.
So what are those things? Sort of like a gamer pic for the 360?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mii
Mii's are avatars. That's the best way to describe them I believe.
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No. They are just little digital versions of yourself or others you an make on the Wii. They really don't have a point except for Wii Sports.
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All politicians are scumbags.
Actually, Mii's can be used in other games as well, the most recent I can think of is Mario Kart Wii.
They make cameos in lots of nintendo games. They're used as avatars for save files in Mario Galaxy, and they show up in "Wario ware:smooth moves" as well. Unfortunately, they only show up in nintendo games, which is kind of a pisser.
The cleverest use of the Barrack Obama Mii I ever saw was in Mario Kart.
In the game you can play as "baby" versions of the nintendo family (Baby mario, baby princess, etc.) someone made "Baby Obama" and raced as him once.
Too cute.
so is hitler.
Its really not that big of a deal
only a few replies in and someone already invoked godwins law. GG.
it wasn't meant to slam him.
i was just making a point.
hillary and bill are popular too.
would it have been better if i said jesus is really popular too?
Godwin's law only really doesn't apply here, given the context.
Good try though.
I must say I'd rather find this mii randomly walking around in the visited mii section than the one I found after a weekend away. Only one came by the whole weekend and who does it happen to be of? Paris Hilton.
My wii has been violated, and it will never be clean again. Even deleting that thing wasn't enough to me.
To be fair, Mr. T Mii seems to be equally popular.
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I pity the fool that has a Mii T!
They seem like a kind of cool idea. If it was a generic character model thats can be used in most games it'd be fancy although somewhat out of place in resident evil 5... Than again, think of using the paris hilton one & letting her get mauled to death constantly by zombies! Hell if that was possible, I'd probably buy a wii just for it!
I wish more games would utilize Mii characters. I have envisioned an epic RPG game where you choose four Mii characters to embark on an epic quest. The quest would have the characters traveling through different dimensions along the way. The environments would range from things like a fantasy world full of magic to high tech space areas with phazer guns and spaceships. The characters would gain new special abilities as they travel through the games so that as the game progresses, a character would have the choice of using attacks like fireballs and ice swords to plasma rifles and strength enhancing robotic gauntlets. Of course each type of enemy would be more or less susceptible to different kinds of attacks. I will come up with other ideas for environments besides fantasy and space another time. My team would consist of me, Batman, Chuck Norris, and Robocop. I know this is not really related to the topic but I just had to tell somebody about this awesome idea.
Corey, write that down and sell it to a big name game company, you will be rich and i shall have a good game upon my lap.
Thank you! I wonder if there is actually a game company that would be willing to run with this idea. All I really have is the general idea as I have almost no computer technical skills to make it myself. But it would be super fun to play a game like that.
You act as though this is a great revelation. GP has professed quite openly that he considers himself left-of-center (Read: Democrat), and with how critical Hillary Clinton has been of video games, who do you think he leans to? (I guess some would argue that McCain is actually left-of-center, though)
Plus, a McCain Mii would just be hideous. In fact, I'll make this when I get home.
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Heh. I suppose you're only making that hideos Mii to beat the shit out of it in boxing, or perhaps simply to feel the satisfaction of deleting JC from the (virtual) world.
McCain.exe Battle routine set. Execute!
Slot in battlechip Cannon A!
McCain.exe Deleted!
Megaman.exe obtains battlechip RedPolitic R!
I would pay to see that netbattle!