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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-05-29 19:52
Before you comment
NOT MADE BY NINTENDO
CTA Digital has unveiled one of its largest Wii accessories yet: a $40 inflatable kart with an attached steering wheel controller, into which you can insert the Wiimote to play Mario Kart Wii and other racing games.
Our first impulse is to make fun of this unnecessary accessory (an "unnecessory," if you will), but two things give us pause:
1. CTA is using the item's marketing to publicize Kids are Heroes, an organization that encourages community involvement among kids -- even going so far as to use Ricky Springer, who races real karts to raise money and awareness for Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorder, as a spokesman.
2. Unlike other plastic Wii accessories, there is no doubt in our minds that if our six-year-old selves had seen an inflatable car you could use as a game controller, we would have freaked out.
Play Mario Kart Wii in your very own inflatable kart -- Joystiq
[video=youtube;pCXLwpkX56g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXLwpkX56g[/video]
$40 for a large ballon with plastic wheel is quite pricey owo.
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Paul wrote on 2010-05-29 20:00
Lolwut? You can play in your pool.
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Sleeperdial wrote on 2010-05-29 20:01
I might buy it just to try that.
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Zack wrote on 2010-05-29 20:26
/Pops
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Cucurbita wrote on 2010-05-30 04:54
It just needs to TILT when you actually turn. And rumble when you're hit.
Now you've got the full experience.
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Drifter wrote on 2010-05-30 05:48
and shock you when you get hit by a blue shell, complete with rolling effect
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Taycat wrote on 2010-05-30 06:40
You fail at posting videos.
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Shanghai wrote on 2010-05-30 07:53
Don't forget the Minimizer Ray built into the kart that shrinks you when you're struck by lightning! :thumb: