Microsoft, Ahem, Wii is not just for Kids.

A manager of XBOX recently typecasted (right word?) the Wii. He was quoted in an New York Times story which was quoted on Sickr (an almost daily posted-upon Wii blog)

“We don’t feel like the Wii customer and the Xbox customer are the same thing,” he said. “We think that as soon as the Wii customer turns 14 they want something else.”

- John Rodman, group product manager for the Xbox and Xbox LIVE

What else? "Overpriced gaming systems that largely market pretend killing as entertainment? I’ll pass," (how I commented on the Sickr blog).

The thing that I see the Wii doing is really going to back to more to what gaming was like when it first started. Or rather, what games were like when they first started... What I mean is that with the other consoles, you rarely see a game that is marketed to everyone. Take a good, long look at other consoles' games, just go to the store and look at the front of the game boxes of the previous system by the company, because that's what the games will be like.

You see mostly violent games geared for "people over 14", several really over-the-top games as far as offensive content for what is supposed to be considered "mature" (like it's something we're supposed to grow into), and then a few overly-kiddy games. (And I'm supposed to pay 4 hundred dollars for it?)

None of the games in those categories really appeal to me! I would have to work pretty hard to find a game that is meant to be fun for teenagers and adults to play that doesn't have the idea of me supposed to be getting pleasure out of something wrong.

Then came the Wii.

Yes, the Wii has a few really really really kiddy games, but at the same time, they have many games that are accessible to everyone with very little emphasis on blood and crime games.

At the beginning of consoles, the games were mostly for everyone. Mario, Zelda, Pong, Tetris, etc. If there ever was a game that wasn't for young'n's it probably was because it was too complicated, not because of offensive content.

The ESRB (rating peoples of games) used to have a rating that was "KA" for "Kids to Adults," meaning that it was a game that Adults could enjoy with nothing offensive. A lot of the games for the Wii warrant me saying that this rating needs to come back into circulation.

The Wii pushes the envelope with its unique fun-ness while other consoles push the envelopes of price, graphics, and violence, sex, crime, fill-in-the-blank-here.

Finding Your Way Around the Site

This post is about various things such as what is on the website, and a bunch of cool things on it that might not be obvious.

This is really cool. Next to the "[B]" at the very top of this blog, is a place where you can type in something you want to search for on this blog. For example, if you wanted to view all the comics on one page, you could search for "Comic."

In the center of the bar is the word "Next Blog", it will take you to a random website that runs on Blogger, I have no control over where this will take you so I don't recommend clicking on it.

In the sidebar to the right of the posts you will find a list of the authors of REPriiSENT. Clicking on one of the names will take you to a search page where you will find the titles of all the stories by that author in a random order!

Below the list of authors is a link about how to join our team, and below that are the categories, Rhythms, that articles fall under. Here is a story about what each Rhythm represents.

Below the Rhythms will be the three most recent comments... sort of. The Recent Comments seem to update themselves every time a new blog post is made. So, what the Recent Comments will tend to show are the three most recent comments except for the comments made on the most recent post.

Next, the Archives. You can "drill-down" the Archives and view every post ever made individually, by month, or by year should you choose to do so.

That's it!

Our Name Explained

Ever since the gaming community--well actually America and Europe in general--realized that "Wii" is the actual name, there may have been just a little Wiiping and gnashing of teeth, but more so, numerous puns and appearances of the one-syllable name have surged.

You've probably heard them, "To Wii or not to Wii?" "Wii want the Wii!", and countless others. It's even showing up in classic rock songs: "Wii will rock you," "Wii are the champions!", and those are puns on titles of songs from just one band.

Even wii have it in our footer: "Wii talk Wii and Wii live what Wii talk!", which is there mostly because it sounds cool.

The name, REPriiSENT! takes this a step back. Instead of making another Wii pun, it's simply the same thing Nintendo did: Take an English word and change a long-sounding "E" into a "double-i."

Whatever puns wii continue to come across, wii can safely say that the Wii puts the Wii in suh-wiit! Sorry, I couldn't wiisist.

Tell us about your Nintendo Wii Blog!

REPriiSENT! is considering having a links section of other Nintendo-related blogs. If you know of a really good, relatively ad-free blog about the Wii, maybe its one that you own yourself, please submit it to us by leaving a comment and why we should have a link to it.

You can be sure I'll get the comment. After you submit your site, either Sapadrew or I will look at the blog and decide if it should be linked to.

I know that I'm curious about reading other Wii-related blogs, so you'll have at least one more reader of your blog if you submit it in the comments, and even if it doesn't make to the link list, someone's bound to read the comment and check it out anyway!

Want to join our writing team?

A blog is a great place to hone your writing skills in a place where people can read and comment on your work. It's so cool to see your work up on a website, not to mention a lot of fun!

We are a humble group starting out this blog project, and we would like anyone who might be interested in trying out being a team member of this website to let us know! There's no pressure on you to post a certain number of times a week or anything, the only sort of thing close to that is just that we ask you to keep it high-quality and try your hardest.

So, if you're a fan of the Nintendo Wii, are cool with our Code of Conduct , and have some knowledge and opinions that you would like to share, you're welcome to join our team! If you try it and find out that being a part of our team isn't for you, you can leave with no hard feelings, but I hope that you'll find writing and posting on REPriiSENT! to be a relaxing and fun hobby when you have free time.

Email: SDtektiv(at)yahoo(dot)com
I'll send you a few questions asking why you want to join, why you are interested in the Nintendo Wii, and use your answers to introduce you with a post!

Links:
Code of Conduct for Writers

So, if you are into writing or want to try it out, or have some enthusiasm about the Nintendo Wii, join us and see if this is something you want to do!

SD's Christmas Note to readers:
If you're just into reading, that is just as important and I am sure that Sapadrew is also thankful for every visitor or passerby who looks over our articles! Merry Christmas!

The Rhythms Explained

Just be glad I didn't call them "Phat Beats". All the articles on this blog somehow relate to the Wii, but in different ways. Here's an explanation of all the Rhythms:

• Hype is the Team ranting and raving about games and features we think are cool but haven't been consumed by us or really experienced by us yet. Expect to find articles along the lines of Previews, News, First Impressions on games, and the like.
• Philosophii covers basics about the blog, like what it's about, what we believe, explaining features of the blog, stuff like this post actually.
• Reviews are articles about games, features, and magazines that have been explored through and through, forwards and backwards that member(s) have come to form their own distinct and detailed conclusions and opinions on.
• Communitii stories zero in on a specific person or group and focus on the human rather than the machine. Interviews and other individual-related articles will fall under this category.
• Motlii are articles that don't fit under any other category. Though it will still be Wii-related, some randomness is to be expected!

The purpose of these categories is just to look cool and to help people who feel like just browsing particular types of articles!

REPriiSENT seeking Writers!

UPDATE: AS OF FEBRUARY 16, 2007, ONLY PEOPLE WHO I KNOW CAN BECOME AUTHORS OF REPRIISENT. I LEARNED THAT I SHOULD DO THIS THE HARD WAY.

Are you a fan of the Nintendo Wii? Do you love writing or want to try it? REPriiSENT is seeking to build a team of writers who want to write recreationally for this independant blog. Once you join the blog, you'll be welcome to come and go as you please and post whatever you want having to do with the Nintendo Wii and gaming in general. Reviews, Profiles, your beliefs on the Wii, how you got interested in buying the Wii... Just be sure to check out the Code of Conduct and see if the philosophii of this blog matches up to yours.

If you're sure or just interested, please send me an email at SDtektiv (at) yahoo (dot) com. I'll send a few questions asking why you want to write for this blog. If you decide that you want to try it out, I'll make you a team member, and make a post introducing you on the blog. The best part is that this is just for the joy of writing and you can come and go as you please, post a lot or a little, long articles or short blurbs, it doesn't matter, just so long as we do our best to keep it high-quality!

Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct for the writers and members of REPriiSENT:

• You can cuss, but the policy when it comes to posting on this blog is "No Cussing. Ever. Not even things that resemble cussing are allowed." You're welcome to cuss as much as you want just so long as no one else can see it or hear it. If you cuss once on accident when playing a game or something, that's not okay, but we're not going to ban you for it. I understand if you gotta cuss, but there's a difference between cussing out loud and typing cuss words for all to see.
• Be nice. Never nag people publicly about misspellings in their posts or mistakes in online gameplay. We are here to have fun.
• Never embarrass someone in public. If you have beef with someone, send them an email or something.
• People will not be judged on how "active" they are on a website.
• Keep it clean. Lewd jokes are not allowed and no sexy pictures or links to them are allowed.
• Cheating in a way that uses something outside of the game in the raw will not be tolerated.
• Always have good sportsmanship.
• Only join if you want more people to play with on WiiConnect24 (once it gets going that is).

Finally, if you like these rules this is the place for you. If you don't like these rules or you find them ridiculous, you're cool, but I recommend checking out a different place, or making your own website. The reason for having such a code is to make it 100% clear who this group is for and who this group isn't for.

About the Blog

This blog was established on December 12th 2006. I have a vision and hope for this blog that it will expand to be a team blog with many Nintendo Wii fans writing just for the sake of writing.