Nintendo gives WiiNintendo the VIP treatment

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UPDATE: HERE IS MY UNCUT VIDEO OF WII FIT AND REVIEW

Nintendo is sending my wife and I to NYC this Sunday to demo Wii Fit (US version) to the media, videogame community, and others.

Nintendo called me and FINALLY acknowledged my “Wii Sports Experiment” that I concluded last January. I had a book in the works with a write from Men’s Health, literary agent, and publisher, but Nintendo of Japan nixed it…

Maybe they felt bad when they saw me on the same page as Miyamoto in TIME magazine, or when they used my video during E3 when they announced Wii Fit (below), or when Reggie said that Wii Fit was inspired by people like me using Wii Sports for fitness… Whatever the case is, they’re flying Diana (The Wife) and me, Mickey (hey_suburbia) to NYC. We live in Philadelphia, which is 80 miles away, but they said flying will be easiest (It’s an hour car ride). We’ll then be picked up at Laguardia Airport in NYC by a Limo and brought to our hotel room at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel for the night. They even hooked us up with a spa treatment to boot.

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The demo will be from 10am to 11am on Monday (3/17/08), I’ll have a live feed of the event (assuming there is WiFi), if not I’ll have video/pics/ and more shortly after. Nintendo has also been kind enough to set me up with an early copy of Wii Fit and encouraged me to do a “Wii Fit Experiment”, where I’d do a 6 week workout with Wii Fit and track my results. This time around I plan on adding weights, but I still won’t change my eating habits.

After the demo we get to ride the Nintendo limo back to the airport and a free trip home. Absolutely amazing.

Stay tuned.



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  • Malu CLBS

    Wow! That’s great news! You’re very lucky :D Congratulations!

  • http://wiinintendo.net/index.php?s=hey_suburbia hey_suburbia

    Thanks, I really respect Nintendo for their involvement with small fansites like WiiNintendo.net.

  • fadecy

    Nice one dude. ^_^

    (They’re fling you 80 miles? No wonder America is one of the biggest polluters lol)

  • spyker3292

    Wow. Very nice.

  • http://forums.wiinintendo.net/ SirVenom

    It’s about time. They owe it to you.
    Take me! :P

  • flamingsquirrel

    =D
    Very nice.

  • http://www.xanga.com/relaxing_roth Roth

    Can’t wait to witness the exclusive “Wii Fit Experiment” live feed. This time, it’s official!

    Haha, I like the edit of the Yoga silhouette figure into the Statue of Liberty.

    Have a great St. Patrick’s Day! It’ll definitely be one to remember. \:D/

    // Roth

  • wookiee

    wow!
    congratz mate.. i think i speak for everyone when i say: I! AM! JEALOUS!!!! =D

  • http://www.videogamedc.com Potatoman

    aww you lucky son of gun! =]

  • http://wiinintendo.net noodle

    Congratulations indeed.

  • http://www.righteousgraphics.com Mack2D2

    Definitely congrats! That’s awesome, even though others have already said it… I’m friggin jealous.

  • http://wiinintendo.net/index.php?s=hey_suburbia hey_suburbia

    Thanks guys.

    Remember, I’m there for all of you. I’ll make sure to cover it as best I can. I’m only there because of this website and 90% of this site is the readers, if I ever get the opportunity to invite people to conventions/expo’s/etc… you guys would get my first passes.

  • Pigeon_Feeder

    Wow…congrats! this is great news!

  • mazer4455

    wow,

    just amazing micky..
    first nintendo tried to sue us, next thing we know they are inviting us to conventions and things of that sort.

  • Josh

    Incredible and congrats!!!!

  • Mike

    Take lots of pictures!
    Cool gig

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