Nintendo patents "WiiRelax"

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Khuutra said:

noname2200 said:

miz1q2w3e said:
what a weird piece of software... way weirder than WiiFit. i can't imagine what use this might have to someone.

Really? Because I see a successful stress-reducing game to be an even bigger hit than a fitness game. I feel comfortable saying that the majority of adults in the Western world (at least) come home desperately needing to unwind. Nintendo is going to make mad bank.

Fixed that for you

Speaking seriously, more seriously

When I was young, I thought most adults were kind of like this:

When in truth, they are more like this:

So yes, I agree, Nintendo is probably on to somehting and other companies are probably even now rushing to somehow do this before they do

The only difference between those two pics is the second person is more honest.  The first guy looks like he's about a second away from snapping.

I'm very interested to see what form this 'game' takes but it certainly has the potential to be huge.  My mate was just telling me the other day that his train was delayed for the third time in a week due to suicide on his rail line in Tokyo.  Not that I'm suggesting we should be looking to a game to help with problems at that end of the spectrum but certainly alot of people do need all the help they can get in learning how to unwind and chill out after work/study etc.