happydolphin said:
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Why are you using Wikipedia to debunk what I am saying? Find a real source. Secondly, I know what a gimmick is, you've just always been very protective of that word used around Nintendo. The Kinect and Move are also gimmicks. Even if their intention was meant to be a stable device used and upgraded throughout the generations the public perception is that the devices are gimmicks, therefore they are what they are and we cant change that.
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So you define something using public perception? The public perception of whom, you?
That's not how it works. There is a very specific use to the term and the Wii is not a valid application of it. Wikipedia is a source where experts on a matter debate before coming to a concensus as to what a term is. There is a lot of highly invaluable information on that site.
But because you refuse it as a source, let me use a few dictionary entries:
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Merriam-webster
1 a : a mechanical device for secretly and dishonestly controlling gambling apparatus
b : an ingenious or novel mechanical device : gadget
2 a : an important feature that is not immediately apparent : catch
b : an ingenious and usually new scheme or angle
c : a trick or device used to attract business or attention
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Dictionary.com
noun
1. an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
2. a concealed, usually devious aspect or feature of something, as a plan or deal: An offer that good must have a gimmick in it somewhere.
3. a hidden mechanical device by which a magician works a trick or a gambler controls a game of chance.
4. Electronics Informal. a capacitor formed by intertwining two insulated wires.
verb (used with object)
5. to equip or embellish with unnecessary features, especially in order to increase salability, acceptance, etc. (often followed by up ): to gimmick up a sports car with chrome and racing stripes.
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Thesaurus.com
Definition: contrived object; scheme
Synonyms: aid, apparatus, artifice, catch, concern, counterfeit, deceit, device, dodge*, fake, feint, fixture, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gizmo, imposture, instrument, jest, maneuver, means, method, ploy, ruse, secret, shift, sport, stratagem, stunt, trick, widget, wile
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American Heritage dictionary:
NOUN:
A device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick, especially a mechanism for the secret and dishonest control of gambling apparatus.
An innovative or unusual mechanical contrivance; a gadget.
An innovative stratagem or scheme employed especially to promote a project: an advertising gimmick.
A significant feature that is obscured, misrepresented, or not readily evident; a catch.
A small object whose name does not come readily to mind.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
gim·micked, gim·mick·ing, gim·micks
To add gimmicks to; clutter with gadgets or attention-getting details. Often used with up.
To change or affect by means of a gimmick.
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In all cases, especially clear when looking at the thesaurus, is there a concept of trickery or limited functionality. You can say that about a mood ring, for example, but not about the Wii-mote which has serious applications in the world of interactive entertainment.
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