Wal-Mart's Terrible Nintendo Wii Knock-Offs

MaryAlan writes "Wal-Mart is now selling an electronic LCD game in the kid's section that resembles a Wiimote so closely that even Wal-Mart employees can't tell them apart in a picture. But the games — made by ToyQuest out of L.A. — are complete and utter crap, to the point of being unplayable. Their only redeeming feature is that they look like the Nintendo Wii, which means Wal-Mart is relying on brand confusion to sell any of these things to unsuspecting customers. There is a gallery of photos online, so you can take a look at side-by-side pictures with a true Wiimote, down to the fake speaker on the front. "

Comments

Re:Obvious

[jrockway]

> sorry but in this forum you never know when someone is being serious or not

We're never serious.

Re:Obvious

[that this is not und]

It is heartening that GM quality is up enough that it becomes a headline event when they tie with Toyota.

I work for a company that is in part a GM OEM. Thank good I don't work in the Automotive division, where they seem to park all the morons. The whizz of the dremel tool in the model shop means that Yet Again, an automotive design engineer spent too much time hunkering down over his Pro-E terminal and not enough time in reality.

Re:What?

[Poltras]

I never look at the picture. At least, that's what my mom thinks...