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New Wii Knockoff "The Vii" Vows For Your Attention (VIDEO)

ripten.com — No, it ’s not the name of a new console for Dracula, but China’s most blatant knock-off yet. Attempting to ride high on Nintendo’s coattails, the system comes with plenty half-assed facsimiles of popular Wii software from Bowling to Cooking Mama.

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  • duggtodeath, on 12/03/2007, -1/+29Do they have deals on the Sony PlayStadium?
    • MatchStick, on 12/03/2007, -1/+9how about the Neo Double Games or POPstation?? they're out of stock everywhere I've looked.
    • Saad85, on 12/03/2007, -1/+6the ps ripoff is called the "polystation"

      last i checked (2001ish) it looked and behaved the exact same as a ps1, and you could play pirated ps1 games on it.
      they probly have a polystation 2 by now.
      • sonicjosh, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4The polystation used carts; the polystation 2 uses cd's or dvd's, I don't know but it does use a disc
    • cvindustries, on 12/03/2007, -0/+9Oblig. Simpsons Quote: "Look! Here's Magnetbox, and Sorny!"
      • InferiorWang, on 12/03/2007, -3/+1Ever since I saw that episode as a kid, I have been calling my tv "The Magnetbox."
    • STARTSOMETHING, on 12/03/2007, -1/+2I'm waiting for the zbox 360.
    • blueishraptor, on 12/04/2007, -1/+0did they ever made a gamezube?
  • Cutter20, on 12/03/2007, -2/+34That video is hilarious. And I bet it's easier to get a Vii this holiday than a Wii.
    • STARTSOMETHING, on 12/03/2007, -1/+1In chinia it is.
      • defaultdigger, on 12/03/2007, -2/+3Where is chinia?
        • redfox2600, on 12/04/2007, -2/+1It the giant nation in the east that has around 3 billion people in it and make all of our *****. Odds are right now you are using at least 10 things that is made in China.
    • smackhero, on 12/03/2007, -0/+6it's even more hilarious if you understand some of the things that the announcer is saying in the commercial. for instance, the ad suggests that the "vii" will save you the cost of sending your kids to participate in actual sports activities by letting them learn how to play sports and get all the exercise they need from the comfort of your home--your kids will never have to step outside again!
      • yfph, on 12/04/2007, -0/+3The air quality in most major Chinese cities, as well as other examples of environmental degradation and pollution, makes that last line seem not all that far fetched.
  • orlando37, on 12/03/2007, -8/+17I love the Southwest commercial where the two guys are playing the wii baseball inside and one throws the controller at the plasma tv
    • lardoandkeg, on 12/03/2007, -5/+6"alright man, throw it to me just like we are outside" hahaha
    • zantos420, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4that commercial had me in tears when i first saw it
  • waynethegreat, on 12/03/2007, -2/+18ding, you are now free to buy cheap knockoffs.....
    • heartless_, on 12/03/2007, -5/+2Unfortunately, with the comment above this getting buried, this one fails at it's intent.
  • zoomspan, on 12/03/2007, -9/+7That is the biggest hunk of junk I have EVER seen
    • Zamfir, on 12/03/2007, -19/+5Kinda like the Wii.
      • MonsterChaOS, on 12/03/2007, -4/+5Wow, I don't know if your that big of a fanboy that you assume the #1 selling console is a piece of junk, or if you're just an idiot. Probably a mix of both.

        Go on, admit it, you've never even touched a Wii.
    • moocow1452, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1I've seen Cheaper...
  • mariowario, on 12/03/2007, -6/+7"Vii vould like to play"......nahh
  • pokemogu, on 12/03/2007, -1/+28So according to this commercial, the Vii has only 12 "fixed" games inside? Seems even rip-off products in China cannot be extended by software because of piracy...
    • neteffex78, on 12/03/2007, -2/+16dugg up for speaking the truth
      • heartless_, on 12/03/2007, -1/+14Buried for digging the truth. We can't have none of that now.
    • xero69, on 12/03/2007, -1/+9Well by the time you get tired of the 12 games it'll break due to cheap manufacturing.
      "Made for Chinese children, by Chinese children!"
  • deepbrown, on 12/03/2007, -8/+1meh.
  • wolferanger, on 12/03/2007, -7/+0finally!
  • Eslamicolt3, on 12/03/2007, -3/+66You mean vies for my attention. Vies.
    • CrankyPants, on 12/03/2007, -12/+6no, it Viis for you attention.

      Yeah, I deserve to be buried.
    • qualish, on 12/03/2007, -1/+11Thank you. I ctrl-f'd the comments to make sure someone had picked up on this.
      • Cutter20, on 12/03/2007, -5/+4I think the headline is meant to be ironic, like a bad Chinese translation of "vies for your attention". Like a badly dubbed Hong Kong action movie- "I vow for your attention! Now die!"
  • Berkana, on 12/03/2007, -5/+28China's electronics industry is so shameless it's disgusting. Shame on them! They will never get any respect if they don't learn to respect others.
    • strafefire, on 12/03/2007, -1/+8With about over a billion people in the country, I don't think they care about respecting "others"...
    • heartless_, on 12/03/2007, -1/+15I wouldn't go and say that. There is a certain market for rip-offs in China, but on the whole, China accounts for a substantial amount of the world's electronic hardware production. Chances are you are posting on a 90% Chinese produced piece of hardware at this very moment.
    • Mist0r_Wiggles, on 12/03/2007, -0/+7who cares about respect when you are rolling in millions
  • sugablonde, on 12/03/2007, -15/+4wow I submitted this story months ago (from a different website though). it sucks that a lot of stories that are interesting don't really get dugg up the first time or not at all....
    • revjustin2, on 12/03/2007, -1/+15I have noticed that there seems to be a digg elite. Not sure how it is that certain users ALWAYS get their articles on the frontpage while those of us who submit occasionally get nothing.
    • bulkhater, on 12/03/2007, -1/+3You have to be blowing the right members of the Digg parties to get to the front page. On the flip side, if you're not putting out for the leaders of most the bury parties then you're going to sink like a rock anyway. 90% of the folks who reach the front page do so by being SOMEONE's bottom, even if its just cyber.
  • dillyhoo, on 12/03/2007, -3/+9Vhat's vrong vith de Vii? It's perfectly vithin de law.
    • an8kid, on 12/03/2007, -5/+1Yes its leagal... but seriously.... would you buy a knock of games console... an you imagine opening up your x-mas pressie, to find a Vii
      it would be a bit of a disapointment...
      and only 12 games..... boring
  • xerus, on 12/03/2007, -1/+24If James recommends it, I cant turn it down.
    • WebWorker, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4James says " Children will finally get the exercise they need and parents who buy this for their children are the best." (loosely translated)
      • senatorpjt, on 12/03/2007, -0/+2Does the announcer keep saying "Really Fun!"? I don't speak chinese, but it sounds like that. Also, does the kid saying playing the fish game say "Beat You!"? I can't tell if it's just something in Chinese that sounds like these phrases.

        • WebWorker, on 12/04/2007, -0/+1I'm pretty sure he's not saying Really Fun! But I'm not sure what the actual words mean..

          The kid on the other hand, I think he actually did say Beat You!
  • dumpyhumpy, on 12/03/2007, -0/+8Love the yankees hat.

    And ive been calling the 800 number but its busy... high demand i spose.

    ...just got thru. its an ad for a "talk line"
  • ghost116, on 12/03/2007, -0/+9if only all families in china were as happy and financially well off as the ones in the video
    • xero69, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1I believe they are only allowed to have one child per family. Therefore many children are under parental pressure and thus showered with attention. Whether that attention is positive or negative is in the eye of the beholder I guess.
    • Bleahdom, on 12/04/2007, -0/+1Give them all your money and it'll help. It's a conspiracy, the Chinese are poor because they want to! Bloody Captain obvious, I would be surprised if everyone in a third world country was "rich".
  • porplem, on 12/03/2007, -1/+4Sounds like the German Wii.
  • Mist0r_Wiggles, on 12/03/2007, -0/+3It's cheaper than crack!!!
  • VeryBoredNow, on 12/03/2007, -0/+3CHAO SU HA!
  • bmorlok, on 12/03/2007, -1/+6I could make a better video while in a coma.
  • petemcfraser, on 12/03/2007, -0/+7Just incase one knockoff wasn't enough, the commercial also repurposes the music from the 1988 Winter Olympics. Classy.
  • hugeposuer, on 12/03/2007, -0/+3How am I supposed to know it's a knockoff when I can't understand a thing anyone says?
  • XFi6, on 12/03/2007, -0/+0Rofl as if the PopStation Value pack wasn't bad enough. XD
  • scabbers, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1Is it so hard for someone to smuggle one of these out of China and review/take it apart?
    • mattyfatty182, on 12/03/2007, -0/+0Not at all. I brought back a DVD case full blatantly pirated movies when I returned home. Just don't bring back more than a few, lest they assume you're trying to sell them.
  • neutrascrub, on 12/03/2007, -0/+2even grandpa can play!
  • lex0nyc, on 12/03/2007, -1/+3Chinese people sometimes sound like the Junkions.
  • mandrakeRaptor, on 12/03/2007, -0/+2Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
  • flair1, on 12/03/2007, -3/+1this was on digg a month ago
  • prezzy, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4I swear he's saying "Vii weenie bump"
  • styromaniac, on 12/03/2007, -8/+3Only dumb ***** would make a Vii.
  • neocr0n, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4Why can't America and Japan do something about China blatantly ripping off products?
    • mandrakeRaptor, on 12/03/2007, -3/+1Maybe they're in need of democracy?
    • mattyfatty182, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4Because they don't fall under our copyright laws and the Chinese couldn't care less about pirated ANYTHING.

      They're busy governing a billion people.
    • bjs3171, on 12/03/2007, -0/+6we do. why just a few seconds ago i was laughing.
    • thurows, on 12/04/2007, -0/+1They just open more factories there to give them more ideas and more cash to rip them off.
  • Jeffler, on 12/03/2007, -0/+8Anyone else notice the press example they showed was Engadget Japan's article mocking it?
    • xero69, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1Good eye! Too funny!
    • tektalk, on 12/04/2007, -0/+3Who cares? Their English is bad enough for them to not have the slightest inkling of what the article headlines really meant.
  • Nath2k7, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1XVOX 063 coming soon.
  • XenoSNK, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1Ugh, it's name was better when it was the "Velolution". Damn James, why did the name have to change? It was so better before. I'm disgusted. I refuse to buy a Vii, despite how successful it may be. The name is just horrible.
  • UtopiaInTheSky, on 12/03/2007, -0/+8They should have called it the "VVii". Two V's.
  • csl110, on 12/03/2007, -2/+1love the kids hair at 40 seconds left
  • bjs3171, on 12/03/2007, -1/+4ok i get it, i can play darts, tennis, table tennis, and mini golf with the vii. now excuse me while i go continue Mario Galaxy on my wii.
  • BloodyMess, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1I do hereby solemnly vow for your attention.

    Thank you, thank you, I'm here all night...
  • HughBetcha, on 12/03/2007, -0/+2In other news, Japan declares war on China.
  • robbob, on 12/03/2007, -1/+7Still waiting for China to have an original thought for me to steal
  • SeriusBlac, on 12/03/2007, -1/+2Not to be mean, but all the kids in the video seem to be mentally challenged.
  • doshindude, on 12/03/2007, -3/+1aaaannnnnnndddddd LAWSUIT!
  • MagL33To, on 12/03/2007, -0/+2Notice how the white "athlete" lady who came in at about 0:36 to go never had a full frontal face shot? She probably turned away from the camera so she couldn't be identified and sued lol!
  • shounenyuki, on 12/03/2007, -4/+1another reason we should bomb china ^^... at least the Japanese could use it for something after...
  • hendrixlives64, on 12/03/2007, -0/+2hahaha nice mullet, "james".
  • havesometea, on 12/03/2007, -1/+2That is all well and good but can you actually buy one in the US? The Wii is harder to find than a straight Republican these days.
  • Todamont, on 12/04/2007, -0/+6Hmmmmm just took a close look at the back of my wii. "Made in China" LOL
  • zushiba, on 12/04/2007, -0/+5I wonder just how much lead went into it's creation.
  • yfph, on 12/04/2007, -0/+4A knockoff Wii being advertised by someone wearing what is most likely a knockoff Yankee cap, lovely...
  • HumanRecall, on 12/04/2007, -0/+1man no wonder i can't get a vii they are selling like hot cakes or was that the name of the game in the Vii bundle ?
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