Seriously, looking at the sales data of the Wii in NZ sickens me somewhat. Sure us geeks in the land of the long white clouds have long joked about how backward we are... but when I heard that PS3 is out selling the Wii here in NZ, you got to ask "What the hell is wrong with us?"
I went to a party this saturday where this girl told me she wants a pink PS2. I just casually said that the real thing actually looks really tacky (it does), and she'd be better off with a Wii. I got greeted by a blank stare in return. Sadly, it's not the first time this happened, and I was fully prepared to do my Wii sales pitch.
The problem with Wii in NZ is the fact that we as a nation isn't usually quick to pick on global trends at all, and Nintendo has never really had a good grip on the gaming market here in NZ, thanks to Sony.
Not only because I'm a Nintendo fan girl (which I am), but as a consumer, if people in NZ actually start playing with Wii and DS, we might actually have a chance to get more games here. It's not like we don't have the problem already.
Here's what I propose (and what I'm trying to do): promote the Wii if you have one. Go invite your parents to play on it. Go have a gathering of friends. Nintendowii.net.nz is organising WiiNesDay where they hire our a bar and two big projection screen to play the Wii on. Try get people to go! I'm going to check it out once Elebits (or as they're known here: Eledees... why? I don't know) is out, so I can play the game before hand. :) We need to take the Wii-volution in our own hands. (why oh WHY didn't they just stick with the name Revolution?)
I just need to convince the girls to come play on the Wii at some stage now...
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