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Nintendo Wii at YMCA
Family Friendly Gaming has reported on the health aspects of the Nintendo Wii, and that may be one of the reasons why the system is still selling out months after its initial release. Nintendo has donated 100 Nintendo Wii party packs to YMCA chapters nationally to keep the energy going. The YMCA chapters plan to use the Wii to help bridge the gap between parents and their kids through their Adventure Guides programs, which foster lifelong relationships between parent and child.
On Saturday, April 14, in the year of our Lord 2007 many of the YMCA chapters have incorporated active Wii games into their Healthy Kids Day events. Participation varies depending on the chapter, but participants will get their hands on games like Wii Sports, a widely heralded and highly active five-sport collection of baseball, golf, tennis, boxing and bowling. The events showcase how the Wii has become part of a healthy lifestyle for everyone in the family, since Wii's motion-sensitive controller gets people up off the couch and moving.
"Consumers all over America are telling us the Wii helps them to stay active and fit and also gives them another reason to be together as a family," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Wii has quickly become a part of America's fitness plan, from bowling leagues for active seniors to kids and parents who sweat through Wii Sports pentathlons together."
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