Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[Zu Ra]

Her Royal Wii-ness

Remember the time Nintendo gave former President Bush a DS Lite (plus a copy of Brain Age)? Well, THQ may have just done them one better by going to the Queen of England with a gold-plated Wii.

The uniquely gold-finished console was commissioned specially for Her Majesty and the Royal Family so that they could enjoy one of THQ's latest: BIG Family Games, described as "the perfect game for all the family to play together." According to THQ Product Manager Danielle Robinson, "BIG Family Games is the ultimate Wii game to get all family members, from grandparents to young children, playing together. The Royal Family is arguably the most important family in the country so we felt that they had to have a copy of the new game.

"But we thought that Her Majesty the Queen wouldn't want to play on any old console, so an extra-special gold one was commissioned. We hope that she and the rest of the Royal Family enjoy the game!" The only question that remains is, "did they send enough gold Wii Remotes and Nunchuks for the entire family?"

Following is a close-up of the console and the full press release, courtesy of Silverka.

Spoiler for space:

Wii ARE MOST AMUSED The Royal 'Wii' is delivered to Buckingham Palace

HRH The Queen of England received an unusual surprise today as a gold-plated Wii was delivered to Buckingham Palace. Finished in gold, the unique Wii console was specially commissioned for the Royal Family to mark today's launch of brand new Wii game BIG Family Games - the perfect game for all the family to play together from publisher THQ Inc.

As the UK's ultimate family, the Royals also received one of the first copies of BIG Family Games to road-test their shiny new console. Danielle Robinson, Product Manager at THQ, said: "BIG Family Games is the ultimate Wii game to get all family members, from grandparents to young children, playing together. The Royal Family is arguably the most important family in the country so we felt that they had to have a copy of the new game. "But we thought that Her Majesty the Queen wouldn't want to play on any old console, so an extra-special gold one was commissioned. We hope that she and the rest of the Royal Family enjoy the game!" The Queen and other members of the Royal Family will be able to use their new gold Wii to play 24 unique twists on classic family games including golf, tennis, ladder golf, lawn darts, horseshoes, bocce and more.

Her Royal Highness will be able to play through the game as a single player or get Princes Philip, Charles, Harry, and William, and even Camilla, involved when playing in multiplayer mode. HRH will even be able to create customisable characters for herself and the rest of the family.

Credits : David Oxford (Kombo)

[MrTerrorist]

Okay this is just silly & stupid.
Paul McCartney's Ex-Wife vs. Capcom

What an egotistic woman, if your weren't an amputee, i would have been calling you in several foul languages.

[KimmyChan]

Spain's blogger granny dies at 97 -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8062760.stm

[MrTerrorist]

Originally Posted by KimmyChan

Spain's blogger granny dies at 97 -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8062760.stm

Okay there's nothing silly about that. It's sad. I suggest you moved that into the News Section.

[Patriot's Blade]

Originally Posted by KimmyChan

Spain's blogger granny dies at 97 -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8062760.stm

?

[Kusa-San]

Originally Posted by Geta Boshi

Credits : David Oxford Kombo

I wonder what's the cost of this wii

[Anh_Minh]

I wonder if the wiimote is heavier than normal. And how dangerous it becomes if the strap breaks.

[KimmyChan]

Sorry Mrterrorist, you're right there, it wasn't a funny/odd news post & I'm terribly sorry about that

Toddler buys real digger online -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/8063769.stm

[Patriot's Blade]

Originally Posted by KimmyChan

Toddler buys real digger online -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/8063769.stm

now that is one BIG toy.

[KimmyChan]

Lol!!!

Skydiver falls without parachute -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8056428.stm

[Patriot's Blade]

Originally Posted by KimmyChan

Lol!!!

Skydiver falls without parachute -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8056428.stm

equipment failure?,
well it was obvious that the thick snow layer cushioned the skydiver from the hard solid rocks beneath it, but depending on how dense the snow was whether it was ice rocksolid/powder soft.

& how is this Silly/Odd news?, when you are falling more than 5000ft without nothing to slow you down & nearly splated your blood & flesh onto a mountain?.

[Shadow Kira01]

Horror story printed on toilet paper in Japan

This reminds me of Persona 2.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/257543/54779

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HOW BIZARRE! HANAKO'S BEEN SPOTTED!
Available: During your quest inside Seven Sisters High, go to classroom 2-B and
speak with everyone until someone mentions about a ghost named
Hanako. Exit the school and head for the Kuzunoha Detective Agency
and speak with Chief Todoroki.
Effect:
- It has appeared at Sevens
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[Thyrz]

Some of you might already know about this question.
The luckiest or the unluckiest three guys in Japan?

http://timesonline.typepad.com/times...ckiest-or.html

[KimmyChan]

Car-free Times Square in New York -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8066590.stm

[Patriot's Blade]

Originally Posted by Thyrz

Some of you might already know about this question.
The luckiest or the unluckiest three guys in Japan?

http://timesonline.typepad.com/times...ckiest-or.html

thats what i call, "A" class men.

[KimmyChan]

Rooks reveal remarkable tool-use -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8059688.stm

[GHDpro]

When a random number generator just ain't random enough...

http://gamesbyemail.com/News/DiceOMatic (via: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../05/26/1528223)

[Shadow Kira01]

Leopard roams Pakistani prime minister's garden

Spoiler:

Oh, wrong picture...

[othera]

http://www.asylum.com/2009/05/26/biz...ges-14-cars%2F

dono if that counts, but lol.

[KimmyChan]

Monopoly nuts do battle -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8069372.stm