Remember that YouTube video with the adorable kittens that sounded like they were talking to each other, that somebody put fake subtitles on and made hilarious? Well, this is exactly like that, except instead of purrs and meowing, it's Chinese, and it features everybody's favorite console ripoff: The Vii.
Witness the abbreviated, faux-subtitled version of the Vii commercial after the break. Then ask yourself: if you owned a Vii, would yours break in a fun way?
[Thanks, Ryan]
(Apologies for the twenty-second ad at the end of this vii-deo [and for that pun].)
I bet some people, after not being able to find a Wii, will look at the Vii...stop...think and say "ah hell, why not?" I love the honesty of it all though. "I wanted a real Wii instead." I'm sure there are parents that'll get it for their kids since they probably won't know the difference.
You thought it was real? "it was me who came up with this idea. I promise" "Most large Americans named James love it more than football?" How the hell could those be real? hahahahaha.
Wow I'm a loser. It took me halfway through to realize the subtitles were a joke. I think it was the "It kinda fun!" kid that gave it away. Then "I want a real Wii" totally gave it away. I LOL'ed. P.S. Show more cats!!!!!!!
I wonder, if Nintendo release Wii in China, they will be sued by this company. I mean, they are the first to release Vii in the China, and they might sue Nintendo that they are counterfeiting Vii instead of the other way round!
China's court system is not open to Nintendo suing the Vii - thats the rub and why they have such a serious knock-off market. They just have not created a good system of enforcement yet.
They would have to fully subscribe to international patent and trademark laws for such a suit to take place. In 2001 they were placed in the WTO, so they have a minimum amount of laws to protect others intellectual property - and are making some attempts to get better. Yet, they are still quite famous for making it hard to get protection in China if you are a company from outside the country. Besides that, they used to encourage piracy as a method of sharing tech with their people - and to allow one company to have a lock on it would not serve the people as a whole.
(See case in which Yahoo lost to Fayhoo because it was not recognized as a well known trademark in China per their rules)
Besides - everyone wants to play "Happy Tennis" and "Catch Fish" on the Vii!
