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I was 10 when it came out. I remember the hype being so crazy. It’s all anybody talked about at school. Wii was going to bring us into the future and make all of our dreams come true.

It was totally awesome. But the advertised promise of motion controls didn’t really land until Wii motion+ controllers. When I played skyward sword I thought “ok THIS looks like the ads”

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My kids' mother (who lived overseas) won a contest. She didn't win a Wii, she one the opportunity to buy a Wii. She sent it to them for Christmas, and twenty years later I don't think I have ever seen them so excited.

For about a year, we played Rockband (especially the Beatles version) for an hour every day. We had the Rockband 3 keyboard, and one of the kids decided that he'd like to learn the piano. Twenty years later and a B.Mus. and M.Mus. later, we just attended the premiere of his musical (not, not a big one, but still...) in Toronto.

His career literally wouldn't have happened without the Wii.

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