Filed under: Video Games, Gamer, Jock/Sports Fan

Don’t look now, but it appears that even the AARP digs the Nintendo Wii gaming console. Want proof? TG Daily reports that a Washington, D.C.-area retirement community recently held a Wii bowling tournament that culminated in a matchup between 79-year-old real bowling champion and an 84-year-old Wii-prodigy challenger. Nancy Davies beat Hal Winters 202 to 182 at the Riderwood Retirement Community in one of many Wii tournaments held at the geriatric complex. While Winters is an actual bowling expert, Davies only began bowling only a year ago, exclusively on the Wii, which makes the upset so shocking.

Since several Wii units were received last March, the plaid-loving residents have flocked to play and challenge each other in shooting and hockey games in addition to bowling free-for-alls. This item of news marks the unique marketability of the Wii toward demographics heretofore unresponsive to the gaming world, groups including the elderly, female and middle-aged populations. Now if we can just get Grandma to talk trash we’ll be getting somewhere…

From Engadget Via TG Daily and Examiner.com

Related Links:

• Playing Wii is Not Exercise, Say Scientists
• Toyota and Nintendo Team Up for “Elderly-Friendly” Car
• Nintendo to Offer Wii ‘Rainchecks’ for Out-of-Stock Consoles

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