Posted on 07/05/2006 1:38:26 PM PDT by markedmannerf
Nintendo of America sent President Bush an early baby boomer gift pack today. The bag of presidential goodies includes a DS Lite and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. Bush turns 60 tomorrow. I'd make some age/ intellect jokes, but the sheer number of possibilities have temporarily locked-up my snark muscle.
Lets just hope that Nintendo didn't put it in one of those electronics-festooned, trumpet flaring boxes. I'd hate to see a Secret Service bomb squad called out to explode such a nice piece of portable gaming.
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Nintendo of America 4820 150th Ave. NE Redmond, WA 98052 July 6, 2006 President George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush: Happy Birthday! Don't worry, turning 60 is an exciting milestone. As you know, you've joined millions of other baby boomers in an invigorating new decade of your life. And, like many boomers, you may be looking for ways to keep your mind sharp. That's where we come in.
Please accept our gift of a new Nintendo DS Lite system and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. You now join millions of people around the world who have fun challenging themselves with Brain Age. If you have never played a video game before, don't worry. Brain Age is part of our new Touch Generations brand, which includes games that are easy for people of any age - regardless of their video game experience - to pick up and start playing immediately.
It's obvious you don't have a lot of time to play games, which makes Brain Age such a great activity for you - just a few minutes a day with more than 15 daily training tests will help keep your mind sharp. Training tests include categories like math, reading and memorization. Try it for a few days and watch your score improve. Brain Age also comes with more than 100 sudoku puzzles - these could make your next long flight on Air Force One a bit more fun! (Perhaps copies of Brain Age for journalists joining you on your next flight would be a nice distraction!) Have fun exploring Brain Age with your Nintendo DS Lite and be sure to let us know your brain age!
Have a tremendous birthday!
Sincerely,
Your Friends at Nintendo
How many minutes before the DU crowd starts calling for impeachment for receiving improper gifts?
Nintendo will be passed by me when it's game buying time.
I gotta get one of these. I loooove gadgets!
I can just see the pictures of the Pres swinging around the controller like a sword now. (Wii. What the heck was Nintendo thinking?)
Now, if Sony sends the President a copy of Guitar Hero...
I just played this game on a friend's DS, and it is a blast! I wouldn't read anything into Nintendo's giving him this gift. It was a clever marketing idea. The game is appropriate for all ages (although the results are inaccurate for people under 20), but it's geared towards those in their 40, 50s, and 60s who are trying to to keep their brains sharp.
It's nothing like a regular video game. I can't believe I'm going to buy a $120 system just so I can play one $20 game, but I'm going to get it tomorrow. The entire DS Lite system weighs less than a pound and for this game anyway you hold it in your hand like a book and use the stylus to write the answers on the DS's touch screen.
I don't know...my Dad turned 59 this year and I gave him all kinds of crap about it :)
From how I read it, if anything is meant, it's probably meant to be good natured.
Exactly. I think it was more of a poke at his being 60 than anything else. I can imagine people getting this game as an "Over the Hill" gag gift. Of course, unlike normal gag gifts, this one is actually something you'll use everyday.
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