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05-29-2010, 03:30 PM
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/wiikart529.jpg (http://www.ctadigital.com/item.asp?item=2815)CTA Digital has unveiled one of its largest Wii accessories yet: a $40 inflatable kart with an attached steering wheel controller, into which you can insert the Wiimote to play Mario Kart Wii (http://joystiq.com/tag/mario-kart-wii) and other racing games.
Our first impulse is to make fun of this unnecessary accessory (an "unnecessory," if you will), but two things give us pause:
CTA is using the item's marketing to publicize Kids are Heroes (http://www.kidsareheroes.org/), an organization that encourages community involvement among kids -- even going so far as to use Ricky Springer (http://www.kidsareheroes.org/Ricky-Springer.htm), who races real karts to raise money and awareness for Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorder, as a spokesman.
Unlike other plastic Wii accessories, there is no doubt in our minds that if our six-year-old selves had seen an inflatable car you could use as a game controller, we would have freaked out. http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)Play Mario Kart Wii in your very own inflatable kart (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/29/play-mario-kart-wii-in-your-very-own-inflatable-kart/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Sat, 29 May 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Our first impulse is to make fun of this unnecessary accessory (an "unnecessory," if you will), but two things give us pause:
CTA is using the item's marketing to publicize Kids are Heroes (http://www.kidsareheroes.org/), an organization that encourages community involvement among kids -- even going so far as to use Ricky Springer (http://www.kidsareheroes.org/Ricky-Springer.htm), who races real karts to raise money and awareness for Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorder, as a spokesman.
Unlike other plastic Wii accessories, there is no doubt in our minds that if our six-year-old selves had seen an inflatable car you could use as a game controller, we would have freaked out. http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)Play Mario Kart Wii in your very own inflatable kart (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/29/play-mario-kart-wii-in-your-very-own-inflatable-kart/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Sat, 29 May 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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