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A gold-plated Wii was delivered to Buckingham Palace today, especially for Her Royal Highness.
Finished in gold, the console was commissioned for the Royal Family to mark the launch of BIG Family Games from THQ.
“BIG Family Games is the ultimate Wii game to get all family members, from grandparents to young children, playing together,” said Danielle Robinson, Product Manager at THQ. “The Royal Family is arguably the most important family in the country so we felt that they had to have a copy of the new game.
“But we thought that Her Majesty the Queen wouldn’t want to play on any old console, so an extra-special gold one was commissioned. We hope that she and the rest of the Royal Family enjoy the game!”
At least it will match the ceilings and possibly the drapes.
Press release through the break.
The Royal ‘Wii’ is delivered to Buckingham Palace
HRH The Queen of England received an unusual surprise today as a gold-plated Wii was delivered to Buckingham Palace.
Finished in gold, the unique Wii console was specially commissioned for the Royal Family to mark today’s launch of brand new Wii game BIG Family Games – the perfect game for all the family to play together from publisher THQ Inc.
As the UK’s ultimate family, the Royals also received one of the first copies of BIG Family Games to road-test their shiny new console.
Danielle Robinson, Product Manager at THQ, said: “BIG Family Games is the ultimate Wii game to get all family members, from grandparents to young children, playing together. The Royal Family is arguably the most important family in the country so we felt that they had to have a copy of the new game.
“But we thought that Her Majesty the Queen wouldn’t want to play on any old console, so an extra-special gold one was commissioned. We hope that she and the rest of the Royal Family enjoy the game!”
The Queen and other members of the Royal Family will be able to use their new gold Wii to play 24 unique twists on classic family games including golf, tennis, ladder golf, lawn darts, horseshoes, bocce and more.
Her Royal Highness will be able to play through the game as a single player or get Princes Philip, Charles, Harry, and William, and even Camilla, involved when playing in multiplayer mode. HRH will even be able to create customisable characters for herself and the rest of the family.
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Further information about BIG Family Games:
BIG Family Games is the newest release under the ‘BIG’ range of titles which launched with the highly successful BIG Beach Sports in summer 2008, selling over 600,000 units in Europe (Sources: Chart Track 2009 & GFK Chart Track 2009).
Information on the rest of THQ’s line-up of family-friendly titles is also available at www.thq-games.com.
About THQ
THQ Inc. is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California, THQ sells product through its global network of offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. More information about THQ and its products may be found at www.thq.com. THQ, BIG Family Games, BIG Beach Sports and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.
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Shatner said:
Golden Wii?
Are they taking the piss?
Psychotext said:
Wouldn’t the controller be sort of heavy?
Stephany Nunneley said:
It’s not real gold, but gold plated. It won’t be heavy at all.
Psychotext said:
Does that not increase weight much? I don’t know a great deal about the mechanics of gold plating.
Stephany Nunneley said:
Well, just using jewelery as an example – since I am female and we love stuff like that
– lots of the cheap stuff is really silver and only made to “look” gold by being gold plated. There is not any difference in the weight that you can “feel” really. Would assume it is ever so slightly heavier when weighed though.
I have no idea what they plated that Wii with, but I doubt it will be much heavier, really.
Mike said:
SO much for the recession hitting the games industry as a whole.
wz said:
Will be up on eBay, you betcha.
Whizzo said:
THQ will be lucky to escape the Tower, the Royals won’t like being used for a tacky publicity stunt like this.
No_PUDding said:
It’s okay Psychotext, I am sure you can get away with bullshittign about gold plating too. xD
Awww snap… Sorry man, I didn’t really mean it.
Psychotext said:
You’ll need to explain that insult, I’m tired.
Gekidami said:
Wait? The buttons and analogue arnt gold? Cheap bastards!
Actually the controls look like they’re just painted gold to me.
No_PUDding said:
Dude, it was a baseless insult, you know me.
No point explaining it. I feel bad enough already.
Lutz said:
Gold plating uses mere fractions of a gram in gold. No human would ever be able to tell the difference.
You’d need a damn good set of scales to actually tell the difference TBH.