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2015-12-23 08:28:22 Post No. 321160021
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2015-12-23 08:28:22
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>Neighbor comes over today.
>Wants me to help her Christmas shop for her son.
>They have a Wii that someone gave them, but no controllers or games.
>Wants to buy controllers and games for it.
>We go to a local game shop down the road.
>Kid has expressed interest in Kirby and Sonic games in the past.
>No Kirby games in stock.
>Sonic Colors is in stock so we grab that and a Wiimote/Nunchuck.
>Decide to head to Gamestop nearby to see if they have Kirby's Return to Dreamland.
>Not in stock and they want $50 for it USED anyway. Fuck Gamestop.
>Come back to our apartment building. She wants to give it to him today as an early present.
>Wants me to hook it up.
>Kid is literally jumping up and down in excitement.
>I set the whole thing up and we put the game in the Wii.
>Disc Read Error.
>Oh shit, what?
>Try a GC game from my house.
>Disc Read Error.
>Oh fuck no.
>He doesn't realize anything is wrong. Still excited.
>How do you tell a 7 year old that Christmas is ruined?
>HOW DO YOU TELL A SEVEN YEAR OLD THAT CHRISTMAS IS RUINED!?
>Calmly try to explain to him that it seems to be broken.
>Try downloading a demo off Wii Ware.
>Game works. Can still be used as a VC/Wii Ware machine.
>Kid seems satisfied with this.
>I go home.
>5 minutes later, knock at the door.
>Kid says he fixed it.
>How?
>He blew in the Wii's disc slot and now it works.
Christmas is saved!