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Reports from America, where the Gamecube has been available for some months, have led to intense media discussion about whether the Gamecube is just too small.
The controversery is focused in local sheriffs' offices, which have been inundated with missing console reports from worried 'cube owners. This has led to a massive drain on police resources, especially as many of the consoles have been found down the back of sofas and under magazines. Police Chief Chuck Norris, of Mianus, Connecticut, was fuming. Stroking his ill-advised beard Norris pondered,
"Men are like steel. When they lose their gamecubes, they lose their worth. And I have to clean up the mess, when I could be out using my Bear Hug Defense on some bad guy in a prolonged fight scene."
Norris is not the only person to have raised the alarm about the Gamecube's lack of physical presence. Nintendo design guru Shigeru Miyamoto ran up bills of millions of dollars during game development after losing thousands of consoles. He claims that the loss of two hundred consoles on one day, collectively containing all copies of Zelda, resulted in the entire game having to be redesigned in a cel-shaded look to save time. During the discussion Miyamoto discovered one of the aforementioned consoles in his trouser fold, but delight turned to sorrow as it contained only a copy of "Luigi's Mansion".
The American Parents Lobby has been another source of uproar, largely because they are bearing the cost of the lost consoles. They have called for Nintendo to fit the Gamecube with a distinctive smell so that it can be easily located by tracker dogs. The devolved miltant wing of the Parents Lobby has taken direct action against Nintendo, hiding Nintendo's headquarters under an X-box for a 24 hour period. The attack left Nintendo employees stunned and has led to changes in the Gamecube design being proposed.
However, changes have been in the pipeline for a while after the console's size reportedly damaged sales in the US. Exit polls from shops revealed that many customers simply hadn't seen the Gamecube. With a population containing 40% myopics, size is an important factor in the American console market. Suggested strategies to by-pass the problem include luminuous packaging and attaching the console to performing llamas, however the former was deemed to costly by Nintendo executives, who have already spent millions on the current packaging.
The final straw for the small gamecube could come when the President himself addesses the nation on the widening dilemma. Bush, a big fan of Mario Party, was dismayed after he lost his gamecube under his daughter's playstation 2. Speaking at a White House press conference Bush said
"It's too small. Nintendo says they're the daddy but the daddy is big and this is small. Hands are large and console is small. Small too small, under things is it lost for small it be too..."
At this point, having lost all control of grammar, Dick Cheney came to the President's rescue and said that all the Whitehouse wanted was a bigger console so that the President could play his Mario Party and keep quiet while the cabinet talked about important things.
The last laugh was with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates who observed enigmatically; "Any reports of lost X-boxes? Exactly. Who's the Daddy?"
The controversery is focused in local sheriffs' offices, which have been inundated with missing console reports from worried 'cube owners. This has led to a massive drain on police resources, especially as many of the consoles have been found down the back of sofas and under magazines. Police Chief Chuck Norris, of Mianus, Connecticut, was fuming. Stroking his ill-advised beard Norris pondered,
"Men are like steel. When they lose their gamecubes, they lose their worth. And I have to clean up the mess, when I could be out using my Bear Hug Defense on some bad guy in a prolonged fight scene."
Norris is not the only person to have raised the alarm about the Gamecube's lack of physical presence. Nintendo design guru Shigeru Miyamoto ran up bills of millions of dollars during game development after losing thousands of consoles. He claims that the loss of two hundred consoles on one day, collectively containing all copies of Zelda, resulted in the entire game having to be redesigned in a cel-shaded look to save time. During the discussion Miyamoto discovered one of the aforementioned consoles in his trouser fold, but delight turned to sorrow as it contained only a copy of "Luigi's Mansion".
The American Parents Lobby has been another source of uproar, largely because they are bearing the cost of the lost consoles. They have called for Nintendo to fit the Gamecube with a distinctive smell so that it can be easily located by tracker dogs. The devolved miltant wing of the Parents Lobby has taken direct action against Nintendo, hiding Nintendo's headquarters under an X-box for a 24 hour period. The attack left Nintendo employees stunned and has led to changes in the Gamecube design being proposed.
However, changes have been in the pipeline for a while after the console's size reportedly damaged sales in the US. Exit polls from shops revealed that many customers simply hadn't seen the Gamecube. With a population containing 40% myopics, size is an important factor in the American console market. Suggested strategies to by-pass the problem include luminuous packaging and attaching the console to performing llamas, however the former was deemed to costly by Nintendo executives, who have already spent millions on the current packaging.
The final straw for the small gamecube could come when the President himself addesses the nation on the widening dilemma. Bush, a big fan of Mario Party, was dismayed after he lost his gamecube under his daughter's playstation 2. Speaking at a White House press conference Bush said
"It's too small. Nintendo says they're the daddy but the daddy is big and this is small. Hands are large and console is small. Small too small, under things is it lost for small it be too..."
At this point, having lost all control of grammar, Dick Cheney came to the President's rescue and said that all the Whitehouse wanted was a bigger console so that the President could play his Mario Party and keep quiet while the cabinet talked about important things.
The last laugh was with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates who observed enigmatically; "Any reports of lost X-boxes? Exactly. Who's the Daddy?"
Meka Dragon wrote:
> Given that I intend to store my Gamecube up my bum, I think it's maybe a little big.
Then the sun will shine out of your ass!
> Given that I intend to store my Gamecube up my bum, I think it's maybe a little big.
Then the sun will shine out of your ass!
Meka Dragon wrote:
> Given that I intend to store my Gamecube up my bum, I think it's maybe a little
> big.
;-)
They did fit a handle for easy removal, because I imagine it'd be a pretty tight fit :-)
> Given that I intend to store my Gamecube up my bum, I think it's maybe a little
> big.
;-)
They did fit a handle for easy removal, because I imagine it'd be a pretty tight fit :-)
Given that I intend to store my Gamecube up my bum, I think it's maybe a little big.
;-)
;-)
What the Gamecube?
If you're an Elf or a Pixie, I imagine its massive.
It would be easy to lose your house than your Xbox, so thats why it's so BIG.
Reports from America, where the Gamecube has been available for some months, have led to intense media discussion about whether the Gamecube is just too small.
The controversery is focused in local sheriffs' offices, which have been inundated with missing console reports from worried 'cube owners. This has led to a massive drain on police resources, especially as many of the consoles have been found down the back of sofas and under magazines. Police Chief Chuck Norris, of Mianus, Connecticut, was fuming. Stroking his ill-advised beard Norris pondered,
"Men are like steel. When they lose their gamecubes, they lose their worth. And I have to clean up the mess, when I could be out using my Bear Hug Defense on some bad guy in a prolonged fight scene."
Norris is not the only person to have raised the alarm about the Gamecube's lack of physical presence. Nintendo design guru Shigeru Miyamoto ran up bills of millions of dollars during game development after losing thousands of consoles. He claims that the loss of two hundred consoles on one day, collectively containing all copies of Zelda, resulted in the entire game having to be redesigned in a cel-shaded look to save time. During the discussion Miyamoto discovered one of the aforementioned consoles in his trouser fold, but delight turned to sorrow as it contained only a copy of "Luigi's Mansion".
The American Parents Lobby has been another source of uproar, largely because they are bearing the cost of the lost consoles. They have called for Nintendo to fit the Gamecube with a distinctive smell so that it can be easily located by tracker dogs. The devolved miltant wing of the Parents Lobby has taken direct action against Nintendo, hiding Nintendo's headquarters under an X-box for a 24 hour period. The attack left Nintendo employees stunned and has led to changes in the Gamecube design being proposed.
However, changes have been in the pipeline for a while after the console's size reportedly damaged sales in the US. Exit polls from shops revealed that many customers simply hadn't seen the Gamecube. With a population containing 40% myopics, size is an important factor in the American console market. Suggested strategies to by-pass the problem include luminuous packaging and attaching the console to performing llamas, however the former was deemed to costly by Nintendo executives, who have already spent millions on the current packaging.
The final straw for the small gamecube could come when the President himself addesses the nation on the widening dilemma. Bush, a big fan of Mario Party, was dismayed after he lost his gamecube under his daughter's playstation 2. Speaking at a White House press conference Bush said
"It's too small. Nintendo says they're the daddy but the daddy is big and this is small. Hands are large and console is small. Small too small, under things is it lost for small it be too..."
At this point, having lost all control of grammar, Dick Cheney came to the President's rescue and said that all the Whitehouse wanted was a bigger console so that the President could play his Mario Party and keep quiet while the cabinet talked about important things.
The last laugh was with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates who observed enigmatically; "Any reports of lost X-boxes? Exactly. Who's the Daddy?"
The controversery is focused in local sheriffs' offices, which have been inundated with missing console reports from worried 'cube owners. This has led to a massive drain on police resources, especially as many of the consoles have been found down the back of sofas and under magazines. Police Chief Chuck Norris, of Mianus, Connecticut, was fuming. Stroking his ill-advised beard Norris pondered,
"Men are like steel. When they lose their gamecubes, they lose their worth. And I have to clean up the mess, when I could be out using my Bear Hug Defense on some bad guy in a prolonged fight scene."
Norris is not the only person to have raised the alarm about the Gamecube's lack of physical presence. Nintendo design guru Shigeru Miyamoto ran up bills of millions of dollars during game development after losing thousands of consoles. He claims that the loss of two hundred consoles on one day, collectively containing all copies of Zelda, resulted in the entire game having to be redesigned in a cel-shaded look to save time. During the discussion Miyamoto discovered one of the aforementioned consoles in his trouser fold, but delight turned to sorrow as it contained only a copy of "Luigi's Mansion".
The American Parents Lobby has been another source of uproar, largely because they are bearing the cost of the lost consoles. They have called for Nintendo to fit the Gamecube with a distinctive smell so that it can be easily located by tracker dogs. The devolved miltant wing of the Parents Lobby has taken direct action against Nintendo, hiding Nintendo's headquarters under an X-box for a 24 hour period. The attack left Nintendo employees stunned and has led to changes in the Gamecube design being proposed.
However, changes have been in the pipeline for a while after the console's size reportedly damaged sales in the US. Exit polls from shops revealed that many customers simply hadn't seen the Gamecube. With a population containing 40% myopics, size is an important factor in the American console market. Suggested strategies to by-pass the problem include luminuous packaging and attaching the console to performing llamas, however the former was deemed to costly by Nintendo executives, who have already spent millions on the current packaging.
The final straw for the small gamecube could come when the President himself addesses the nation on the widening dilemma. Bush, a big fan of Mario Party, was dismayed after he lost his gamecube under his daughter's playstation 2. Speaking at a White House press conference Bush said
"It's too small. Nintendo says they're the daddy but the daddy is big and this is small. Hands are large and console is small. Small too small, under things is it lost for small it be too..."
At this point, having lost all control of grammar, Dick Cheney came to the President's rescue and said that all the Whitehouse wanted was a bigger console so that the President could play his Mario Party and keep quiet while the cabinet talked about important things.
The last laugh was with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates who observed enigmatically; "Any reports of lost X-boxes? Exactly. Who's the Daddy?"