Word: nintendos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Easy Button” commercials. More and more, we relax and rely on the technology around us to perform tasks that used to be an integral part of getting out and being human.During the 2006 holiday season media blitz, I remember one network’s coverage of the Nintendo Wii. The anchors were testing the product and going nuts over it: “Look! When you swing the Wii remote, the tennis racket actually swings! And there’s a ‘swoosh’ sound!” People were raving about the novel idea...
...Native American identity is at the forefront of how she approaches her academics, her job, her activities—there is no way to separate it from her.” Doolin adds that Youpee-Roll also has mad skills on the Nintendo Wii. “She definitely defies the stereotype that girls aren’t good at video games,” Doolin says. Growing up on Fort Peck Reserve in Poplar, Mont. Youpee-Roll was quickly exposed to the economic struggles of much of the Native American community in the United States. Her mother, Florence, describes...
...item people most want is - surprise! - the iPod, which remains the undefeated champion of the holiday-product Web search. In fact, the top three holiday gift search terms this year are all perennials: "iPod" in the top spot, along with the video game console du jour - this season, the Nintendo "Wii" - and, for the third year in a row, "Ugg boots," a piece of Australian footwear some (okay, I) might consider the ultimate sheepskin fashion faux...
...Uggs increased 23% compared with the same week last year. And the top three product search terms in the apparel category are all Ugg-ly: "Ugg boots," "Uggs" and "Ugg." In the retail category, Internet users declared this year's uncontested winner in the war of video game consoles: Nintendo's Wii, which is the second most searched retail product after the iPod. (The next most popular gaming console is the Xbox 360, which comes in a distant second to the Wii as the 12th most searched term...
...iPhone has been out for a while. Flat-screen TVs, Nintendo's Wii and PlayStation 3 were big last year, which means not as many will show up on Christmas lists this year - though lower priced games for the consoles will. We have no shearling boot craze or jean shortages. Instead, lower ticket items like the popular video game Guitar Hero III and Barbie Girls MP3 Players are big, and accessories such as handbags will do well. Dave Sievers from Archstone Consulting predicts a $7 billion increase in gift cards this season, reaching $35 billion, compared to the $28 billion...