Queen gets gold-plated Nintendo Wii

No white plastic version for her royal highness

Queen gets gold-plated Nintendo Wii

21 May 2009 11:20 GMT / By Stuart Miles

We've seen plenty of "bling-ed" up products here at Pocket-lint, but I don't think we've seen a gold plated Nintendo Wii, well until now that is.

Games maker THQ has decided that Her Majesty the Queen needs to get in on the Wii gaming action and therefore rather than just send her one they picked up from the high street, has sent her one coated in gold.

Why? A PR stunt of course to promote their new BIG Family game hitting the shops soon.

No word on pricing or whether you'll be able to get one yourself however.

"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", said Danielle Robinson, at THQ, clearly trying to shoehorn a reason in for sending Buckingham Palace the console.

According to THQ 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.

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Comments

  • What about the Nunchucks?? Also would have been nice to chuck in a few extra motes.... The royal family is rather big.... 1 just wont cut it..

    Ohhh... dont forget to wear the wrist strap with these, I can imagine these things would cause major damage to the innocent plasma screen when her Majesty gets a little excited playing Wii Bowling....
    Posted by Maroon, United Kingdom
  • hey the queen throwing down games,niceeeeeeeeeeeeee Posted by lenore santana, trinidad
  • u go queen Posted by lenore santana, trinidad
  • Hahaha, Bling Bling, the queen is going Ghetto right there! U go girl! Posted by GMonkeyBusiness, UK
  • Maybe they should waste less money on stupid stunts like this, and invest more into making a decent game for once. Posted by Bobby McGinley, UK
  • What, no polo?!?! Posted by Charles, UK
  • Sick I wnna want one wndr how much does it cost the queen is to lazy to play with her wii wii she should give it to a sperm whale Posted by Goolgle , afghanastan
  • Just bought a gold plated Nintendo Wii from the www.goldgenie.com web site the same company that got invested in by James Caan on Dragons Den - looks fantastic!! Posted by Rick Brown, England

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