Nintendo Wii Inside Rooms At The Marriott

A custom Nintendo Wii has been created just for the Marriott. The Wii comes with 20+ games, including Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart, Wii Sports, and Wii Fit. The system will give guests access to a menu that will allow them to choose the game they want—a brilliant alternative to worrying about every individual CD. And, as new games come out they can be added to the custom system. Rooms equipped with a Nintendo Wii will cost more than other rooms, but the price is rumored to be small, especially in comparison to the ol’ 6 dollars an hour for Super Mario on the SNES in some hotels back in the day.

The Nintendo Wii works so well in a hotel because of its ability to entertain any age group. I could even imagine my sixty-five year old father, who’s never been a fan of video games, having a blast playing Wii Fit (after someone else showed him how to turn on the Wii, change the TV to the right channel, and select Wii Fit from the menu…oh, and tell him exactly what to do once the game starts.)

It makes me wonder, is my dad’s naivety to video games rare these days? Would most people who stay at the Marriott know how to access the game they want and start playing it? Probably, but for all the thirty to sixty-year old business men that have only touched a video game controller once or twice in their life, what would they do if they saw the Wii and were intrigued enough to give it a go? I assume the Marriott will have to train a good portion of their employees to be able to assist video game-illiterate people like my dad, who would want to use the Wii.

With the Wii in Marriott rooms, the stereotypical story of a wife of a business man finding an additional charge for porn on the bill might be tweaked into something more like: “Honey what’s this charge?”
“Nothing dear, just a small premium for access to the Nintendo Wii.”
“No, no, I saw that already at the top. This charge here; a separate one. It says, ‘Nintendo Nunchuck,’ what is that? It’s fifty dollars.”
“Oh. I, uh, threw my controller and it broke, nothing big, don’t worry about it, honey.”
“You’re throwing your controller like some angry teenage kid?”
“Hey, at least there’s no porn on the bill.”
“I’d rather see an eight dollar charge for Backdoor Bandits than fifty dollars for a broken controller!”
“I thought we weren’t going to bring that up anymore.”

Well, if I stay at a Marriott, I’ll be happy to keep my neighbors awake with some strenuous Wii Fit action.