Nintendo Donates Wii Console To A Sick Girl In Australia

by MB0742 53 Comments 53 Votes 423 Views 28/12/2007 Back to News

An 11 year old girl, Taylor Smith, living in Melbourne-Geelong has been suffering from Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita which means from the day she was born she has no muscles in her arms which makes everyday things hard and impossible to play standard video games.

At a friend's house she first found a Wii but could not grab onto the controls. So Tony the house resident tried headbands to attach the wii onto her hand and for the first time little Taylor was able to play video games for her first time. Doing so she would also be able to play tennis, bowling golf and everything else she would struggle with in the real world.

Happy about their daughter new found enjoyment they went looking for their very own Nintendo Wii console but were unable to find themselves a copy (there's always the vii.....) and Australia won't be getting anymore until next year. So the parents decided to send a letter to Nintendo; amazingly Nintendo sent a brand new Wii console.

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cmpa1970

aaww man, that's so nice....

28/12/2007

Sydney 3DS:5327-0991-4929

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phatbass82

That's a nice story. Great to see Nintendo helping out...

28/12/2007

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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Stan888

oh man :S i feel sorry for her...well atleast now she can enjoy video games.

This also shows that Nintendo care for their fans, even the disadvantaged one.

28/12/2007

Bottom Of An Endless Pit

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jotendo

i..i-i think im going to cry

What a nice story.

28/12/2007

North Coast NSW

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Dave_1970

My daughter went to kindergarden with her !!!

What a small world.

28/12/2007

Geelong

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jrp95

Good story!! We need more of that

28/12/2007

Seattle WA, United States

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Pilkingbod

And you people hate Nintendo Australia...
Shame on you all!

28/12/2007

Melting pot of friendship

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bee_tee

Good on you Nintendo!
Thats the Christmas spirit

28/12/2007

Sydney, NSW

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White_Meat

Thats fekken sweet. I can see the wii being used in the future to help people with other restrictive conditions too and also for rehabilitating after injuries. That is not wii injuries of course.

28/12/2007

Brissii

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IceManPJN

That's my Nintendo! They're friggin' awesome.

28/12/2007

Wellston, Ohio, USA

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didud

Wow go nintendo helping out a sick kid who can barely move thats the way i beat sony and microsoft dont even read there letters bunch of lazy people long live nintendo and the wii

28/12/2007

Brisbane QLD

Kudos: 776

Neek

awww the fills my heart with....blood

thats is really a nice thing for Nintendo to do. There was another post on here bout a girl that is looking for games that you can play one handed as she has had a stroke, All I could think of was Kororinpa [also my fav game]

28/12/2007

Brisbane

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sappap

awesume as story ^^
who rote it? cause like. that shows nintendos generosity.. btw nintendo wii being sold out till next year? LOL suck after chrismas buyers ^^
whats a good game out
i got nfs prostreet, guitar hero 3, mario and sonic olympics, i playd galaxy. sorta sucks. 1 move onli , btw can onli 2nd shoot star things?

28/12/2007

melbourne victoria

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syfox133

Omg all I can say is....Awwwwwwwwwww

That's our Ninty

28/12/2007

In the corner of your eye

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Wiid00d

now thats what i call wii love

28/12/2007

Voted 3rd best reviewer 08!

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dsreaper

That is by far the one of the coolest things I've ever read.

Much love for that big N!!!

28/12/2007

Gold Coast, QLD

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Mario128

That's awesome!

Go Ninty

I say a Wii is a pretty good present!!

28/12/2007

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Luke4123

11 years old? She looks only 5. Thats a very nice story. Very thoughtful of Nintendo.

28/12/2007

Brisbane

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leeman34

good on them about time they did somthing nice .

millions of dollars proffit and they donate one wii bloody tight asses

28/12/2007

geelong

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Asteroid

Good going Nintendo! Another way to beat microsoft and sony.

28/12/2007

England

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Harlster

That was extremely kind of Nintendo. It allmost makes me cry. Good on them! Good on her! God bless Nintendo!

28/12/2007

Melbourne [city of stuff, wooo!]

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Riplash

Awww. <3

28/12/2007

in teh intarwebbz

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Kempy

Good work Nintendo

28/12/2007

Melbourne

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Omi

Judging by all the many comments below me, I'm going to congratulate Nintendo. Not just for making a sick little girl happy, but for pulling off the PR stunt they just have. As if they wouldn't of sent her one.

28/12/2007

In the vegie patch

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TGCMandCo

and THIS is why I have so much respect for Nintendo

U think Sony or Microsoft would be so generous? I think not...

If the fanboys disagree, "prove me wrong"

28/12/2007

New South Wales

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Anxiety

This reminds me that time when Oprah gave some blind kid a Wii for Christmas. At least this time the sick kid can SEE what she is doing.

28/12/2007

Sydney, Australia

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Wii_Man876

leeman34 said: good on them about time they did somthing nice .
millions of dollars proffit and they donate one wii bloody tight asses

leeman. I have just realised. You are quite negative

28/12/2007

Sydney, NSW

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Dr.hamzie

she cant play bowling can she..? doesnt she need to press the B button

but still very generous move by nintendo
and i wouldnt say SICK girl .. try handicapped

28/12/2007

Renagadez's pants; Mwap =sound of disappointment

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Anxiety

leeman34 said:

millions of dollars proffit and they donate one wii bloody tight asses

So if you eventually have a buisness one day, and earn millions of dollars - you'll share some millions with me?

29/12/2007

Sydney, Australia

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NeoZer0

Touching story. Way to go Ninty....I'm tearing up.

29/12/2007

York, Pennsylvania

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Stormstruk

What a great story.

I hope the little girl enjoys it, she looks thrilled to have a Wii. Good on her!

29/12/2007

Perth, Western Australia

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grimace

My heart feels so warm and cuddly!

Nintendo

29/12/2007

Perth, WA

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Drhobo

pretty cool, that nintendo is finally "stepping up" so to say, but i kinda have to agree with leeman. if wii sales wernt good as they are nintendo probably would not have done it. i think its nothing more then a stunt, as Omi said.

29/12/2007

Michigan, USA

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brawl4all

a touching story...

this kept me smiling till i read bouts the microsoft motion sensing

29/12/2007

Dream until your dreams come true. [SSBB 0344-8947-5585]

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ShadowFan1

thats why i love nintendo, cause they are there for people.

29/12/2007

Under your bed, in your closet in your head.

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barcafc

good story, go nintendo! helping out the community

29/12/2007

NSW

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Sarukun

lol ..... Nintendo making a good name for themselves by donating a console.... way a go Nintendo....i guess it's a win win situation... on one hand the little girl gets a free console and on the other.... by doing this... people will start to think better towards nintendo and might boost sales even more.... good strategy nintendo

29/12/2007

Japan - Saitama - Final Fantasy (The 4 Heroes of Light)

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Cherrona

Wow! A big company that actually cares about more than money, and doing something nice? That's normally unheard of these days.

Obviously someone has a heart.

(or maybe their generosity was just a publicity stunt?

)

29/12/2007

Silent Hill - The fear of blood tends to create fear for the flesh

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leeman34

Wii_Man876 said: good on them about time they did somthing nice .

millions of dollars profit and they donate one wii bloody tight asses

leeman. I have just realised. You are quite negative

why because i have an opinion that isn't like yours ?

if nintendo really gave a crap they could do allot more than donate 1 console

29/12/2007

geelong

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zewiiman

that made me cry...

29/12/2007

in your attic eating your muffins

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syfox133

leeman34 said: good on them about time they did somthing nice .
millions of dollars proffit and they donate one wii bloody tight asses

Well you don't see the others doing it.

29/12/2007

In the corner of your eye

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Cherrona

syfox133 said:
Well you don't see the others doing it.

That's because no-one is sending the other companies letters with similar stories. So, no sob story, no free publicity, no free console.
But I admit I feel sorry for the girl.

29/12/2007

Silent Hill - The fear of blood tends to create fear for the flesh

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STUFF2o

sappap said: awesume as story ^^
who rote it? cause like. that shows nintendos generosity.. btw nintendo wii being sold out till next year? LOL suck after chrismas buyers ^^
whats a good game out
i got nfs prostreet, guitar hero 3, mario and sonic olympics, i playd galaxy. sorta sucks. 1 move onli , btw can onli 2nd shoot star things?

2nd player can give Mario the ultra jump backflip thing and can freeze enemies by squeezing them.*cough* Galaxy rules*cough*

30/12/2007

Saturn, Jupiter

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Trooper

awwwwww, that makes me all happy inside.

30/12/2007

In your closet

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Wii_Man876

leeman34 said:
why because i have an opinion that isn't like yours ?
if nintendo really gave a crap they could do allot more than donate 1 console

... no ur just not happy.. They dont know who is handicapped unless they got a letter..

30/12/2007

Sydney, NSW

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White_Meat

Anxiety said: This reminds me that time when Oprah gave some blind kid a Wii for Christmas. At least this time the sick kid can SEE what she is doing.

Your comment sparked my curiosity, so I goggled it, ended up finding a short clip about that kid on youtube, not the actual oprah story but it was amazing. He's blind and he uses echo location to navigate his way around, basically by making clicks with his tongue he can identify his environment pretty well, walking freely, roller blading around the street me and my girl were pretty blown away. Might start a thread about it actually it is that dam mindblowing.

30/12/2007

Brissii