27th March 2006, 3:21 PM
Then Nintendo would be willing to scam people just to make some money? Sure you can label it "an entertainment product", just like psychic hotlines try to get away with, but that's just not going to fly. The way it's marketted it is clear they aren't "making an obvious joke" and this is really intended as being seen as a way to increase brain power. If this product is bunk, and Nintendo sells it fully aware there's no evidence supporting their claims, Nintendo is going to lose a lot of credibility...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)