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The Ev-Wii-where Challenge + Update!

By .edDotEd. Wednesday, April 4, 2007 3:09:29 AM

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UPDATE: The EvWiiwhere Album has been filled with the entries so far. Visit the album and use the star voting system at the bottom right corner of the images. You can submit entries here using the instructions below until the end of the global day, May 6th 2007. Then it will be all up to the votes in the remaining weeks of May.

PRIZES: What will the winners get? Since this is the internet and people can always find ways to cheat, the winners will be determined by the N+ Moderators who will take reader response, comments, and the star rating of each image into account, as well as the effort and creativity.

  • 1st Prize: A Nintendo DS lite!
  • 2nd Prize: A DS Browser!
  • 3rd, 4th, and 5th Prize: MyOpera goodies
If you have any questions after reading, please send me a message through MyOpera.

Wii has without a doubt captured the world's attention. From the predictions, to the breaking news, the surprises, features, style, size, and games, Wii has become a household name just as fast as 'Nintendo' did in the mid 80's.

Everywhere you turn, there's a commercial or store display. Every magazine cover is plastered with Wii news. Every store is trying to get you to trade in for Wii games. Every website's got a Wii news story almost daily. Wii is more than a success, it is a cultural phenomenon. Wii is everywhere. Well... almost. Let's have a little fun with the general public!
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| Instruction Manual
  • Be an N+ Member. If you aren't, Join Now.
  • Take pictures of the word Wii spelled out in public. Don't just take a picure of the word; find it in unnatural places, or make it yourself out of things you found there (see my two glorious examples below).
  • Post each picture as blogs to your MyOpera blog.
  • Include one of the codes below in your EvWiiwhere posts by pasting it in before or after the image. (use tags like Nintendo, Wii, N+, and more to help others find them)
  • Come here, and post a comment with a link right back to your blog letting us and the world know to check it out.
  • N+ Moderators will 'farm' the images we find from our users, and put them all in a private gallery. The gallery will be unveiled after we gather a bunch of images at which point everyone will be able to vote, or support, their favorites by using the built in voting system (starstarstarstarstar) and comments... the more votes, the better... so tell your friends to join N+ and vote!

| Codes (to make it an official entry)
For paste in:
<a href="http://my.opera.com/Nplus/blog/evwiiwhere" title="N+ EvWiiwhere Challenge"><img src="http://files.myopera.com/DotEd/albums/161273/evwiiwhere88x31-2.png" alt="Nintendo Plus Wii Challenge"></a>

Or, for paste in:
<a href="http://my.opera.com/Nplus/blog/evwiiwhere" title="N+ EvWiiwhere Challenge"><img src="http://files.myopera.com/DotEd/albums/161273/evwiiwhere200x40.png" alt="Nintendo Plus Wii Challenge"></a>

| Examples
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  • If you make 5 seperate EvWiiwhere posts in your blog (with 5 comment links here), we'll do a blog post on N+ highlighting your submissions, and of course, link it back to your blog for extra attention.
  • We'll look at the voting results and determine some winners, too. Expect some Nintendo and Opera themed prizes.
  • The more entries we get, the more we're going to be able to give away. So go nuts!
  • When the world downloads the Opera Browser for Wii, they may just find you highlighted in MyOpera.

The whole point is to show off how creative you can be, what you can find out there, and what you can leave for other people to discover, and for us to be able to link back to our readers' blogs in great number for once. N+ is only the sum of it's parts and we want to show off your blogs for once. Come up with the best images, and let us boost your traffic!

This is what an EvWiiwhere post should look like!

| The Fine Print
Look how fine this is! Doted imagines Bob Saget yelling "There's Wii everywhere!!" Challenge Art created by Khadgar, go look at his kicky new blog design. Larger versions of the examples are stored here. Man I really hope there's no typo's in this post... Have some fun... and try to keep up with me! Challenge submissions should be posted within the deadline posted above, to celebrate the Opera Browser for Wii Final Version release.

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Comments

Geoff GirardinG-off Wednesday, April 4, 2007 3:12:25 AM

Oh, it is so on.

Joel Lutherlutherjw Wednesday, April 4, 2007 3:48:37 AM

This is teh kicky sweet! Me will have a lot of fun with this. Too much fun. wink

Deadline Happen ... when?

Psst ... you spelled Saget wrong. p

.edDotEd Wednesday, April 4, 2007 4:47:22 AM

Ha, well i made it that far with out a typo... that's good enough!
I'm still kinda out of breath from that post.

Dustin WilsonKhadgar Wednesday, April 4, 2007 5:00:54 AM

*is very excit.ed!*

seaempty Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:12:26 AM

Bit of a poor effort (my office isn't very public!), but I couldn't resist...

Stationar-Wii

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, April 4, 2007 10:52:51 AM

Excellent challenge. I've got a few ideas but may end up in a cell enacting them, plus I don't know where I can get a goat or a rabbi.

Any photos that seem to have penguins as well as Wii in are my fault.

Wii Smoke is a practice shot by a bleary eyed Furie. Not perfect, but a start.

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, April 4, 2007 3:47:13 PM

Another one for ya right here. It's a Wii garden.

Spaggyj Wednesday, April 4, 2007 3:47:56 PM

Here's my contribution, PiiWii bigsmile

Geoff GirardinG-off Wednesday, April 4, 2007 5:57:22 PM

1st contribution to this challenge: WiiD-R

Spaggyj Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:06:47 PM

Entry number two - Wii Remote.

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:27:02 PM

Ed, ya spelled Surprises wrong as well, up at the top. wink

The Last SheikahTheLastSheikah Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:51:05 PM

If I bought 50 cars, and spelled Wii out with them, would you promise to make me win?

Wait... I don't own any car shops... or have £50,000... I might have to make do with writing it on some walls or something. I had considered writing "Wii" out in braille (I've looked it up...) and doing a giant one of them somewhere. That'd probably be easier. Just get eigth of those big ring things.

Ericairman360 Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:58:49 PM

Looky whats I got.
Will I wiin???

.edDotEd Wednesday, April 4, 2007 10:22:56 PM

remember ...going BIG, will have a big impact, and the more public (stores, malls, libraries) the funnier/better/cooler!

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, April 4, 2007 10:32:12 PM

Got a big public one planned for tomorrow morning on our main road. Depending on the security you may see a JCB...

Joel Lutherlutherjw Thursday, April 5, 2007 2:33:41 AM

When is the deadline?

AntonCaptainSeagull Thursday, April 5, 2007 4:30:49 AM

ed, i know we want Wii everywhere, but if I do a huge "Nintendo Gamecube banner for the sculpure at my school can I share that with the class?

.edDotEd Thursday, April 5, 2007 1:06:42 PM

yes, because that thing absolutely rules. however, you may just want to make that a seperate post entirely. but we can definately throw it in with the evWiiwhere image album

.edDotEd Thursday, April 5, 2007 1:09:27 PM

lutherjw,

lets do this as a leadup to the Opera Browser for Wii, which launches this month. So, how about until the end of April?

Spaggyj Thursday, April 5, 2007 2:21:55 PM

Entry number three, Not wiids

Spaggyj Thursday, April 5, 2007 2:26:19 PM

Four, Wii Shop Here.

Spaggyj Thursday, April 5, 2007 2:30:09 PM

Five, Wii're Tired. that's all I can think of for the time being.
bigsmile

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, April 5, 2007 2:35:12 PM

Entry three for mii right here.

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, April 5, 2007 2:40:16 PM

Entry four is part of the five a day program.

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, April 5, 2007 2:47:25 PM

Submission 5 is right here folks.

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, April 5, 2007 2:56:24 PM

And the last one for today is this building site facing the motorway access road. Couldn't get in to the equipment... This time. devil

.edDotEd Thursday, April 5, 2007 2:59:39 PM

wow, guys this is going pretty awesome!
keep em coming!

I fixed a few typos, graciously pointed out by spelling enthusiast lutherjw and Furie.

also added that submissions should be posted within the month of April to coincide with the final release of the Opera Browser for Wii.

thanks guys!

Dustin WilsonKhadgar Sunday, April 8, 2007 12:51:42 AM

Here's my first entry into this bag-o-fun.

Spaggyj Sunday, April 8, 2007 1:04:31 PM

My greatest one yet - here .

Dark FurieFurie Sunday, April 8, 2007 1:18:59 PM

We're back, baby. Did we manage to break into a building site and arrange the machines to spell Wii? Find out right here.

Dark FurieFurie Sunday, April 8, 2007 1:24:25 PM

Also, I had a Wii flavoured breakfast today. Hmmm, never thought I'd say that.

Dark FurieFurie Monday, April 9, 2007 3:54:19 PM

Oooooh, just read about prizes. happy Send Kim's entries with mine to Nintendo and get us a Wii please. The minimum waiting list is a month round here and there's preorders backing up that to longer than 3 months.

If we can't get a Wii we'll settle for a Link outfit. lol

Spaggyj Monday, April 9, 2007 8:40:28 PM

Entry number seven right here .

Rivendale286 Tuesday, April 10, 2007 6:48:49 PM

These were 'wet paint' signs underneath the University of Virginia Rotunda... Then a friend 'reappropriated' them... And this picture is from like 2 months ago; we were way ahead of you on public Wii signs...

...Pic...

Nintendo Plus Wii Challenge

.edDotEd Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:46:42 PM

thanks GoNintendo for linking to us!

http://gonintendo.com/?p=15922#comments
smile

Dark FurieFurie Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:50:23 PM

Yay! More entries soon then.

I've got some more planned but it'll take a while to do them. I'll upload the lot soon.

JaJaWa Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:51:41 PM

Here's my DS one:

http://my.opera.com/JaJaWa/blog/2007/04/10/contest-entry

Nintendo Plus Wii Challenge

.edDotEd Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:17:53 AM

holy crap, these too

http://www.psycho-search.com/2007/04/10/opera-n-ev-wii-where-challenge/

http://www.wiiliving.com/opera-n-ev-wii-where-challenge/

thanks everyone for the support!

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:28:36 AM

Can't see anything on wiiwiiwii.blogspot.com yet. Amazing that this has been so well publicised already. We gotta do a big one now.

How about all N+ members meet up and rearrange Stone Henge to spell Wii?

.edDotEd Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:45:10 AM

a third evWiiwhere by yours truly.. this one is actually NATURALLY OCCURRING!

.edDotEd Wednesday, April 11, 2007 2:16:04 AM

even the Playstation 3 section at Best Buy is getting involv.ed

my 4th, even though mine don't count!

Ethan Smithethansmith Wednesday, April 11, 2007 2:35:57 AM

Happy Halloween!

Pump-Wii-Kin!

bigsmile

--Ethan

Dustin WilsonKhadgar Wednesday, April 11, 2007 2:59:14 AM

My 2nd Entry. After .Ed had fun at the PlayStation 3 section at his local Best Buy I had fun with Xbox 360 boxes and a paint marker at a store I'm not going to say the name of.

.edDotEd Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:57:26 AM

http://wiinintendo.net/2007/04/10/the-ev-wii-where-challenge-by-opera/

another blog spreading the word.

JaJaWa Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:39:54 AM

Here's a better quality DS box one:

http://my.opera.com/JaJaWa/blog/another-evwiiwere

Anonymous Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:02:03 PM

Anonymous writes: whatever

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:06:31 PM

A valid and interesting contribution there. rolleyes

Anonymous Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:58:03 PM

Anonymous writes: great idea guys! keep up the work!

.edDotEd Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:17:31 PM

there are now 38 Nintendo/gaming websites linking here...

however, it seems some are either jealous that they don't have superfun contests... ever... or they don't like that MyOpera and N+ are getting a bazillion hits right now.

either way, i'm happy with the results, because nearly all of the sites support us, and that's the way things should be.

thanks again to all of the sites listed above, and the ones that i will continue to list, for supporting us, our members, MyOpera, and Nintendo.

things should always be fun

.ed

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