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The geniuses behind Wii tennis tournament Wiimbledon are rolling out another Nintendo-based endeavor: Wii bowling leagues. From the emailed release that just went out:
While Wiimbledon offered you a chance to rub elbows and ascots with high society, we all know that secretly, deep inside that trust fund-funded heart, all you really want is to slum with the proles. So it's time to trade your dandy-ish decadence for blue collar cahoots. It's time for a little Wii Bowling.The founders, friends Tim Shey and Steve Bryant, have set up a Wii Bowl Facebook page; an official website will follow. Sign ups start in September. Better perfect that throw and release now.And so: The kindly gentlemen who brought you Wiimbledon are helping to organize an intramural bowling league called Wii Bowl New York. Unlike Wiimbledon, Wii Bowl NY will be a weekly league in which teams compete against each other in separate bars around the city. Sorta like corporate league softball, but without all the fresh air and healthy exercise.
· Wii Bowl NY [Facebook]
· RackedWire: Brooklyn To Host First Wii Tennis Tournament [Racked]
· RackedWire: Wiimbledon Tourney To Be Held At Barcade [Racked]