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Of those millions of consoles, 82 million came equipped with one specific game: <em>Wii Sports<\/em>. <em>Wii Sports<\/em> and the complementary <em>Wii Fit<\/em> functioned as a riposte against the generational stigma attached to games, largely dismantling the idea that video games were exclusively tied to a younger demographic. The Wii has even become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zPYUlWaT8l8\">valuable asset in nursing homes<\/a>, where elderly people can hit home runs in baseball, score strikes in bowling, and, sink holes-in-one in the hugely popular <em>Wii Sports<\/em> Golf. <\/p>\n<p><em>Wii Sports<\/em> is generally remembered as a fun-oriented game, something light to play with friends and family. 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