Obama Wants People to Stop Playing on the Wii and Vote

The presidential race for the United States’ White House is entering its final stage, with the elections taking place on November 4. The two main candidates, the republican John McCain and the democrat Barack Obama have held debates about every topic on their campaign lists which were hosted by almost every kind of media in the US. As of now, the former candidate, Obama, leads the surveys and opinion poles and it looks like he might get the presidential chair in the White House.

Obama is a pretty young candidate and has appealed much more to the masses than the Vietnam veteran McCain. He also used almost every kind of advertising space to promote his campaign and the ideas he stands for. We reported that he even resorted to signing a contract with Electronic Arts for advertising space on the company's hit racing game Burnout Paradise. It really looked at the time that Obama would definitely have an innovative campaign on his side as opposed to the conservative McCain, one which might give him the advantage needed.

Now, as the final efforts for the presidential race are being made, Obama's campaign staff released a pretty interesting ad in which voting is promoted in order to “make history”. The public is encouraged to leave their comfortable couch or their Nintendo Wii and go out to vote for the fate of the United States.

The ad is very interesting and is a testimony to Nintendo, because Obama considers the Wii console as the simplest example of the gaming industry, one which might refrain people from voting. Other actions are encouraged as the main goal of the ad is to bring people out of their comfort zones and into the voting booths in order to decide the next president of the most powerful country in the world. You can watch the ad embedded below.