I was sitting in my living room last night when the Zelda itch hit me. My girlfriend was still at work, so it was safe to pull out the wiimote and nunchuck, or so I thought.

Et tu, Rufus? So not only is my girlfriend bogarting the Wii, now my little fuzzy partner in crime was coveting it as well? I mean, I know I could certainly take it from him with nothing more than a few scratches, but the sheer cuteness formed a solid wall that would only allow through air and camera flash. It's a phenomenon you really have to experience for yourself to appreciate.

This started me thinking. What if the appeal of the Wii went so far beyond the standard video gaming demographic that it effected non-humans? An interesting theory, but I would need a guinea pig to test it out.

As you can see, Sheba here seems unaffected by the introduction of the wiimote into her natural habitat. In many other animals this would be a negative result, but guinea pigs are convinced that most everything is either delicious hay, and therefore tolerable, or a Peruvian, therefore life-threatening. The wiimote definitely falls into the 'hay' category.

KOTAKU FUN FACT! - Peruvians eat upwards of 22 million guinea pigs a year!

Mmmmm.

Anyway, I took the hay verdict as conclusive proof and rushed into the living room to watch for that whacky old guy's free government grant money infomercial and have Rufus sign release papers, when I noticed this:

Well there goes that theory. I suppose I could have just lost the PS3 evidence and published my findings to suit my beliefs, but then I'd be no better than every two-bit scientist that ever published a skewed violent games turn your children into demons report. My cat isn't a Nintendo fancat. He's just a lazy all-round gamer like me only fuzzier, who dreams of having opposable thumbs like the big mammals. Judging by the lack of a 360 controller, he's also most likely Japanese. You learn something new every day. Michael Fahey

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