Athletes and coaches alike are in shock that the coveted yet widely traditional training regime of flawless performances (read: button mashing) in Summer Games on the Commodore64 - has proven futile in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This comes as news with Japan's Gold medalist in the mens 100m breaststroke, Kosuke Kitajima who has attributed his win in the pool due to the Nintendo Wii - or more particularly Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games.

Kosuke Kitajima was quoted as saying:

See, Mario does the breaststroke. And thus, it's perfect mental training for envisioning the actual Olympic hall.

The adoption of the Nintendo Wii for non-traditional (i.e. gaming) purposes is becoming more common with recent public praise for the money printing console by the Medical community, where some trainee surgeons utilising the motion triggered controls have improved their skills up to 50%.