Archive for the ‘History’ Category

Napoleon Bonaparte Mii

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Napoleon Bonaparte Mii

Now you can really conquer your friends in Wii Sports with this great Napolean Bonaparte Mii. Thanks for the submission!

From the creator:

“Napoleon Bonaparte, first Consule of France and one of the greatest military thinkers of all time!

Note: The MiiEditor version doesn’t look quite as well as it did on the actual Wii, trust me.”

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Kim Jong-il Mii

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Kim Jong-il Mii

What an excellent Mii of the famous North Korean leader! Cartoonists love doing caricatures of Kim Jong-il in the newspapers so this was the perfect choice for making a Mii. I love the over-sized spectacles. Thanks for submitting this Mii!

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Commodus From Gladiator Mii

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Commodus Gladiator MiiThe emperor also had a passion for gladiatorial combat, which he took so far as to take to the arena himself, dressed as a gladiator. This was considered scandalous by the people of Rome, who regarded gladiators as occupying the lowest rungs of society. Commodus always won since his opponents always submitted to the emperor. Thus, these public fights would not end in a death. Privately, it was his custom to slay his practice opponents. For each appearance in the arena, he charged the city of Rome a million sesterces, straining the Roman economy. -Wiki

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Albert Einstein Mii

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Albert Einstein Mii Small

From Wikipedia:

He is often used as a model for depictions of mad scientists and absent-minded professors in works of fiction; his own character and distinctive hairstyle suggest eccentricity, or even lunacy, and are widely copied or exaggerated. TIME magazine writer Frederic Golden referred to Einstein as “a cartoonist’s dream come true.”

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