Haiku #35: Consoles Reviewed

First came three-sixty
Hot like burning Dell laptops
Green, mutated X

Then PlayStation 3
2^8 kilogram apples
I could buy for that

Enter saviour, Wii
Nunchuck and Twilight Princess
Wii Move You my heart

Ill probably wait for Super Smash Bros for Wii before buying the wonderful console anyway, but Im still biased. Who would not be happy with a near-wireless Nunchuk?

This post was written as part of ProBloggers group-writing project on reviews and predictions.

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