Today I noticed two people sitting side-by-side on the train - both probably students - with DS in-hand playing Animal Crossing and thinking nothing of how strange they may look to others. Both the girl and the guy were laughing and generally enjoying themselves. That's because only in Japan can you regularly witness people using their Nintendo DS Consoles or PSPs on the train without anyone else giving so much as a derogatory glance. Sure enough in the west you'll sometimes see them out in public, but those wielding the consoles are most often children. This speaks poetically of our child-like state when it comes to the public acceptance of new entertainment media. Surely if a group of businessmen can be spotted buying the latest brain-training games for their Nintendo DSs, why should it be such a stretch over in the west?
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