Nintendo Wii U Launches in Europe Tomorrow, Michelle Obama Hasn’t A Clue What it Is

It’s very close now. For those that are waiting for shops to open their doors at midnight, there are only a couple of hours to go. The excitement is brewing. You can feel it, can’t you? The Wii U has had its fair share of detractors, but as you can see from our Wii U coverage, there will be some fantastic games available for the console, at launch.

In the months leading up to launch, a lot of people were unaware as to how the Wii U worked. There was confusion among the core gaming audience and the casual audience that played Wii Sports, all those years ago. “What does the tablet do?”, “Does it have motion controls?” and my personal favourite, “Is it an expansion for the Wii?”

The console has been available in North America since November 18, but funnily enough, the first lady of United States of America is oblivious to its existence. Yep, Michelle Obama doesn’t know what a Wii U is. A NeoGAF user spotted this video on YouTube and simply put, its a sad state of affairs when Michelle Obama isn’t up on the latest happenings in video games. Fair enough, your husband had a pretty busy time of it lately, but c’mon Michelle, did you not see Reggie pulling zombie faces at this year’s E3?