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I was going on a bit of a wikibinge just now and ended up at the Dada Manifesto. Dada is, of course, the anti-art movement that spawned out of the disgust of World War I, and is characterized by absurdism, nihilism, and the rejection of standards of art.

Reading the Dada Manifesto I was struck dumb. The Nintendo Wii is the video game system for Dadaists! Here’s the first paragraph of the Dada Manifesto:

Dada is a new tendency in art. One can tell this from the fact that until now nobody knew anything about it, and tomorrow everyone in Zurich will be talking about it. Dada comes from the dictionary. It is terribly simple. In French it means “hobby horse”. In German it means “good-bye”, “Get off my back”, “Be seeing you sometime”. In Romanian: “Yes, indeed, you are right, that’s it. But of course, yes, definitely, right”. And so forth.

Here’s the Wii version:

Wii is a new tendency in video games. One can tell this from the fact that until now nobody knew anything about it, and tomorrow everyone on the Internet will be talking about it. Wii comes from the dictionary. It is terribly simple. In French it means “yes”. In English it means “you, me, and everybody”. Korean: “up”, “top”. And so forth.

So there you have it. Expect a resurgence of Dadaism in the form of Wiiism.