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<b>From <a href="http://www.mainewsc.org/news.html">http://www.mainewsc.org/news.html</a><br>
Caribou, Maine</b> - <b>Nintendo Wii</b>, the world's leading video
game system, has come out with a biathlon game which features 13 World
Cup venues and Maine biathlon fans will be excited to know that Fort
Kent is one of them.<br>
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The game is an interactive system that requires you to simulate the
skiing motion with a game wand in each hand while standing on a
game-board shifting your weight from side to side. While the motion is
not as physically demanding as a real ski race, both the athletes in
the game and the players in real life get their heart rate up. That
becomes an issue when you head into the range and try to hit your
targets. The game lets you create your own athletes and as your
athletes get more experience their skills improve - just like real
biathletes.<br>
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"It's a lot of fun to have a global giant like Nintendo become a part
of the momentum and fun we are creating here in Maine," says Andy
Shepard, MWSC President. "I think it also is a statement about Maine's
new role on the world's sports stage."<br>
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Maine Winter Sports Center's 10th Mountain Center in Fort Kent hosted
Maine's first Biathlon World Cup in 2004. Over 600 local volunteers put
on a wildly successful event with 20,000 spectators over the three days
of racing. Another 50 million watched live on TV around the world. The
event was responsible for $5.2 million in economic impact to the Saint
John Valley.<!--Fort Kent will again host a Biathlon World
Cup in 2011.--> <br>
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The Nintendo Wii game system retails for $250.00 and the biathlon game
is $28.00.
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