by Vinnk - 03.22.08

As some of you already know, a week from today I am getting married. So yes, as it turns out even geeky gamers can find love. Of course that doesn’t stop me from continuing to be that geeky gamer. My wedding invitation proves this. Be warned that it is more than a bit silly and lame, but it’s also, I hope, kind of cute.


The scan is not so good, but this is the actual invitation I sent out to my family, friends and co-workers. The fact that they all liked it goes to show how mainstream the Wii has become. I was really surprised than my non-gamer fiancée even let me make this for our formal invitation.
It gets worse, on the back I snuck in a reference to the Super Mario series that I don’t think anyone other than you guys would even understand.

The fact that after this she still wants to get married tells me that she really is the one.











Wow, I wouldn’t expect any woman that isn’t a hardcore nintendo fan to agree to that wedding invitation
and congrats again vinnk, she definitely sounds like the one.
TakaM - 03.22.08 4:30 am
Hahaha! That is so excellent Vinnk. I am happy for you, man.
rbelmont - 03.22.08 4:44 am
Congratulations!
dr.hawty - 03.22.08 4:50 am
Grats, Vinnk. =P
Hope you have a great day, and all the best for the future. You better keep posting articles on 4CR though, because its kind of why I keep reading. xD
But yeah, make us proud! =’)
Capt. Falcon - 03.22.08 5:08 am
Best Invitation ever!
I wish you and your future wife all the best, and congrats!
Wamo - 03.22.08 5:11 am
Haha, that is an awesome invitation! Even though I only know you from what tidbits of your life you post on 4cr, I really can’t help but be absolutely elated at all of this. Congratulations, Vinnk!!
Scypher - 03.22.08 5:53 am
Darn you Vinnk! Now how in the world are we self-respecting (still-single) gamers ever going to top this for our own invitations?!?
Cheers!
shopao - 03.22.08 7:00 am
I want Youtube videos of the ceremony posted ASAP after the wedding so we can experience the magic too !!!! =D
CONGRATS ! oh btw my name’s Kevin too, so I think I can re-use your invitation for future purposes *heheheh* -evil laugh-
crescentsaber - 03.22.08 7:19 am
Yeah, I’m going to show this to my video-game-friendly fiancee and she will simply laugh… no chance it will work. But you’re in Korea aren’t you? They LOVE crazy stuff (lived there myself).
Shawn - 03.22.08 8:08 am
wait… by posting this here… ARE WE INVITED?!?!?!
/me goes to buy some plane tickets.
lemcott - 03.22.08 9:46 am
That is adorable! My husband and I went for the traditional invitations for our wedding last year, but there was video game music during the reception, the tables were FF-themed and we got our Wii as a present! Congratulations!!
Vanessa - 03.22.08 9:53 am
“Wife Get!”
Oh jeeze.
Blue_Falcon - 03.22.08 10:00 am
You’re a good man Mr Vinnk. Congrats to the both of you! Welcome to married life.
Savage - 03.22.08 10:24 am
That is actually a pretty kick ass.
Congratulations!
ALSO LOL AT WIFE GET.
Shiro786 - 03.22.08 10:32 am
That is totally awesome Vinkk. I love the “Wife Get!” comment. You seen the Jesus Mii advertisement for a church? Reminds me of this.
SwiftTheRedFox - 03.22.08 10:39 am
hahaha! Wife Get! Absolutely brilliant!
Oh man, she’s the one for sure
Artefacto - 03.22.08 10:49 am
Congrats Vinnk, have a wonderful wedding!
Zelda_boy - 03.22.08 11:28 am
my wife isn’t a big gamer either, and she said that it’s adorable. then it works!
lamartherevenger - 03.22.08 11:29 am
My wife to be says, “No,”
Zkunk - 03.22.08 12:13 pm
Nice…”Wife Get!”
Congratulations, she does sound like a keeper.
9th Sage - 03.22.08 12:38 pm
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
Matt - 03.22.08 12:45 pm
only posers fall in love, fag
Crass Topher - 03.22.08 12:46 pm
Congrats, Vinnk! Also, nice invite
Megashaun - 03.22.08 12:53 pm
lol! That’s awesome, Vinnk. Congrats.
Are you gonna have a traditional wedding, or a video game-themed one, too?
eskimo - 03.22.08 12:58 pm
Are you going to collect the other 119?
Cheeseball701 - 03.22.08 1:00 pm
WOOHOO!!! Congratulations!
I’m right behind you, I will be joining the husband’s club in about a month.
Love the invites! I gave complete control of the invites to my fiancée, she gave me full reign of the cake.
Marco - 03.22.08 1:11 pm
You misspelled “we”
Simon - 03.22.08 1:28 pm
^^ It’s so soon already! Congratulations again, Vinnk! And your wedding invitations are adorable, it’s awesome she let you do that.
Oni - 03.22.08 1:39 pm
Shine Get! Yay!
Congrats!
Jay - 03.22.08 2:19 pm
HAHA WIFE GET! Oh man that’s great. A+ wedding card!
luet - 03.22.08 2:27 pm
Thanks guys. I still can’t believe that the wedding is coming up so fast. And yeah, if any of you guys happen to be in Japan, of course you can crash the wedding.
Vinnk - 03.22.08 2:31 pm
COngrats mate - you’re getting married the same day as me! That’s double proof that there’s hope for us geeks
the_angry_monkey - 03.22.08 3:14 pm
Super Cute! congrats!
rey-o - 03.22.08 3:25 pm
God bless you and your family. Wife Get indeed.
hvnlysoldr - 03.22.08 4:38 pm
Vinnk, this is absolutely stellar. (And congratulations, by the way!!)
But I’ve got to ask — did you make these yourself? They’re pretty accurate of Mii’s as far as the head shapes, facial features, and whatnot. Really nice photoshop work, or something else? Again, awesome work! Can’t wait to see some footage of the ceremony itself.
James Montagna - 03.22.08 4:50 pm
Oh, oh, one more thing!! What typeface is that? Haha… Thanks.
James Montagna - 03.22.08 4:53 pm
this is the best wedding invitation ever!
beez1717 - 03.22.08 5:52 pm
wow! Congratulations!! Amazing invitation.
designerwhite - 03.22.08 6:31 pm
Congrats! Being married is awesome! If you have a good wife, like I do.
kiddkalen - 03.22.08 7:49 pm
The front is cute, but the back is awesome.
Volt - 03.22.08 8:41 pm
Does this mean we’re all invited?
siempre - 03.22.08 9:22 pm
Congrats to you mate, many happy days to you.
Are you buying some of the Mii statues you can get made? Rather quick things these days.
Kenofthedead - 03.22.08 10:42 pm
@JAMES MONTAGNA
Yeah, I made these based off the Miis we use. The typeface is “Continuum Medium”.
Vinnk - 03.22.08 10:46 pm
Congrats man! HAHAHA, equal sentiments shared at the ‘Wife Get’
The future Mrs. Vinnk picked a winner!
DCSimian - 03.22.08 10:46 pm
おめだとぷございますビンク!!!!
俺達のためにたくさん写真をとる予定ですか ?
You carry all of the spirits of nintendo geeks with you and you have our best wishes!!!!
BTW are other Nintendo references planned?
Shinn - 03.22.08 11:13 pm
WIFE GET!
This is amazing, geeky, and awesome. My congrats! If I ever get married, I am sneaking something awesome like this into it somehow.
A Sound Stone theme wedding march? A Portal-inspired wedding cake? Or maybe I’ll just go whole hog, and instead of a wedding dress, I’ll wear a replica Power Suit…
Freezair - 03.23.08 4:06 am
I’m super jealous. I wish my wife was that cool.
Geoff - 03.23.08 5:35 am
shine get!
And wow thats actually pretty awesome
nice man, congratz.
Horoku - 03.23.08 8:43 am
Congrats Vinnk, Hope all goes well for you.
Brins0 - 03.23.08 9:08 am
Wow nice. I’m actually working on my invitations today
I think she’d let me do the Miis, but definitely not the Wife Get. Ballsy, Vinnk. Ballsy.
Namssorg - 03.23.08 10:15 am
Congratulations. Hope you enjoy the old ball and chain. Lol. But seriously, I hope you are happy together. Really cool invatations by the way.
Catherine - 03.23.08 11:28 am
Now I need to find me a girl that will let me get away with something equally awesome.
DarkTide - 03.23.08 12:08 pm
That’s awesome, Viink! Way to go.
June - 03.23.08 1:11 pm
This is full of win.
My wife would have never let me get away with something like this. haha. Although she has become quite the gamer herself since our wedding a little more than a year ago.
On another note, I had a friend I use to work with that had somewhat of a similar situation. He isn’t a huge gamer, but he is probably the biggest star wars fan I know. He wanted to make his wedding all star-wars, like his wife being princess leia and everything. His wife thought that was a little too much though, so the extent of his star wars wedding was a han and leia cake topper. His wife does, however, let him have his own star wars room in their house. lol.
Josh Bujanda - 03.23.08 4:05 pm
Hmmm… Wii Wedding. The prequel to Wii Children and Wii Divorce, the most acclaimed game of the series . I hear that Wii Spousal Support is supposed to be coming out soon. Wii Dying Alone and Unloved might be pushing the series a bit, kind of like how they have started to run the Final Fantasy series a bit long. Anyways, I’m just kidding. Seriously, though, congratulations.
ed - 03.23.08 8:09 pm
shame. marriage sucks. i hope she does
jeff - 03.23.08 9:34 pm
AH, coolest invite eVARR! Congrats!
Jake - 03.23.08 10:10 pm
Wife get! Oh man that is awesome. *jealous*
Wolfmaster - 03.23.08 10:38 pm
Grats! What a great geeky way to celebrate.
Greg - 03.24.08 12:17 am
Congratulations!!! I stumbled on to this page, and I think that is just adorable. I love the geeky gamer-ness of it. I love the incorporation of Mii’s. I think it’s brilliant!
Kieutie Pie - 03.24.08 1:01 am
To both you, Kevin, and Misako, I wish for a very happy and fun wedding day. Here’s to pleanty of health and good times in your guys’ future, together.
I think the “Wii Are Getting Married” wedding invitation is excellent, as is the funny “Wife Get” piece, on the back.
It looks like you’ve got a nice, easy-going gal and in the time I’ve known you, I think you’re a good class person. And I ultimately feel that when two solid people get married, their relationship should be an awesome one.
Here’s to your wedding, your final Wii Fii, 7-week results, and good gaming. Thanks for sharing the card, Vinnk. Ya gotta love Nintendo! Oh yeah, and your wedding day is also shared with WrestleMania 24…extra cool points for you two.
Paul Gale - 03.24.08 1:50 am
Congrats!!!!!!!!
I love the invites and the Mario reference the best!
Chogaijin - 03.24.08 5:39 am
Love the invite. Wish I had thought of it, fiancee may actually have agreed. Also, we are getting married on the same day!
Shane - 03.24.08 7:12 am
It will be my first commet at this site.
Congradulation to you, and Good luck to you.
Yoshiyaya - 03.24.08 11:37 am
“So yes, as it turns out even geeky gamers can find love”
“Bro” the artwork of your fiancée has scarred me for life and this is just artwork - how exactly are you going to wake up to that every morning?
Lord have mercy on your soul!
OH GAWD - 03.24.08 12:00 pm
that is an awesome invite
congratz
Kareem - 03.24.08 3:47 pm
that is an awesome invite
congratz
Kareem - 03.24.08 3:47 pm
that is an awesome invite
congratz
Kareem - 03.24.08 3:47 pm
Hope you enjoy destroying the bloodline your ancestors worked so hard to produce. America really needs more half Asians wandering around with no cultural identity. Couldn’t catch a white one, huh?
Larry - 03.24.08 4:23 pm
Sorry, really none of my business…..I do wish you good luck.
Larry - 03.24.08 4:26 pm
Hello, and congratulations!
I came from the post on Kotaku, and really love your invitation - think it’s one of the most creative thing I’ve seen this year so far!
I have a blog of my own, but it’s completely in Korean.
I have posted your invitation and the actual picture of you two there.
However, of course, if you want me to take them off my blog, please shoot me an e-mail anytime, and will delete the post asap.
Thank you, and congratulations again!
kkendd - 03.24.08 8:23 pm
I would love invites like that, if I didn’t get married almost 15 yrs ago! Of course, my hubby and I just eloped and skipped the wedding!
I hope she keeps being open to suggestions, as I am! He’s playing God of War while I blogg.. ; ) Quality time..
Congrats!
hellok69 - 03.25.08 12:20 am
I would love invites like that, if I didn’t get married almost 15 yrs ago! Of course, my hubby and I just eloped and skipped the wedding!
I hope she keeps being open to suggestions, as I am! He’s playing God of War while I blogg.. ; ) Quality time..
Congrats!
hellok69 - 03.25.08 12:21 am
Congrats Vinnk. Congrats x 1337.
Cowlix - 03.25.08 12:41 am
@Larry
Yeah, I too worry that I will not be able to cast magic spells properly if I am not a pureblood.
I will think harder next time before polluting the pure white race.
Vinnk - 03.25.08 1:00 am
Awesome idea and implementation
Matt Nolin - 03.25.08 10:55 am
DON’T LISTEN VINNK!!!!
We are all so proud of you!!!!!111!!11!
Shinn - 03.25.08 1:13 pm
I give them a year.
FAIL - 03.25.08 3:00 pm
OLOLOLOLOL WIFE GET!!! GO VINNK!!
SixFold - 03.25.08 9:43 pm
All the best, K+M. Next step, Child Get!
wii_too2 - 03.26.08 1:36 am
:D Really nice invite!!! Congratulations both!!! Can I use your idea in my wedding?
Rachel - 03.26.08 4:22 am
awesome!
http://katie.blogsite.org
Katie - 03.26.08 8:49 am
That’s a great invitation! Congratulations! Maybe you can get some of those Super Mario cupcakes for your reception! I saw some on flickr. Cheers!
GeekMom - 03.26.08 7:25 pm
too bad you didnt check out this site first, you could of had mii cake toppers among other things.
http://www.paulpapedesigns.com/Store_CI.html
mikey - 03.26.08 11:01 pm
GEEKY GAY FAG!
Patra - 03.27.08 12:17 am
Best wishes and happy life!!!
Saverio. Italy.
Saverio - 03.28.08 1:09 pm
Fantastic!!!
Jools - 03.28.08 9:15 pm
Today is the day!!
Conrats!!
JJT - 03.29.08 11:22 pm
Congrats Vinnk.
Please say hello to ur family.
I’m looking forward to seeing them again.
hiro - 03.30.08 1:17 am
As a geek mom, I think your idea rocks! Congrats to both of you, and may you both have a truly wondrous life together.
Best wishes,
Barbara
Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert) - 03.30.08 3:35 am
Those are some nice invites. Very creative and original.
Wedding Invitation Wording - 03.31.08 11:33 pm
i have one thing to say and only one thing
you are the biggest gamer noob the world has ever seen!!!!!!!
omnomnomnom - 04.01.08 2:23 pm
Actually, I think is kind of cute, you wanting to be involved in something like that. Besides, I guess I wouldn’t mind, unless you will have a super mega elegant wedding. And also I’ve seen some dance that the newlyweds do instead of the traditinal vals, and its great. Congratulations…
Brenda - 04.02.08 7:38 pm
Hey, I think that that is the coolest invite I have ever seen…..I am having a Wii party for my son and I would LOVE to know how you did this. I am having a horrible time find invitations and this one is perfect…..
Teri - 04.04.08 1:32 pm
It’s awesome…!
Micheal - 04.07.08 5:04 am
Love the invitations. They’re really great and indeed very nerdy. My girl is also pretty nerdy and loves the invites. We were wondering how you did it because we are getting married soon and want to use Miis on our invites as well. We were looking into ways to get our Miis onto the computer and different ways to do it, but we couldn’t really figure it out. So we thought we’d ask the guy who already did it. So how did you get them done?
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