Wii 'The Oregon Trail' Game Released Dec. 9 + Pre-Order on Amazon

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Mashable has an interesting tip --

HERE'S AN EXCERPT:

The Oregon Trail

— the game that made dysentery fun again — will be available for the Wii on Dec. 9. And we were as surprised as you to learn that it will be the

40th anniversary edition

of the classic educational game. That’s right — the original was created way back in 1971.

The game’s publishers (originally Brøderbund, then The Learning Company, now Gameloft) have repeatedly tapped into the fatted calf of gaming nostalgia by releasing updated versions on numerous platforms, notably for Windows, Mac OS, mobile devices, Nintendo DSi and a well-received

. The Wii version appears to have finally broken away from its side-scrolling ancestors and gone fully 3D.

GO

NE VIA AMAZON.  It's only $19.99.

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