CONWAY - If you ask Nikole Agnitti or her brother, Zak, which of them is the better video gamer, you may be surprised at the response.
"It really depends on the game," said Zak, a 14-year-old Aynor High School student. "At basketball and bowling, I'm better. At Mario Kart, she's better," he admitted.
Both are so good at each respective game that their scores from a regional Nintendo Wii tournament at a Six Flags amusement park in Massachusetts won them both a spot in this weekend's Nintendo National Championships near Los Angeles. Their family is headed there on an all-expense paid trip so the teens can compete in their respective sports for a chance at big prizes.
"I'm excited, because it's a free trip to L.A.," said Zak. "I'm a little nervous because there's other peole that have beaten our scores," he said.
"We're always very good at games--no matter what," said Nikole, who is 15. "We play it, and we get it, and we usually win against friends and stuff."
The only dark cloud over this story so far is this: during the trip back from New England this summer, while the family was stopped at another Six Flags park in New Jersey, someone stole the Agnitti's Wii gaming system out of the car.
"That was the worst!" said Zak. "I nearly lost my mind."
Since then, the kids have had to borrow another family's Wii system in order to practice.
"We have to get better and if we get second place, that's what we really want," he said. "Second (place) means we get a new Wii, and we really want a new Wii right now."
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