Nintendo buys a TV show

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Rainbird on 02 July 2009

http://kotaku.com/5306098/nintendo-buys-a-tv-show

"You've played Nintendo games. Now get ready for a Nintendo television show, as the Japanese gaming giant have bought themselves a British gaming show.

And that show is called "Britain's Best Brain". While Nintendo won't be allowed to advertise directly on the show (thanks to British regulations), they'll be its principle sponsors, and the events on the program correspond neatly with those of Nintendo's more popular DS titles: memory, co-ordination, numeracy, recognition and risk.

So no, sadly, no Mario Kart cup races or Zelda speedruns."

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Uhm... lol? Holy shit

I wonder how Nintendo plans to use this show...

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Orca_Azure on 02 July 2009

Susan Boyle DS game to come? :o

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woopah on 02 July 2009

marketing galore!

i saw an advert for trace memory during the simpsons :D

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Words Of Wisdom on 02 July 2009

How I imagine this happened...

*bottles of sake litter the office*

Iwata: I think we're a little dru-dru-intoxicated.

Miyamoto: Naw man we're totally wasted and I'm bored.

Iwata: What's on the internet to do... look there's a TV show on Ebay.

Miyamoto: Dude we should totally buy that. We can afford it.

Iwata: I don't know...

Miyamoto: Do it. Do it. Do it...

*the next day*

Iwata: Oh shi...

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miz1q2w3e on 02 July 2009

^^ That sounds about right :)

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nordlead on 02 July 2009

eh, Nintendo should buy a US based TV show and then they can have real life Mario Kart races and Zelda crossbow shootouts

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student on 02 July 2009

Wow, such a weird move. Though the show makes sense as a way to subtly advertise the brain age lineup. Maybe they'll make sure to fill up plenty of commercial spots with it.