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Nintendo of Canada's six unique Wiis contest
Nintendo of Canada is raffling off six hand painted Wiis by Canadian artists. Why does Nintendo of Canada get all the cool contests? The last cool thing Nintendo of America ever did was the Dragon Warrior giveaway with Nintendo Power back in the day. Yeah, we just brought up some old-school stuff there!To win such an artistic Wii you must be a citizen of Canada and a member of their My Nintendo club -- oh, and you have to be over 13 years old. Winners will be announced on or around May 9. The Wii certainly lends itself to some artistic reinterpretation. Although painting your Wii would probably void any warranty -- pity.
The Art of Wii: six hand-painted consoles up for grabs
Canadian citizens are in for a treat as Nintendo has teamed up with Magic Pony and Udon Entertainment to bring six different Wiis to some lucky entrants. These Wiis are one of a kind, individually painted by six different Canadian artists, allowing the winner of one of these Wiis to either lord their deluxe, super unique edition over their friends and family for the rest of their lives, or to sell it on eBay. We're hoping its the former.Just follow the read link, if you're Canadian, to Nintendo's official site and get to the entering.[Thanks, Ry C; via BlogTo]
Nintendo exec thinks new format war is bad for gamers
According to Pierre-Paul Trépanier, Marketing Director for Nintendo Canada, the new format war is "unfair to gamers." Stating that he believes it's a bad thing to try and force new technologies on gamers, such as HD-DVD and Sony's Blu-Ray formats, Trépanier took part in an interview during the Montréal International Games Summit and elaborated further:"When I'm buying a gaming system, I'm focused on the games; I want to play games, and I think that's the primary reason why someone would buy a gaming system," he said, continuing "I think forcing a decision on consumers would certainly not be part of Nintendo's strategy, because we want to get more people into gaming and we want to make it affordable. Forcing people to adopt a technology and a model that's proprietary and still not established is unfair to gamers."Sounds about right to us, although we probably wouldn't agree that a company choosing to support a different disc format isn't as bad a thing as the Nintendo Canada Marketing Director is making it out to be.
