Nintendo Now Advertising on Real Bananas

7:50 PM - March 11, 2010 - By Kevin Parrish - Source : Tom's Guide US

Nintendo is advertising on bananas.

This sounded like a farce at first, but the claims made by Craziest Gadgets apparently are true: Nintendo is advertising on Chiquita bananas. Instead of the normal Chiquita sticker, there's actually a special Nintendo Wii Super Monkey Ball Step and Roll sticker in its place.

The good news is that Nintendo isn't in dire straits, resorting to advertising on bananas to spike Wii-generated revenue. The banana advertisement is actually part of the Super Bananas Sweepstakes, with the grand prize providing a 50-inch HDTV, the Nintendo Wii console, the Wii Balance Board, a family room couch, four gaming chairs, and a bunch of other banana-themed goodies.

The total grand prize package is worth around $3,300 USD.

To enter, head here. The sweepstakes is open to US residents aged 13 and above, and you can only enter once before the May 1, 2010 deadline. Unfortunately, the actual stickers on the Chiquita bananas won't reveal a magic ticket or some cool prize-- they just provide a link to the sweepstakes website.

But even if you're not a Nintendo fan, the grand prize sounds worth a few moments of your time on the sweepstakes' site. We promise we won't tell all your die-hard PC gaming buddies.

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Von Death 03/12/2010 2:53 AM

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"We promise we won't tell all your die-hard PC gaming buddies."

But what will you tell yourself in the morning?

Anonymous 03/12/2010 3:10 AM

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HibyPrime 03/12/2010 3:54 AM

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Seems odd that they're giving away a 50" HDTV with a Wii, since they seem to be completely against the whole HD thing..

doomtomb 03/12/2010 4:13 AM

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I noticed these stickers last week on some bananas I bought at Wal-Mart. I pointed it out to my roommate haha.

m-manla 03/12/2010 5:54 AM

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Too bad the Wii don't even do 720p.

nukem950 03/12/2010 6:26 AM

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Quote :Unfortunately, the actual stickers on the Chiquita bananas won't reveal a magic ticket or some cool prize-- they just provide a link to the sweepstakes website
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That is too bad, because I would have eaten a lot more bananas for a chance to win. Oh well, there goes another reason to eat healthy...

WheelsOfConfusion 03/12/2010 6:36 AM

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HibyPrime :
Seems odd that they're giving away a 50" HDTV with a Wii, since they seem to be completely against the whole HD thing..

Well it's hard to find a big-screen SD TV anymore.

requiemsallure 03/12/2010 2:59 PM

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lordcrazex 03/12/2010 4:10 PM

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is it just me or the 'Show' & 'Hide' button aren't working as they should be...
..& this has been going on for days...
uh..is Tom's being hacked?

sliem 03/12/2010 5:01 PM

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My "Show" button doesn't work on Chrome.
Anyway, bananas huh. That's fine to me.

NapoleonDK 03/12/2010 5:18 PM

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lordcrazex :
is it just me or the 'Show' & 'Hide' button aren't working as they should be... ..& this has been going on for days...uh..is Tom's being hacked?

I noticed this too... Show/Hide hasn't worked since, uhm, Tuesday I think. It doesn't work on Chrome 4.0.249.89, FF3.6, or IE8, IE6 doesn't work and also gives script errors. Also, changing pages on the comments screen pulls me back to the top of the page with the aforementioned browsers.

victomofreality 03/12/2010 6:36 PM

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they do it because they know most people want hd tv's even if their systems can't handle it.

of the way 03/12/2010 7:00 PM

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If you 'read the comments on the forum' the show/hide buttons work. They're broken here, and I'm assuming it's being worked on.

knowom 03/12/2010 7:56 PM

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for a second I thought they were going to announce a new Donkey Kong game