McDonald's offering Nintendo Happy Meals

[wraggster]

via Gamestop

With Nintendo's Wii promising to put the "active" back in "interactive entertainment," it's only fitting that the publisher's marketing tie-ins leading up to the console launch should have a similar focus. So for fast-food chain McDonald's current Nintendo-themed promotion, the Big Mac monger is offering one of six freebie "active toys" with its Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals, each one featuring Mario, Donkey Kong, or Yoshi. The toys include a Mario-shaped ball for playing catch, a flying disc, an inflatable Mario Power Tennis mallet with ball, and more.

The emphasis on activity is part of the fast-food chain's ongoing effort to reform its long-suffering public image when it comes to healthy eating. According to the company, "The 'Take the Mario Challenge' Happy Meal and Mighty Kids Meal event is part of McDonald's ongoing commitment to helping guests better understand the keys to living balanced, active lives. This initiative...underscores the importance of eating right and staying active, and includes a wide variety of programming for guests of all ages."

The Nintendo toys will be available at participating McDonald's locations until September 21, or while supplies last. This is not the first Nintendo-McDonald's cross-promotion, as many of the chain's restaurants are Wi-Fi hotspots for Nintendo DS online play.

[ACID]

Neet will this hit the us i wonder.

[lolmasta]

No pix, no clix :P

[Junixx]

Woohoo lol promoting good health with videogame icons niiiiiiiiice move lol

[Xiro]

No pix, no clix :P

well if you took the time to "clix" then you would have seen that there are 6 "pix"

[The Hombrew Hunter]

Nintendo is killing themselves. The "Interactive Gaming"'s "Active" part is the part where you sit still in the exact same position for 4 hours straight while you try to finish off ONE LAST BOSS.

Jesus F*cking Christ! Have you SEEN this commercial!? My god, they f*cked it up SO BAD... TURTLES DON'T FLATTEN WHEN YOU HIT THEM WITH A FIREBALL. MARIO HAS NEVER THROWN A FRISBEE. WTF AND SOME JUNK. They can't even make it LOOK like the kid actually stomps a Goomba. He jumps 1 foot into the air, about up to where the Goomba's head starts, and it "flattens". It almost turns me off of playing SMB forever....

[Shadowblind]

The the makers of the commercial were pretty drunk... Still, using mario ias really good propaganda

[Video_freak]

I like the one where Yoshi looks like he's hugging a big d*ck!

[Man]

I live in canada, an i saw these toys yesterday, i havent seen the commecial, but either way i hate Mc Donalds, allthough i did want to stop and get a nifty power hammer to bash my brother in the face with, TAKE THAT !!!, i dont think thats what they iintended the hammer for, but i dont care

[CampaKaze]

AHAHAHA! That is sooo funny cause, there were Xbox toys in Kellogs Cereals!!!