Topic: Nintendo Brings Wii Sports to Real Sports

[NWR_Karlie]

Nintendo will be attending several sporting events in the next few months, bringing along demonstrations including Wii Sports, Nintendo Fan Network, and Donkey Kong.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15174

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 From fairways to ballparks, Nintendo will be making the rounds to sports events of all stripes this winter. Sports fans and families will get to check out the new Donkey Kong monster truck or try their hand at a variety of different Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ games. The selection for each sport will be different, so here’s a rundown of when and where to find Nintendo:    

PGA events    

Nintendo will have six interactive Wii units set up to demonstrate Wii Sports™ Golf and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® '08.    

Jan. 24-27: Buick Open in San Diego
 Jan. 31-Feb. 3: FBR Open in Phoenix
 Feb. 9-10: Allianz Championship in Boca Raton, Fla.
 Feb. 14-17: The ACE Group Classic in Naples, Fla.
   

Seattle Mariners event    

Jan. 26-27: Nintendo will be on hand at Safeco Field for FanFest to show off the Nintendo Fan Network, a free downloadable application that gives access to baseball-related content on Nintendo DS systems during Mariners home games. NFN users can access a menu of interactive options including: a live video feed of the game, scores from others MLB games in progress, player stats and team standings, trivia and word search games against other fans and the ability to communicate with other fans via Nintendo Fan Network messaging.    

MLB events    

Nintendo makes the rounds at spring training, visiting two dozen Cactus League Spring Training baseball games in the Phoenix area. An interactive trailer will feature both Wii and Nintendo DS games, including the Wii Sports Baseball game, Flash Focus™: Vision Training in Minutes a Day and The BIGS™.    

Feb. 28- March 3: Peoria Sports Complex, Peoria, Ariz.
 March 6-9: Peoria Sports Complex, Peoria, Ariz.
 March 13-17: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Ariz.
 March 19-20: Hohokam Park, Mesa, Ariz.
 March 22, 24, 27: Hohokam Park, Mesa, Ariz.
   

Monster Jam events    

Now through May: Donkey Kong, the star of Donkey Kong®: Barrel Blast for Wii, DK™ Jungle Climber for Nintendo DS and beloved Nintendo franchise character for more than 25 years, made his debut as an awesome monster truck in December. The Donkey Kong monster truck is currently competing in Monster Jam, and will be crisscrossing the country for the next few months. For a complete list of Monster Jam events, visit www.MonsterJamOnline.com.    

For more information about Nintendo, visit www.Nintendo.com.  

[BlackNMild2k1]

Wow. Nintendo advertising 3rd party games? This could be the start of something big.

[Plugabugz]

This would be a good opportunity to show off the long lost Pennant Chase Baseball too.

[Mario]

They have been advertising HEAVILY during the Australian Open down here too, both Wii Sports and Sight Training, and a Wii Tennis tournament going on at the actual event.

[Infernal Monkey]

They should show off Target Terror at the PGA Tour.