Topic: Nintendo Street Team Kicks Off Today

[Jonnyboy117]

Kids show off Nintendo's games all summer and win big bucks.

YOU'RE HIRED! 48 NINTENDO FANS WIN THE ULTIMATE SUMMER JOB

Troy McClain of The Apprentice Offers Street-Smart Tips as Teams Battle for a $40,000 Team Bonus

REDMOND, Wash.--July 8, 2004--Forty-eight Nintendo fans heard the sweetest news today: You're hired! Chosen from hundreds who auditioned for coveted roles on the Nintendo Street Team, these lucky winners will get paid to play the newest games for Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance SP at music festivals, fairs and sporting events all summer.

    Six teams of eight from Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle make up the Nintendo Street Team. And, as if getting paid $100 a day for a three-day workweek is not enough, the teams will compete for a $40,000 team bonus. To prepare for their rigorous summer of video game play, the new Nintendo Street Teams are training today at Nintendo boot camps in their respective cities.

    In Los Angeles, Troy McClain, the street-smart star who appeared on The Apprentice, will coach one team from his own California-style "Board Room" on the beach.

    "The Nintendo Street Team is definitely the Ultimate Summer Job," says McClain. "No boardrooms, no CEOs, no firings. What could be better than a job where you get paid to play Nintendo video games plus get a shot at winning a $40,000 team bonus?"

    In addition to giving consumers a taste of Nintendo's upcoming games, each week the six teams will be assigned a challenge, such as performing a live karaoke stunt or visiting a local children's charity. The teams that best complete that challenge will receive points, and the team with the most points at the end of the summer will win a team bonus of $40,000, to be divided among the eight members.

    Fans who register with My Nintendo at Nintendo.com can also vote each week for the team that they think performed the Team Challenge the best. Online voting will help contribute to a team's weekly score. One voter will be chosen at random at the end of the program to become an honorary Nintendo Street Team member by winning his or her own "summer bonus" of $5,000.

    The names, hometowns and bios of the 48 Ultimate Summer Job contest winners can be found at www.nintendostreetteam.com. This week, Nintendo will post the 90-second video clips that helped each member secure a spot on the Nintendo Street Team. Winners were chosen based on their enthusiasm for Nintendo as well as their people skills. Members of the public can follow the teams' activities throughout the summer online. Visitors can view a calendar of events to find out when the Street Teams might be visiting a spot near them, keep track of Team Challenge results, read members' diaries and view photos of them in action.

[DJSapphire]

I was a finalist for Chicago... notice how the Chicago team has a member from last time, Alvin, and his TWO BEST FRIENDS (who were all in each others videos). Yeah, I feel a bit cheated, but what can ya do? Besides, I know my video was better than those that won...

Nintendo preached diversity in this thing... so they hire THREE BEST FRIEND FILM STUDENTS?! I guess someone called in a favor... next time, maybe they won't tell me my video was the best you had seen in the area.

And the karaoke?! Jeez, karaoke was all over my application, and I suggested it on the phone. Overall, I'd like to warn people that the whole street team finalist experience was just bad (they had poor contact with us, weren't on schedule, etc), and I would never put myself through so much worry again.

-Deej

[Djunknown]

Wow. I was about to say that this would be a good thing; Nintendo hitting the streets reaching casual and non-gamer alike.

I'm playing devil's advocate here, but maybe this Alvin character did a bang-up job, why mess with a good thing? Seems like getting a fair shake, a sporting chance seems to be rare nowadays....

Can't wait for PGC to get the scoop. Then we'll get a no-spin report.

[Hostile Creation]

I've looked at the site.  Hostile Creation suspects that he should hook up with the latino chick in Los Angeles.  Damn.



It's nice to see this.  To hear how much some of these people love Nintendo, so much that they'd humiliate themselves on tape to get this job.