Topic: Dallas Wins the Nintendo Street Team Challenge

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They took home a phat prize.

NINTENDO RAISES THE MINIMUM WAGE: TEAM OF 8 FROM DALLAS WINS $40,000 BONUS

After a Summer of Crazy Stunts and Promotions, Each Member Leaves $6,800 Richer

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 31, 2004 - They completed a Nintendo scavenger hunt, created a cyber mural and instigated a flash mob. After a summer of fun and video games, the Dallas chapter of the Nintendo Street Team has walked away with the ultimate reward for their hard work: a $40,000 bonus, distributed equally among the eight members. That bonus complements their regular salaries of $100 a day for six weeks of three-day workweeks.

"Week after week the Dallas Nintendo Street Team met the challenges we gave them with skill and creativity, and they came out on top," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "In addition to the cash, they take away a summer's worth of lessons in a variety of skills that will help them no matter what careers they pursue."

The winning team is made up of eight Texans, including Brad Rosenquist of Dallas, Tiffany King of Aledo, Corey Olcsvary of Midlothian, Justin McIntosh of Carrolton, Brad Scarborough and Derek Dodd of McKinney, and Bryan Adams and Charles Boltas of Irving.

Nintendo also organized Street Teams in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles,Seattle and Atlanta. Each week judges awarded the teams points, depending on how well they performed the various challenges. Members of the public also cast votes online for their favorite teams. After weeks of tough competition, Dallas emerged as the champion. Additional details about the competition can be found online at www.nintendostreetteam.com.

Nintendo tasked the six Street Teams with a series of five challenges designed to test their creativity. Besides the scavenger hunt, mural and video, the Dallas team members arranged a live radio interview and instigated a flash mob among a convention of PC gamers. The team performed these tasks in addition to their weekly promotional duties of representing Nintendo at concerts, fairs and sporting events.