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Nintendo Brings out the Stars for E3

by Mike Sklens - May 8, 2003, 2:39 pm EDT
Total comments: 10 Source: Official E3 Website

Nintendo's going to have a host of celebrities ready for E3 this year, plus reality television!

As with every E3, companies pull out all the stops to impress the media. For the past few years Nintendo has gone overboard by giving away tons of awesome gear such as Game Boy Advances and WaveBird controllers. This year they're going even further, by bringing in a bunch of celebrities to show off their new games.

It all starts on May 13th at the Nintendo Media Briefing, where the company will show off their latest goods for the first time at this exclusive invite-only event.

On May 14th at 11am, Nintendo will be hosting a "Reality TV" Celebrity Challenge featuring stars from America's favorite Reality-TV shows, including "American Idol," "The Bachelorette," and "Mr. Personality." Celebrities transition from intense "Reality TV" competition to heated Nintendo video game challenges.

On the 15th, Nintendo will be hosting two more celebrity events. The first takes place at 11am. Not much is known about this event, except that it will be a celebrity challenge of a "different kind," will star some LA hometown favorites, and will be hosted by an "emcee one-of-a-kind." In the other event, which takes place at 1pm, celebrities take it from 'the ring' to the Nintendo GameCube at a celebrity challenge that's sure to separate the men from the boys. Armed with wireless WaveBird controllers and video gaming know-how, long-time rivals settle their disputes fair and square once Nintendo's video game champion is declared.

Talkback

ThePermMay 08, 2003

as for the responses to the article...someone mentioned they were hoping lewinski would be there... what is one like when they hope for someone to appear who is best know for ....... ....?

Grey NinjaMay 08, 2003

lonely. face-icon-small-wink.gif

DjunknownMay 08, 2003

Ouch! That's gotta hurt... but its all in good fun.

All I ask is PLEASE keep it in 'Good Taste.' Last thing we need is celebrities showing up and don't know what a gamecube is, or come after drinking a stank 40 of Labatts...

JoshumsMay 08, 2003

You know our country has gone to hell when people on reality shows are refered to as celebrities.
/me cries

KnoxxvilleMay 08, 2003

....my thoughts exactly.....I don't even think those people would even make a celebrity "E" list.

GamefreakMay 08, 2003

All I can say is...
Riiight.....
o_O

OldMan NintendoMay 08, 2003

I wouldn't call "reality" peoplez "celebrities"... they don't make anywhere near as much money as celebs do. To me, they are just your above-average Joes who were chosen to be on TV. face-icon-small-tongue.gif

BIGmogMay 08, 2003

Good grief. C'mon Nintendo what are you thinking? This kind of thing reeks as a Sony stunt. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't limit themselves to Fox reality shows. Oh boy I can meet that guy from Joe Millionaire! Wait... what was his name again? Next time save your promotional dollars for more prizes for fans and not lame, washed up, reality show contestants.
-BIGmog
V O T E F O R M O G

GamefreakMay 08, 2003

At least at the big celebrity par-tay they had real stars like Christina Aguilera and Leonardo de Caprio...who unfortunately really likes Pikmin...He's soiled the game for us all! face-icon-small-tongue.gif

JoshumsMay 09, 2003

I can't wait to meet celebrities at E3 and not even realize it.

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