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Nintendo Street Team Kicks Off Today

by Jonathan Metts - July 8, 2004, 6:13 am EDT
Total comments: 3 Source: Nintendo Press Release

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.

Talkback

DJSapphireJuly 08, 2004

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

DjunknownJuly 08, 2004

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 CreationJuly 08, 2004

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

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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.

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