Nintendo gets its philanthropy on

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Nintendo gets its philanthropy on

Posted Nov 2nd 2007 11:30AM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News

As we all know, there's a ridiculous number of very good reasons to own a DS. But here's another anyway, for those who reside in Canada: right now, for every 20 DS Lites sold at a Canadian branch of Wal-Mart in the next week (November 3 - 10), Nintendo has agreed to donate one Lite to your local Children's Miracle Network Hospital.

A most considerate gesture, Ninty, and if any of our Canadian readers were wavering over whether or not to pick up a DS, here's your perfect excuse.

Tags: charity, freebies, wal-mart

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11-02-2007 @ 1:14PM

hvnlysoldr said...

Must not crack universal health care joke.

11-02-2007 @ 1:26PM

Jimiisama said...

Go to Walmart and buy 1/20 of a DS for a dying child!

11-02-2007 @ 2:05PM

B1gC72 said...

they've done something like this before. remember when Target had that thing where they donate money to breast cancer research for every pink DS sold. actually that could have just been a Target promotion. either way, its still a good cause.

11-02-2007 @ 3:00PM

Safiel said...

I believe that nintendo donated a whole pile of DS systems (games too!) to child's play last year. Nintendo is just around the corner from the penny-arcade guys. All I have to say is.. wow. http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/03/21

Good for you guys Nintendo.

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