Nintendo Japan

Sat 2009/09/19 13:03 JST
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Danny Choo
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There are times when one actually feels like eating at Mc Dees.
Spotted this while munching on my prawn fillet burger. One can bring
along their Nintendo DS and download trial versions of games at Mc
Donalds - another incentive to get folks to eat healthy. Does Nintendo
do stuff like this where you are?

マックでDSIの体験版がダウンロード出来る。萌えキャラの壁紙とかがダウン出来たらいいですね。
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  • Delindil
    Delindil in So.California (Registered on 2009/02/17)
    初音ミク命

    I think there are kiosks in stores that you can download game demos from. It's been years since I've been to McDonalds so I don't know if they're offering anything like that as well but I doubt it.

    Sat 2009/09/19 13:35:07 JST (ID #719878)
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  • Xak
    Xak in Neo-Venezia (Registered on 2009/09/02)
    Noto fanatic
    http://wifi.animeblogger.net

    In Singapore nearly all McDonalds have Wireless@SG (free WiFi) but that's all.

    Sat 2009/09/19 14:05:24 JST (ID #719891)
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  • Zell_ff8
    Zell_ff8 in Argentina (Registered on 2008/12/28)
    Student, Musician, PHP
    http://www.tojikomori.com.ar

    Well, my country isn't part of Nintendo's market. No guarantees, no customer service, no ads.
    So... nope.

    But several MC have WiFi and the few times I used WiFi play (Mario Cart DS) was on one of them.

    Sat 2009/09/19 14:17:03 JST (ID #719892)
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  • ben_s
    ben_s in Melbourne, Australia (Registered on 2008/06/23)
    Multimedia Technology Student
    http://thehappyninjadrawn.wordpress.com

    In McDonald's in Australia we get free WiFi, but thats about it. Really handy to have though.

    Sat 2009/09/19 14:35:46 JST (ID #719903)
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    • Wolfman-X
      Wolfman-X in Melbourne Australia (Registered on 2009/02/16)
      About that......

      although its quite slow though. i tried it one time when i went to maccas and brought my laptop to finish off an email. felt like surfing as well, but it took an awfully long time to load up a page

      Sat 2009/09/19 15:07:18 JST (ID #719919)
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  • chun
    chun in need to be in bed (Registered on 2007/01/09)
    part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
    http://puppy52art.com/

    nice view~ haven't gone into a mc dees here for a long time, only went to a drive thru to get a sundae last nite ^^; Don't think they have free wifi tho

    Sat 2009/09/19 14:37:26 JST (ID #719904)
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  • 6pack
    6pack in Indo-land (Registered on 2008/03/20)
    http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/

    not a big market for nitendo here so no promotions and such.

    Sat 2009/09/19 14:46:09 JST (ID #719910)
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  • mrDN
    mrDN in USA (Registered on 2009/03/17)
    Freelancer
    http://twitter.com/duynguyen

    This is something I've heard about for awhile and so far there's nothing like that at my local McD's. The download kiosks are available at some big-box stores though. Then again, people can do this on their Nintendo Wii's... ^^'

    Sat 2009/09/19 14:49:24 JST (ID #719913)
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  • wtfjusthappened
    wtfjusthappened in Illinois, U.S (Registered on 2008/01/22)
    Student

    Pssshaww I wish. There is a gamecube station thoough in one of the Mcdonald's at the mall, but the controllers are oily and kinda sticky.

    Sat 2009/09/19 14:52:06 JST (ID #719916)
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  • England Al
    England Al in England, UK (Registered on 2008/07/13)
    All round good guy and musician

    Don't eat at Mc Dees, cause they don't do downloads, and don't do prawn fillet burger either. Loke the idea of both, though!

    Sat 2009/09/19 16:04:38 JST (ID #719935)
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  • etherlite
    etherlite in Jakarta, Indonesia (Registered on 2007/12/06)
    Medical School Student

    it's actually quite old, danny, i saw this in my last trip to japan (early July)

    and no, we don't have it in Indonesia :(

    Sat 2009/09/19 17:47:49 JST (ID #719961)
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  • Bakkou
    Bakkou in Australia (Registered on 2009/04/01)
    Student

    Bring your NDS in and download thing at McDonald's? Nope that won't be happening here.

    Sat 2009/09/19 17:50:10 JST (ID #719962)
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  • Volvagia356
    Volvagia356 in Malaysia (Registered on 2009/07/11)
    Student
    http://volzel.net/

    McD's here only have Free WiFi. And it doesn't even work on the NDS.

    Nintendo is basically almost unknown here. The only thing from Nintendo that is widely known is the GameBoy. I've got people who asked me if my Nintendo DS is a PSP or not.....

    Sat 2009/09/19 18:03:35 JST (ID #719967)
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    • raptor_cZn
      raptor_cZn in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Registered on 2007/12/12)
      Pre-U Student
      http://wakuwakusuru.zeroclipse.net

      I don't think the publicity of Nintendo here is that bad.
      And hey, people here do know of the Wii at least haha.

      The most that McD's have here are those free toys ^^;

      Sat 2009/09/19 23:20:38 JST (ID #720054)
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  • Morgan Lamia
    Morgan Lamia in Oxford, England. (Registered on 2009/08/10)
    Sentai Ranger
    http://morganlamia.blogspot.com/

    I don't think they do anything like that here. Just general free wi-fi in McDees. Although of course in a lot of shops that sell games they have the demo and download kiosks which is pretty much the exact same thing.
    I've never used it though; too much hassle to get my DS out and download while stood up in the middle of a shop. ^^;

    Sat 2009/09/19 18:35:24 JST (ID #719976)
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  • Sen Kimura
    Sen Kimura (Registered on 2009/09/19)

    Wifi, thats about it. Good idea tho,

    Sat 2009/09/19 20:16:45 JST (ID #719991)
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  • Vixums
    Vixums in USA (Registered on 2009/08/20)
    Star Gazer
    http://vixums.wordpress.com/

    I haven't been to McDonalds in a long time, so I don't remember if we have wifi or not... but this is an interesting thing to do. I know it would make me go more often XD

    Sat 2009/09/19 22:36:23 JST (ID #720033)
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  • uncreative
    uncreative in Japan (Registered on 2008/08/15)
    Student
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/dramacd/

    Mcdonald's is pretty trendy in Japan, I was surprised.

    Sat 2009/09/19 22:55:10 JST (ID #720046)
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  • FD3S
    FD3S in Kanada (Registered on 2009/04/09)

    McDonalds decided to redesign half of their restaurants here. Now they all got nice fancy decorations like bar stools and fireplaces. Their food is still putrid though.

    Sat 2009/09/19 23:24:33 JST (ID #720057)
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  • Loggins
    Loggins in Tampa, FL (Registered on 2009/08/19)
    Slave

    That's funny. All that is, is a DS in this funny little box, and they have it set up for download play. The Nintendo rep will come by to my store and switch it out when new games arrive.

    Sat 2009/09/19 23:35:07 JST (ID #720064)
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    • Gikongan
      Gikongan (Registered on 2008/07/04)
      Nerdy nerd
      http://rayearthblue.wordpress.com/

      indeed! i used to get such awesome stuff from our nintendo rep. it really the only thing i miss about gamestop.

      Sat 2009/09/19 23:41:08 JST (ID #720068)
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  • TaRzAn
    TaRzAn in Just Below The Equator (Registered on 2009/05/25)
    Blue Suit Sapien with White Helmet
    http://conrad501.wordpress.com/

    HAHahahahahhah...those sort of promos are never even heard of in my neck of the woods..... i do however own a DS and now its collecting dust,,,,,,,>.<

    Sun 2009/09/20 00:18:09 JST (ID #720085)
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  • larg_kuroi
    larg_kuroi (Registered on 2009/09/20)

    in mexico Only in videogames stores offer that.

    Sun 2009/09/20 01:53:53 JST (ID #720118)
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    • Klen
      Klen in Mexico (Registered on 2009/05/01)
      IE
      http://otakujanai.org

      really? i'll need to bring my DS to gameplanet and gameforless to check it out...

      Sun 2009/09/20 02:27:22 JST (ID #720133)
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  • senseij
    senseij (Registered on 2009/08/30)

    They do at my store(Gamestop). You can bring over your DS and download some demos. But the games available for DL at my store are nowhere near as interesting as the ones there :]

    Sun 2009/09/20 02:29:31 JST (ID #720135)
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  • Klen
    Klen in Mexico (Registered on 2009/05/01)
    IE
    http://otakujanai.org

    in Mexico we get wifi at mc donalds, but i never intented to connect with my DS there so don't know if i could...

    Sun 2009/09/20 02:33:01 JST (ID #720140)
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  • Reltair
    Reltair in California, United States (Registered on 2009/06/13)
    College Student
    http://www.projectsaber.com

    Nope, they don't do that over here.

    Sun 2009/09/20 10:21:03 JST (ID #720226)
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  • Spaz
    Spaz in Albany,NY,USA (Registered on 2009/06/10)
    Network Engineer

    When I was visiting a McD's in Tennessee I though they had the option.

    Tue 2009/09/22 00:53:46 JST (ID #721110)
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  • Yukinao
    Yukinao (Registered on 2009/08/18)

    None here...

    Sat 2009/10/03 23:11:28 JST (ID #726380)
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