For those in the Americas who have recovered enough from that half-hour slice of "whoa" that was the Bayonetta 2 Nintendo Direct to read this, Nintendo of America is holding a sweepstake to give away a total of three $40.00 eShop cards to three randomly selected winners. To enter, tweet a fifteen second Instagram video sharing what you like most about the Bayonetta series tagged with #Bayonetta and #SweepsEntry:
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Important details from the photographed exceptionally fine print are that the contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Québec) age seventeen and up (presumably owing to the mature content of Bayonetta 2) and that the contest ends today, 5th September, at 5PM Pacific time / 8PM Eastern so fire up those smartphone cameras.
Are you going to have an easy time of encapsulating your feelings on Bayonetta in fifteen seconds, or would it best be suited to a sonnet? May we suggest a haiku instead? Can you do that thing with the hair? Let us know in the comments!
[source twitter.com]
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I guess I have to make an instagram now...
It's ALWAYS excluding Quebec. ALWAYS.
Must resist getting instagram account...
$40.
Too bad I live in the Philippines...I can't risk getting my eShop account downed.
i hate twitter! i guess they are forcing me to get a repulsive twitter account if i want to enter these contests. i really, really want to enter, i guess i'll do it. but i'm not going to admit it if anyone asks hehehe.
@epicdude12302
Yeah me too just for the heck of it.
I never win these luck based contests, so I'm not going to bother with this. Good luck to those who participate.
First I make a Facebook account for giveaways, then I make a Twitter account for giveaways, and now they want me to make an Instagram account. I quit. Better odds for you guys.
What the F with Québec....It's like they never want us to even TRY lol.
@Lebon14 I feel you
I'd rather have the neat box and art book available in NA, NOA.
Im so old that I remember mailing in sweepstake entries....
Not everyone uses twitter/facebook/instagram Nintendo! Can't they just make a community on miiverse?
What did Quebec do to tick off the rest of North America? Oh, that's right, speak French
STOP USING TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM FOR SWEEPSTAKES AND JUST USE CLUB NINTENDO! PLEASE!!!!
I think it has more to do with the quebec government than Nintendo for why they aren't included in sweepstakes. I've entered other contests from other companies that have excluded Quebec.
Bayonetta was my favorite xbox 360 game. read: was goodbye xbox
Oh man Bayo 1+2 with costumes on Wii U... <3 Thanks big N for making this happen. Never would've thought Nintendo would save such a "violent" game. Its stylish violent Its not some tacked on BS.
So Europe gets offered a limited edition and USA gets 3 $40 cards for a damn Instagram post out of the thousands of people that will try.
Love you Nintnedo of America.
Watch the profanity -Lz
@KodyDawg Grow a beard.
Damn again with the social media bull. Why can't we use Club Nintendo to enter a sweepstakes? Or at least as another option.
I have an Instagram. I am totally entering this contest. Sucks for you guys here that are complaining about not wanting to make an Instagram account.
@TheWPCTraveler I live in the Philippines as and I feel you! Where do you buy your games???
Too bad I'm not really a social media type of person. Aside from FB(which I've let rot lately, kinda), I usually briefly see what's up with others I haven't tried, before I leave them and eventually lose the passwords to them, ha.
Well good luck to those that enter I guess. :l
For those who don't understand why Québec is always excluded, it's because the rules here are differents then the rest Of Canada. They first have to register their contest at the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux du Québec (RACJ), then must give a pourcentage of the final prices, which is about 0,5 to 1%. Then the RACJ must verify the rules of the contest and accept it.
It's the only province to do that kind of thing since mid 1990s, and I totally understand them not to include Québec. And no, it's not about the language!
Keep ur eshop cards give NA that Limited Edition First Print Bayonetta 2!!!!!!!
Seriously this is nonsense eshop cards will never make up for the fact we didnt get a limitied edition Bayo2
I think we need a Nintendo of Latin America, I mean, none of these promotions goes beyond the Río Bravo and not even the Club Nintendo physical rewards are available here.
The funny thing is to like the Bayonetta series, you have to have played it on PS3 or Xbox 360! LOL
you cant do anything to satisfy these crybaby gamers.
Make it a Twitter contest or no deal. I refuse to have Instagram or Facebook. I only use Twitter because it's the most unpopular social media that is used for contests. I don't know anyone with a Twitter.
reads "twitter"
Guess I am not entering...
@WanderingPB But even if Nintendo of America Released a that Limited Edition First Print Bayonetta 2 they would mess it up just like they did with the Limited Edition Mario Kart 8 game and blue shell. And they just have it at the Nintendo Store in NY. I don't know why NOA is so dumb when it comes to releasing Limited Edition stuff here in America, I am not going to go to NY to get a Limited Edition of any game why couldn't they sell them on the Nintendo Store on there Website instead so everyone could have a shot at getting the Limited edition stuff.
Why QUEBEC WHY!? Why can't we ever have the nice stuff. It's almost like we should have our own region locked French Canadian 3DS because the stores won't let games in unless they have French option so then there are some games I've had to drive all the way to Ontario or New York to buy. Its weird.
@Blast
The point is to get the word out on social sites (for word of mouth advertising) The masses don't congregate and chat on Club Nintendo, so that would achieve nothing
@NTELLIGENTMAN Why, exactly?
@TheWPCTraveler
Kamusta!
Quebec is the reason people buy games online now. They're killing retail!
Just kidding.
But that stupid alcohol and gaming registry organisation is garbage.
I almost (almost) feel bad to live in Canada and not have to put up with the same thing. They should think about separating.
I'm in Australia. A $40 eShop card would bring a game down to about the price I could buy it for in a department store. Even if I could enter the competition, I doubt I would bother!
@mowerdude i concur…i would prefer giving all the fans a fair shot an the NA nintendo online store is quite sad…or maybe that keeps retailers happy…i dunno but it sucks regardless
The reason Quebec is always excluded is because the gov't there has very strict rules which make posting contests very difficult. Whoever runs a contest in Quebec must fill out a bunch of paperwork and get it approved by Gov't beforehand. They also must pay a fee and security deposit as well as having to name all media resources that will name the winner.
http://www.savealoonie.com/articles/but-im-a-canadian-too-why-quebecers-are-excluded-from-contests/
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