Remember the news that Donkey Kong Country Returns would cost bananas for speedy UK gamers? If you thought it was just a marketing stunt, well, you were right, but it clearly worked as plenty of gamers turned out to swap a bunch of ripe ones for the ape's latest title.
Despite the freezing cold weather currently gripping the UK there were eager beavers lined up outside Game Oxford Street this morning, with 20 lucky punters walking away with a copy of the game having paid for them in bananas. Some even came dressed in suitable simian costumes to stave off the cold or, perhaps, to frighten anyone else thinking of buying one of this year's best Wii games with a cheap bunch of fruit.
[source officialnintendomagazine.co.uk]
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I showed up with mangos and was turned away.
only has 1 banana
...Oh wait I already have the game, loll.
@Corbie Since when did you move to the UK?
I was thinking more bananas than that.... More like..... http://sperone.free.fr/images/extraz/PICS27/bananas.jpg
Does this mean we can buy Mario with red and green mushrooms?
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Wow.... I wish I had some bananas.
I just realized who gets them all: http://www.jfjproductions.com/photos/EPIC-images/bananaman.jpg
That, or they'll make more of these: http://estrip.org/content/users/paul/1104/banana1655.gif
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/4785/191187-250px_bananabird_large.jpg
@Sylv: it's been done :3
I've always lived in the UK. Texas is just my cover.
Hot dog! Bananas!
Michael Cera lives near Game Oxford Street WHAT?!?!
EDIT: Seriously? Am I the only one seeing the resemblance of the banana-wielding UK citizen to Michael Cera? Please don't tell me I'm insane.
@blink83
how come the tiki tribe put all of donkey kong's bananas on the side of the rode?
What about Coconuts? My African Swallows could deliver 'em in a heartbeat!
And thus concludes the only joy anyone will ever get from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Well, now that gets me to thinking, with a stunt like this, maybe they'll do this for other games: gold coins for Mario, rings for Sonic, rupees for Zelda (I don't know how you'd get rupees though), and I don't know what you'd do for Pokémon, since the poké-dollars don't really exist.....unless you use the money from the Pokémon Monopoly game. Hmmm...
@Dragoon
Excellent Monty Python reference by the way
You can't get better publicity. Well done. I bought mine with money though.
That's still fruity.
Lucky UKians. Also that gamestore i nthe pic looks AWESOME. Wish mines were that nice
I am going to get DKCR christmas.
How many bananas?
Only 3 bananas? I thought you had to come up with a real bunch of bananas, but this is cheap. I buy at least twice as many in a week. I'm in good health though
They gave it out to everyone with bananas, I know because I was the last one.
1. ONM: People buy Donkey Kong Returns with bananas. (Must be some joke...)
2. Nintendolife: Yes, people really did buy DKR with bananas!! (Wait....what ?!)
These sites are such a good follow up to eachother. xD
@SuperLink64
The rupee is used as currency in India, although, the Indian rupees are not crystals.
Uh... I can just use cold hard cash. Not bananas. Besides, I may have eaten all the bananas by the time I get to the game store.
So do I have to find monkey's balls to pay for the next Super Monkey Ball?
Why can't we just use bananas as currency all the time? Saves a lot of trees.
wow i did not know of this
@110percentful: Yeah, but unlike bananas, you can store cash in a bank/ safe with the confidence that it won't be rotten when you go to withdraw it
Besides, printing money doesn't kill trees, as bills are made from a specially formulated rag paper that does not disintegrate in water the way wood-pulp paper does. I'm not sure exactly what fibers they use though.
How about buying the next Wario / Wario Ware game with garlic cloves?!!!
..stiinky!
@lz2010
No, but you can use coins!
lol I rang up gamestation on december 3rd if I can get DKCR if I bring in 10 bunch of bananas.... it didn't work but when I bought the game they let me take the special display case that wasn't meant to come with the actual game and the huge stand up advertisements to lol.
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