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Australia: Big "N" teams up with Big Brother |
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Nintendo Australia is kicking up its Wii console promotions further into mainstream media, as we pick up a report stating that the company is sponsoring this year's Big Brother show (Australia). For the benefit of the guys here who've never heard of Big Brother, it's a highly popular (albeit controversial) television program based on George Orwell's 1949 novel, 1984 .
In this show, 14 contestants are chosen to live in a house under the complete control of Big Brother - a disembodied voice who monitors the "housemates" 24 hours a day, gives them set tasks, punishments, and works as the group's link to the outside world. Rewards are given out to the longest remaining housemates, with recent grand prices ranging from AUS$ 836,000 (US$ 686,473) to AUS$ 1,000,000 (US$ 821,108).
Nintendo is reportedly planning to award AUS$ 2,000 (US$ 1,642) to every housemate upon eviction, with details regarding how the company plans to market their Wii console in the program still unavailable. We imagine a scenario where the housemates will be asked to sit down to play with their Wiis (hilarity ensues)...
That's all for the moment - stick around in case we pick up any related updates, or if Nintendo will have ample console supplies to compensate for this new promotional campaign.
Via Aussie Nintendo
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um. Isn't the novel entitled 1984?
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