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Help Nintendo post a profit by eating these Super Mario Happy Meals

McDonald's in the UK will soon run a series of Super Mario happy meals.

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Just days after Nintendo said it would consider its options for licensing its famous stable of characters, McDonald's in the UK has announced that it will shortly begin a season of Super Mario Happy Meals.

Children and slightly inebriated twentysomethings will likely be able to pick up the Mario-branded meals from March, Nintendo Life reports, with the promotion coming complete with a range of Mario toys.

McDonald's and Nintendo have enjoyed a long-standing relationship over the years, with the company running promotional campaigns way back in the Super Mario Bros. 3 era. McDonald's even partnered with Nintendo in Japan to train staff in the art of burger making via the Nintendo DS.

Licensing Nintendo's famous characters, such as Link, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, will not adversely affect Nintendo's central hardware-software business model, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata explained last week, and said that the company would explore "many options" to do so.

Iwata also confirmed that he would not rule out mergers and acquisitions if it allowed Nintendo to return to profit after a string of disappointing financial results. "If there is something that others are doing that we feel would leverage Nintendo’s strength, we will incorporate that into our business," he said. "Of course, incorporating a business model in the same way as other companies is not Nintendo’s usual way, so it would depend on the situation."

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Nice. I wonder how the toys would be like.

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Topic of the next Feedbackula?

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nintendo will end up like sega one day just you wait and see zelda on a sony console

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pure evil.

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This is really really sad... and in a bad way.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> theres a good way in being sad?

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> YEAH! Example: I'm happy I broke up with my psychotic ex-girlfriend, but I'm kind of sad because I won't be having sex regularly anymore. Seeee that's a good way in being sad. :)

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Talk about obsession from Gelugon_baat. How sad is his life to have GameSpot means so much to him?

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Heh, way to go trying to somehow stop the Nintendo-bashing fad by trolling and flaming, dude. You haven't noticed that you are not having much of any results, have you?

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"Just days after Nintendo said it would consider its options for licensing its famous stable of characters,"


Nintendo has done this with McDonalds for years since the release of Super Mario Bros. 3. Way to lie there Martin.

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Also, no remark on Martin's sex life? I see that you have switch your typical "trademark" phrase.

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@chev7758

Provide your source on the claim that Nintendo has worked with McDonalds for years, please.

Also, what lie has Martin made?

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I still think they should shut down hardware production and work only on handhelds and software. Just on Mario, Zelda, and Metroid the blood bath that will ensue between MS and Sony to get them not to mention if PC gaming gets involved. And then you still have Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Fire Emblem, Smash bros. etc.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I still think trolls like you should do research instead of making posting bullshit posts. And learn not to post irrelevant non-sense in certain articles.

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Maybe you could direct that second sentence at yourself, you who make less-than-polite notions about other people's sex lives or lack of these.

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this should increase the sales of Wii Fit U

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>Genius!!

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Eat happy meals and develop the same physique as Mario!

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I could help Nintendo but I don't want to. Nintendo has dug it's own hole and pathetic attempts to make a cash grab only make me want to support them less. I want good games, not crap. BTW I'll still my McDonalds, but leave the toys for others. Nothing wrong with McDonalds food as long as you're not eating it all 3 meals everyday.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> You really fell that way?

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> LOL I never started the grammar troll. You did and then you make errors? Hilarious.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> LOL the error was yours and I've only parroted your grammatical error. You knock my sentence structure and then make spelling errors? Hypocrite much?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Yes, a business major can give us some possible scenarios, like Nintendo could acquire energy companies and have massive success there, but what does that have to do with gaming? :)


Look, I get it, Nintendo is not going to go out of business tomorrow, or maybe not for ages, but that's not the point. The point is that for many of the people that are interesting in gaming enough to come to sites like this and post comments, Nintendo has become largely uninteresting. In addition, to many of the people that don't come to sites like this, the so called casuals, Nintendo has become uninteresting.


I'll give you the 3DS, yes, it's doing well and the press love some of the games. But that's basically it. What kind of killer must have game is going to get a bunch of people to buy a WiiU? A lot of the people that Nintendo normally appeals to don't even want consoles anymore, like everyone keeps saying, they're busy fiddling with their phones and tablets.


And don't forget that this is actually old news. People were saying this stuff before the WiiU even launched, before it was even officially unveiled. Remember all the analyst predictions about the troubles Nintendo would face after the success of the Wii?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Dude, Shinjuki, you are being just as aggressive as your "like minded drones". Hystavito was making a good point in a reasonable manner. He wasn't trolling (he divided his post into paragraphs, for crying out loud, trolls can't even spell!).


Nintendo is not in it's best condition, and people thinking that the reason for that is that Nintendo has become uninteresting to the majority gamers and casuals is fine. That is a reasonable argument. I may not take polls every Sunday, but aside from Nintendo enthusiasts not a lot of people are excited about new Mario's or even new Smash Bros (I shed a tear because I love Smash Bros). Kids talk more about the new Xbox and GTAV than an upcoming Zelda game (or Mario Kart). You don't need to be an expert in order to notice that certain things aren't trends or in the buzz.


That said, there is no reason to cry apocalypse for Nintendo, nor is there reason to go on a zealous crusade to purge all people who bash Nintendo. No one has the market figured out. No need to be overly aggressive.

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by the way, around 1988, I remember there were Mario Bros toys at mcdonald. I got the Mario with a spring, the goomba(also a spring that would make it do a backward flip), and the koopa troopa which was something with a pump

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the only thing they need, is 3rd party support

I'm not buying any of your consoles, ever, unless you get 3rd party support back

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<< LINK REMOVED >> The big thing that I like Nintendo consoles for is the local CO-OP. It saddens me greatly that many games are almost abandoning local multi-player all together. Look at BF4, no local what so ever, and why not? I remember the original Black Ops could only have 2 local player for the Zombies mode, even though there was no reason what so ever (the normal mode had 4 player support, and Black Ops 2 Zombies had 4 player support).


Nintendo is awesome at local multi-player (not too sure about online MP). Currently, it is my solution to the dilemma on the PC scene. I am all for consoles becoming more like PCs, but I would hate for consoles to get rid of traditional local multi-player like the PC (I really hope that the Steam Machines' push for PCs on the big screen will make a comeuppance of local MP on the PC).


As far as 3rd party support; 3rd parties are fulfilling a self-prophecy, they are worried about releasing their games on the WiiU due to it's small install base, but the install base stays small because there are only timid ports of 3rd party titles.


Support their console, and 3rd parties will come (at least the on the indie scene, as far as AAA games, you can get those on the PC for cheaper and probably a better version).

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<< LINK REMOVED >> They've needed that for generations and I don't think it'll be back soon. They've already drove to many away.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Just like how Sony drove third party away with the PS3? Of course you're ignoring that, troll.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Wow is it your new year's resolution to troll every comment you can find by calling people trolls?


Man I just don't get Nintendo fan boys, it's like the company attracts fanatics who defend it beyond all reason.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Well then suddenly they have great 3rd party support then.

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Nintendo just fucking stop, just stop. Make games you idiots...this is it Im no longer supporting stupidity no matter how much I liked Nintendo as a kid. Disgusting. Wii eeew indeed.

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I see their master plan now... Team up with McDonalds and create a generation of kids with health problems and then capitalize by releasing non-wearable health monitoring devices!! GENIUS!

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I see your master plan now. . . Sacrifice your sex life so you can troll Nintendo so you can play Nintendo's games.

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Oh please, don't give this shit to your kids, IF YOU LOVE THEM OF COURSE!

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Oh please, don't let this troll into society, IF YOU LOVE YOUR HUMANITY.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA too late! sheep.

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