Nintendo Spotting: McDonald’s got game
Friday, January 11th, 2008 at 8:00am by Blake
Mark from Salt Lake City writes: “I saw this set up at a local McDonald’s. They had two GameCube systems, one with Pokemon and one with Smash Bros. Melee. I wish they had a Wii to help me burn the 6000 calories I just downed.”
January 11th, 2008 at 8:47 am
McDonald’s had a promotion with Nintendo for a while that put Gamcubes in the restaurants right around the launch of the system. I tried that horrid Mickey Mouse game while eating a hash brown once. I doubt very many stores keep them up and running now.
January 11th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Finally McDonald’s adds some entertainment for the adults
January 11th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Mickey D’s can suck it. They say that kids are fat because of video game and NOT their food. Whatever.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I didn’t even think to take a pic of the one I saw near my home town. Exact same thing.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
@NeuroMan42: In my opinion, kids are fat because their parents let their kids eat McDonald’s (among other fatty foods) every second day. It’s up to said parents to put a stop to that and ensure their children are also getting enough daily exercise. But that’s a totally different topic.
@johnnymilkshark: You’re right; I remember the GCN systems set up around launch time (must… resist urge… to make ‘lunch’ pun). I tried Sonic Adventure 2: Battle and, if I’m not mistaken, Super Smash Bros. Melee while eating a cheeseburger and trying to kill time before I made my way down to the Air Canada Centre (in Toronto, ON, Canada) for a hockey game. In fact, trying out those two games (mostly SSBM) made me come to a decision about whether to pick up a Gamecube or PlayStation 2 for Christmas that year. Ironically enough, when I picked up the Gamecube, I couldn’t find a single copy of SSBM for over a month, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise because a friend of mine gave me a free copy of it as a late Christmas present.
Sorry for going on so much, guys. I’m just surprised at how many memories a GCN system in McDonald’s can bring back. ^^;;
January 11th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I remember seeing the same thing in a McDonald’s near Hoover Dam years ago, although it was an N64 set-up and they were turned off >=(
January 11th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
My local McD’s has a similar setup with 4 gamecubes, all running some kid-friendly titles, SSB included. But check this out: the UK CEO of McDonald’s is now blaming VIDEOGAMES for obese children!
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29268/McDonalds-boss-Games-to-blame-for-childhood-obesity
Imagine that.
January 11th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
You’d be suprised how many Mcs (the ones that still stand since 2002) stilll have those up and running.
January 11th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
My McDonalds has Luigi’s Mansion, Smash Bros, and SSX (for N64).
Yeah. We’re quite with the times.
January 11th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
at mine they have ps2s
January 11th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
At my McDonalds they had Micky Mouse Magical Mirrors…yuck
and Mario Sunshine. Mario Sunshine would shut off after 10 minutes though.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:41 am
True dat Blake…. wait 6000!!!!
January 12th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
It’s cool to find these, but I’d never touch one of those controllers. 5+ years of greasy kids playing with them. Yecch!
March 19th, 2008 at 4:20 am
You know what? I think I’ve seen those before…