This Nintendo game cost BANANAS
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- Nintendo games normally cost $60. But in 2010, Nintendo sold Donkey Kong Country for the Nintendo Wii for a completely different price - bananas! That's right - for a limited time, Nintendo didn't want your money, they wanted your bananas instead! Here's what happened.
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For more details about the US promo event and why it ran over budget, check out this video by Kit & Krysta!
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- www.nintendolife.com/news/201... Press release beforehand
- www.destructoid.com/buy-donke... Brief article beforehand
- www.eurogamer.net/people-buy-... Writeup afterwards - Ігри
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First
damn
@@Jelly_shy_guy_man
Hope you get better
Get well soon!
Can you upload video of Kirby voice actors evolution for me please?
I wanna see what happened with the likely 20+ people that were standing there with bananas AFTER the 20 customers got the game, making their bananas nothing but food. Did they GO APE?
They can make banana bread, still a win
That deal was quite... *_bananas_*
Hahahahaahhahaha…..
Real
The dumb tist.
Edit: ba dum tss. Autocorrect.
Hahaha...
No
Seems like the actions of a Yiga Clan Member hmmmmm
A Yiga clan member would never part with even a single one of their gorgeous, succulent bananas.
Just what I was thinking. Someone at Nintendo is the inspiration for Yiga…
Donkey Kong confirmed Yiga devout?
Gorilla suits were either one of three equally possible scenarios.
1: undercover employees working on the promotion.
2: A group of friends who had a dumb-fun idea and just went for it.
3: That particular gorilla costume might just be cheap and easily accessable
You could say this promotion was pretty... crazy. Yeah let's go with that. There's totally not a pun to be made here
Is this the anti-pun
I'd call it insanANA!! That's the only pun to be made here
Crazy? I was crazy once they locked me in a room a rubber room a rubber room with rats and rats make me crazy
@@Noob_LoI they locked me in a banana room, a banana room with bananas, and bananas make me go ape
To be honest, I was suspecting a ton of people buying bananas where the remaining people that are not the first 20, get mad and start to riot with the bananas they specifically bought being pirme ammo. Guess I've seen too much black Friday in the USA
This reminds me of one evening back in 2010. I was in Burbank walking to the store and there were 2 entire shopping carts full of bananas in the parking lot of a production studio with a sign that said FREE BANANAS PLEASE TAKE THEM. I always wondered what they might have been used for.
It was a trap. "Kehehe… Did you really think someone would leave such premier bananas just lying around?
*…FOR MASTER KOHGA!* "
@@Chubby_Bubdamn, you beat me to it
DK Country Returns is one of my most nostalgic games
You could say they got it at a *chimp* price…
That's why they sell Mario games for Coins!
Wow! This part of Donkey Kong history is kinda interesting.
I was one of those 20 people! I recall overthinking what constitutes a "bunch" when stood in the Sainsbury's on TCR and being freezing cold queuing up. Can't remember what time I got there but I was definitely towards the end of the 20 as it looked a bit hit and miss for a while. Think it only ended up costing me about 60p.
Dayum, your hair looks so pretty!^^
this title is bananas
"Mom, can we get Donkey Kong Country for the Wii?"
"Son, you know money doesn't grow on trees"
"But bananas do!"
I was listening to the Kit and Krysta story on their podcast just yesterday - this sounded like a lot less effort for more press coverage to be honest, so well done Nintendo UK PR, I guess! Also, get well soon Thomas!
2:51 PRICE TAG ASSET FROM TPOT
Ya!
“why doesn’t Rosalina sound like she used to” next plz
She’s not even that old of a character, especially sound wise
7:35 I jumped out of my chair! Is this the real Cyprien Iov? He's a French youtuber with +14M followers.
2:49 Reminded me of a character who joined in a reality show about inanimate objects.
price tag from tpot?
We should be able to buy all games with bananas! I hadn't heard of this story before, but it was fun to listen to. Also, I was surprised to see how long your hair had grown! It's been a while since I last saw one of your videos, and didn't notice the change lol. Keep it up!
Nintendo should make the same with Mario, but ask people to exchange the game for real gold coins.
I wanna buy Persona 3 Reload but exchanging it with a toy gun (cuz, yk, the evoker)
Such a throwback when you look at the shelves in the background of the photos, good old times with early 2010s :)
4:27
I may have an explanation! The Great Gorilla Run is a charity event for The Gorilla Organization held annually in the UK (same place as the Donkey Kong game for bananas deal) where runners wear gorilla costumes through a marathon. It started in 2003 while this was in 2010, so it's more than plausible some people thought this would be a perfect opportunity to use an outfit that otherwise would be shoved in a closet until next year. (Shoutout to Half-Asleep Chris for teaching me it exists!)
GET WELL SOON :D awesome video! :3
I love these kinds of videos - there so quick and informative. Keep them up!!
i hope everyone had a bunch of fun playing their games
Didn't get to play DKC: Returns till the 3D port on the 3DS, but I love the games just like all the original DKC games, & I definitely would've partaken in this deal back in the day if I lived in the UK!
I haven’t watched the video yet but Im excited to see how Nintendo might sell a game for bananas.
I’ll report if it’s true when I’m done
So? What do ya say?.
Is it fake then lol
he died
@@whentheyD he's just taking his time
Or Nintendo could use banana money, like Japan in WW2 when they invaded the SEA countries.😅
It’s a shame nobody came dressed in one of those giant banana costumes
LETS GO THOMAS GAME DOCS POST!!!
We goin APESHIT CRAZY with this one.
Even sick, I love your voice and personality. Keep up the great work
*dumps bananas on counter* So, you got it?
2:52 I immediately recognised that particular GAME store, was my local one for so many years. It's now closed sadly and has been turned into a greggs. Seeing it again did make me smile. I bought my Nintendo switch from there the moment the strictest lockdown ended during mid 2020. Running around the whole city looking for a switch sold out everywhere in store and online, and GAME had one all along, felt like i got the last one in the city. Miss the feeling of walking into that shop so much. Online shopping doesn't compare.
Get well soon and great vid!
This event had quite the a-PEEL.
Gibben them away? A-peeling?
Im such a sucker for dumb puns that got a laugh out of me
"Aw yeah! I take back all the things I said about Winner while I was down there." -Price Tag TPOT 1
Damn this video is absolutely bananas
I always.. ALWAYS... get excited for a T.G.D. video!!!!!
Wow! This is bananas!
I bet the food bank ended up tossing most of those bananas.
I really love videos like this
the guys in the gorilla suit in the line
absolute legend
2:51 is that price tag from bfdi?
Yeah its the asset
Great video!
What a brilliant idea, the marketing firm who came up with that deserves huge props for that.
W video i really appreciate your videos ❤
This reminds me when a company named silo tried to sell a boombox not with dollars, but with bananas,
This went into a mess becausw silo did not think through that concept
I guess you could say everyone went BANANAS.
Why does the price tags on the thumbnail look familiar to me
Now it's only in the video
That story is absolutely... bananas, mate.
So 60 people got a game by trading bananas. Bro, this is so much better than what Nintendo of America did
4:52 Guy missed his chance to say "...is bannanas1"
Both I and his father are disappointed in him!
This may not be the highest grosing video game as far as dollars, but it definitely is the highest grosing videogame as far as bananas
This is an amazing video
You grew out your hair that was unexpected
Looks cool tho
As someone who played these games as a kid, I can say that I really miss these games and hope they make a sequel to Tropical Freeze 🙏🙏🙏
I suspect the games were still free. It says show up with the bananas and get the game for free. So that implies you dont' actually hand over the bananas.
Donkey Kong is awesome and I hope they're working on a new game in the series. That UK event sounds incredible. Anyone who was there is very lucky.
Though a single banana is a very expensive price for a Yiga Clan member, you can have all their rupees, but not one of their bananas
Gonna be honest, might need to change the title. Nintendo has released a lot of free games.
the title was already changed from something about buying a game for bananas
I DID NOT KNOW THOMAS WAS A GIRL LMAOO
Well this story was just bananas! I guess you could say that’s quite aPEELing!
BFDI PRICE TAG???
That's what i'm thinking too
Beefy die pricey tagey :0
Nice. I would of loved to bring some bananas to buy a DK game. I used to have that DK shirt where he's thinking about bananas. Unfortunately it got wore out because I was constantly wearing it.
Reminds me of how Sega sold Monkey Ball out to Dole which was pretty genius marketing.
I wonder what they did with the bananas… hopefully didn’t accidentally kill anyone with that much potassium.
YAY NEW VIDEOOOOOO
I've never seen Nintendo give Hull the recognition it deserves, LET ALONE the place being mentioned by Thomas himself. I'm so proud to be a citizen
0:51 Why not just buy a hollow or styrofoam dome, paint it with different shades of yellow and brown, and then surround it with bananas? Would have been a lot cheaper and had the same effect
That was great now I have to find the game thanks for the nostalgia now "I'm going to peel through every place to find it"😅
They sold Donkey Kong Country Returns for Bananas?! 😱 Pun not intended, but that's BANANAS!
They went bananas
Love the hair :)
7:36 Cyprien Iov !?
If it's really him, he was the n°1 youtuber in France, and still has 14,5M subscribers right now !
Idk if the two comments ive seen are actually wrong, but they seem to be going wild over… long hair?
Thomas, I realized that in Pokémon violet and scarlet’s DLC Part 2, In the coastal biome’s theme was really similar to the toothless meme.
Do you know why?
"Don't give us money" is also Nintendo's philosophy when it comes to legacy games
Now we need to know what happened in other places.
Gotta love such promos.
woah. I haven't been on your channel for a while, when did you grow out your hair?
(Insert_witty_banana_joke)
I wish the title was “This Nintendo game’s cost was bananas!!!”
OOH AHH EEH OOH AHH EEH OOH OOH EEH! (Those were some good bananas) - Donkey Kong
Bananas are my fave food im drooling at this
why does the thumbnail keep changing
This video is bananas
Donkey Kong Country Returns is my favorite DK game. It’s also the most challenging.
Usually you sell stuff at banana price, but sell for a bunch of bananas was a first 😂
A Yiga Blademaster must have been selling this game
I physically could not keep a straight face through any of this
i find this wholesome for some reason.
2:49
TPOT Price Tag
YES
Thomas Game Docs uploaded: How Nintendo Sold a Game for a Bunch of Bananas
You cannot ignore me forever, Mario.
Nintendo went bananas
They should totally bring this back.
Maybe for games like Mario VS. Donkey Kong you could bring a hammer from home depot or something
I never noticed Cyprien Iov in the Patrons list. Is there a non-zero chance it's the real one ?