Nintendo sponsors British game show
by JC Fletcher 
on Jul 2nd 2009 10:15AM
Nintendo has made a deal with UK TV station Five to fully fund one of its new shows,
MCV reports. The Advertiser-Funded Programming deal means that Nintendo will pay for eight episodes of the new
Britain's Best Brain show, which subjects contestants to five tasks, each designed to test a different brain function: "memory, co-ordination, numeracy, recognition and risk."
Obviously, we suspect Nintendo will use this opportunity as a promotional platform for the
Brain Training series. If it were, say,
Capcom looking for Britain's best brain, there would be cause for concern. MCV notes that in-show product placement is illegal, meaning that Nintendo will have to relegate the DS mentions to ads.
