Championship eater inhales bananas at Donkey Kong Country Returns launch

by Griffin McElroy on Nov 22nd 2010 3:20PM

If pressed, we're not sure we could eat an entire banana in 60 seconds -- they're just so dry and heavy, you know? We certainly couldn't come close to the achievement of championship eater Takeru Kobayashi, who, at a recent Donkey Kong Country Returns launch event, slammed 16 'nanners in a minute.

Source: YouTube user Jonnyeh

Tags: bananas, championship-eating, donkey-kong-country-returns, nintendo, retro-studios, takeru-kobayashi, wii

Reader Comments (26)

This doesn't really make me want to buy DKCR more than I already do.

@Brook

maybe if he ate 16 copies of the game...

Launch? seems more like a lunch am i right? >.>;

cant wait to pick up my copy today. didnt realize it was released on a sunday.

$200 says he's gay.

@Bueno88

and he didn't even have to chew...he just swallowed...i kid, i kid...

@campe0n

I noticed...it was mortifying...*shudders*

@Bueno88 there's a little something that's part of Jap pop culture known as "hard gay". He would fit that.

@Bueno88

gay joke fail. a better one imo would be:

His boyfriend must be proud.

(due note i say it for humor purposes and in no way reflects my opinion on the gay community. Gotta say this since some ppl take stuff way too seriously)

I bought DKCR at Wal-Mart at midnight. When I went to register the game for Club Nintendo coins, it said the game hadn't been released yet.

I love bananas.

@Enosoma

Odd..I registered mine yesterday.

Isn't this the guy who usually competes in that Nathan's hot dog eating contest every year, 'cept this year?

When you think about it, hot dogs... bananas... same basic shape

@Starcade

That's what she said...?

@Zacxx201

You don't need to be a woman to see that hot dogs and bananas have a similar shape.

@Zacxx201 +1 for the Office reference

@Starcade He did not compete last year and actually was arrested for "crashing the party". Oh, how the the mighty pork based products have fallen.

In other news: Nintendo files trademark application for "This shit is Bananas!"

@swooded

Excellent.

I see someone like who likes to stuff his mouth with objects of this shape
he must train really hard lol ..

DKC is a fun game I love it ... but an event like this is stupid..