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CHIP GANASSI RACING TEAMS PARTNER WITH NINTENDO AND TARGET TO SPONSOR 1,100 MILES OF AUTO RACING OVER MEMORIAL DAY

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CONCORD, N.C. & INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 14, 2008)-Chip Ganassi Racing Teams announced today it has partnered with Nintendo and its long-time sponsor Target, to have Nintendo’s newest video game, Wii Fit™, as the sponsor of 1,100 miles of auto racing on Sunday, May 25. Nintendo and Wii Fit become the primary sponsors on Alex Lloyd’s No. 16 Dallara Honda in the Indianapolis 500 and later in the day along with Target on the team’s No. 40 Dodge in the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, N.C.

By sponsoring the Wii Fit 1,100, Nintendo follows Target as one of the only sponsors that will have cars competing in both races as Target has Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon starting one-two in the Indy 500 and Reed Sorenson competing in his third Coke 600 The 500 mile Indianapolis 500 is the longest race on the IndyCar Series schedule while the 600 mile Coca-Cola 600 is the same in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

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Japanese Software Sales: April 5th to 11th

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1. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 107,000 / 1,227,000 2. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 82,000 / 1,992,000 3. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 53,000 / …
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Nintendo Sponsoring Handheld Learning Conference
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Nintendo Sponsoring Handheld Learning Conference

For the second year in a row, Nintendo will be the lead sponsor for London’s Handheld Learning Conference. Slated to take place on October 13-15, the conference …
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Nintendo Ordered to Pay $21 Million for Patent Infringement

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LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing …
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