A tourney for the older folk

by David Hinkle { Aug 29th 2006 at 9:45AM }

On the 9th of September, Nintendo plans to hold a contest for "Coolest Grandparent of the Year." Now, visions of beautiful pageantry are most likely flooding your head as you soon violently cringe, thinking to yourself of how the swimsuit section of the competition might go, but rest assured that this contest is more a tournament of gaming prowess than vocalizing a desire to shelter the homeless. To Nintendo, in order to be the coolest, you have to showcase some skills in Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day.

At the Nintendo World store in New York City, between 12 pm and 5 pm on the aforementioned day, Grandparents with the "skillz to pay the billz" will walk away with 2 DS Lites and 10 DS games, making for one happy Matlock fan club back at the home or a few happy grandchildren.

[Image credit: Old Grandma Hardcore]

Tags: ds, games, lite, new, nintendo, store, world, york

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

unreal mccoy @ Aug 29th 2006 2:44PM

Everytime I see that pic (I think I've seen it on Joystiq) it makes me throw up a little bit in my mouth...

Tim @ Aug 29th 2006 6:15PM

Grandma will be there, but not to compete. She already has a few DS's ;)

And dude, don't throw up in your mouth. You'll be old one day too.

James @ Aug 31st 2006 1:55PM

I'm a grandfather at 38 (son 20, and granddaughter 2 years old) and I've been gaming for 30 years.

"Grandparent" doesn't always mean "old, feeble, and arthritic".

I'd smoke any of you on any console or handheld. I don't care how old you are.

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