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# In wake of disaster, Nintendo offers gift to affected families
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/inwakeofdisasternintendooffersgifttoaffectedfamilies/
- Published: 2011-08-18T21:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:52:01.000Z
- Description: Nintendo’s shareholders have had a rough few weeks. But a dip in stock prices is not quite as earth-shattering as, well, the earth shattering. Realizing this, the Japanese company sent a small token of appreciation, a special-edition DSiLL (XL in America) with TV tuner capabilities, to families stru
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

![](http://killscreendaily.com/includes/img/focus-areas/supermario.jpg)

Nintendo’s shareholders have had a [rough few weeks](http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0729/Nintendo-stock-and-forecast-nosedive-after-3DS-fails-to-deliver?ref=killscreen.com). But a dip in stock prices is not quite as earth-shattering as, well, the earth shattering. Realizing this, the Japanese company sent a small token of appreciation, a special-edition DSiLL (XL in America) with TV tuner capabilities, to families struck by [this spring’s natural disaster](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive%5Fearthquake%5Fhits%5Fjapan.html?ref=killscreen.com).

> Nintendo sent out products to people living in the evacuation centers, but didn’t make any efforts to publicize these charitable gestures, as detailed [in a statement](http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/30/nintendo%5Fshareholder%5Fmeeting/?ref=killscreen.com) given by CEO Satoru Iwata at the last shareholders meeting (and then not printed in the transcript!). Were it not for one of the recipients posting these images at [Hachimaki](http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/4101097.html?ref=killscreen.com), we’d never know what Nintendo’s donated systems comprised, or even what they looked like!  
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> In addition to entertainment, these sets allow families to receive over-the-air TV broadcasts, and therefore keep up with news.

If previous [Nintendo handhelds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBeTXPaewMo&ref=killscreen.com) are any judge, this new DS could withstand the effects of another earthquake just fine. Let’s hope we never find out.

*\-Jon Irwin*

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