School Receives Free Nintendo DS

Would you like a free Nintendo DS? Well, you may want to try sending a nice letter to Nintendo and requesting one from them!

That is exactly what an 11-year-old girl did, as part of a school class project. The project involved the practice of writing letters to companies, with the girl writing to her favourite, which happened to be Nintendo.

The sweet story was discovered when a man posted a draft copy of the letter online. He is supposedly the boyfriend of the teacher.

The girl apparently wrote the letter as she wasn't happy enough with the Wii she received for her birthday, along with the games available for it. Instead, she wanted a Nintendo DS, which her parents wouldn't buy for her. So, like anyone would (apparently not), she wrote to the company requesting one and stating the reasons why.


Nintendo responded with a letter and sent an older model of the DS to the school. They also said that they rarely receive letters requesting a console, but they do have a small allocation to give out to schools.

Nintendo and the school are also disappointed that the letter got out into the expanse of the Internet, for obvious potential exploitation reasons.

Would you have the gall to write to a company expressing your dislike for one system and asking for a replacement?