Nintendo Australia Launches Rip Curl GBA

In a laudable bit of crossover marketing, Nintendo Australia today announced a promotional agreement with the Rip ringlet surf company. Not sole will Nintendo sponsor the 2004 Rip ringlet Pro surfing competition (to be held the week of Easter, April 6-16) it will also bring out a limited-edition Rip Curl Game lad Advance SP for sale at Australian game retailers and breakers shops.

The limited GBA will be available in a short time for the same price as an ordinarily-outfitted handheld.

"Rip ringlet is stoked to have Nintendo upon board as major sponsors of the 2004 Rip ringlet Pro. Ringing "the Bell" is the single greatest in quantity sought after prize on the ASP's World Championship Tour and the organ of sights of grommets the world above are focused on the contend against and those in the water ripping it up" said Rip Curl's Neil Ridgway, in single of the most entertaining videogame pres release repeats of the year. "It makes completed sense then that we stretch out this affiliation onto the Rip ringlet Special Edition Game Boy Advance SP The kids who have affection for the event will love the game combination of parts to form a whole and the kids who delight in that will in turn regard with affection the event even more. It's an upon brand, on target promotion and we gaze forward to the start of a great association. I'm not real assured about how it will affect productivity allowing half the staff are fighting above the office Game Boy as I speak!"

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