Nintendo and Starlight Collaborate New Fun Centers Featuring Wii

Nintendo and Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation plan to place hundreds of Fun Centers featuring the Wii in hospitals across the United States and Canada this year. Nintendo is currently assembling 1,250 new Fun Centers. Starlight plans to have 500 installed in hospitals by the end of the year.

To help mark the introduction of the new Fun Centers, two units, donated by Nintendo, will be presented to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles at a special Super Mario Galaxy-themed launch event on June 25. Child star Allen Alvarado, of Discovery Kids’ Flight 29 Down, and video game icon Mario™ will be in attendance. Allen has had personal experience with Fun Centers, which kept him company and aided in his recovery when he was hospitalized for several weeks at Childrens Hospital after an automobile accident last fall.

Nintendo and Starlight have placed more than 5,000 Gamecube Fun Centers in more than 1,000 hospitals since the beginning of their partnership. Gamers who want to aid Starlight in its crusade to help seriously ill children can find out how on the organization’s website, courtesy of William Shatner.

People who want to help support the mission of Nintendo and Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation can visit Starlight’s Site of a Million Stars at www.millionstars.org. Click on Mario’s star to place a star in Nintendo of America’s Galaxy. Starlight’s goal is to unite 1 million caring people and organizations to bring seriously ill children and their families out of the dark. Placing a star in Nintendo of America’s Galaxy is free and includes space for a message about the nature of your support and a link to your favorite Web site. You can also choose to add special features to your star or upgrade to a constellation for a tax-deductible donation of $5 to $100.

via Press Release