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Mariners Nintendo Fan Network Gets Upgraded

Mike Fahey — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:40:00 MDT

Nintendo and ESPN give Seattle Mariners fan DS owners an upgrade this year, adding sports news to the list of special features available on the handheld during home games.

The Nintendo Fan Network kicked off in 2007, giving DS-holding visitors to Seattle's Safeco field access to game stats, video, and remote food ordering during the home games of the Nintendo-owned Mariners. Now Nintendo has teamed up with ESPN to deliver even more convenience to Mariners' fans, with the addition of sports news, ESPN columns, closed-captioning for PA announcements, and a special ESPN Zoom photo matching game.

"ESPN has a long heritage of embracing emerging media platforms to deliver unique experiences to fans," said John Zehr, senior vice president, digital media production and product development. "Our collaboration with the Nintendo Fan Network is a direct extension of the ESPN mission to enliven the sports experience, no matter how or where fans are consuming sports."

In celebration of the Nintendo DSi, the first 150 fans attending each Mariners home game will receive a free DSi rental in order to partake of the special features.

I really wish they would roll out this sort of feature at more ball parks, but I suppose Nintendo would have to buy more teams before that could happen. Oh well.

Mariners' Nintendo Fan Network Goes Free

Brian Crecente — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:00:00 MDT

The Nintendo Fan Network rolled out at the Seattle Mariners Safeco Field during the 2007 season, giving DS-toting fans access to a bunch of MLB stats and in-game progress reports for a small fee.

Today Nintendo announced that the service is going to be free at home games this year. Gamers who bring their DS with them to Safeco will be able to wirelessly log into the Nintendo Fan Network. Features include access to player statistics, scores from other MLB games in progress, current team standings, chat with other fans and the ability to compete in trivia and other mini games. Additionally, fans can watch the in-stadium live broadcast video and use the Nintendo DS touch screen to order ballpark food and beverages delivered right to their seats.

New features are also being prepped for the service as well, though Nintendo was mum about them.

Seattle Mariners DS Lite?

Kim Phu — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:40:00 MDT

I think you can file this one under, "Because we can". Seattlites who can reach Safeco Field in an orderly, single-filed manner can get their own piece of Nintendo/slash/Seattle Mariners' goodness for only $158. A great idea, but you would think they could do something more over the top than just spank a logo on a DS Lite and call it a day. Where's the team line-up? Where are the team colors? More importantly, where's the free bubble gum? Kim Phu

Limited Edition Seattle Mariners DS Lite [The Tanooki]