SUBWAY(R) Restaurants, In Partnership with Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc, Will Have Kids Dancing at their Tables with DanceD
January 08 2009 - 4:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
Thru March 29, 2009, Subway Restaurants To Offer
DanceDanceRevolution(R) Premiums With Each Purchase Of A Fresh Fit
For Kids(TM) Meal EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Konami and SUBWAY(R) restaurants today announced a partnership
that will help promote a healthy lifestyle for children by
delivering the fun and excitement of Konami's best-selling
get-up-and-move video game to children everywhere. Now thru March
29, 2009, participating SUBWAY(R) restaurants will offer one of six
exclusive, high quality DanceDanceRevolution(R) branded premium toy
accessories with each purchase of a SUBWAY FRESH FIT FOR KIDS(TM)
meal. Available for a limited time while supplies last, the SUBWAY
FRESH FIT FOR KIDS(TM) meal premiums include,
DanceDanceRevolution(R) branded Action Armband, Water Bottle, Disco
Revolution, Pencil Pal, Dancemania and Break-it-Down. The kids meal
and each premium will come in four color DanceDanceRevolution(R)
kid's meal bags that feature DanceDanceRevolution(R) images on one
side and details about the SUBWAY FRESH FIT FOR KIDS(TM) meal
program on the other. The SUBWAY(R) promotion is the latest in a
series of initiatives that has made the DanceDanceRevolution(R)
franchise a fitness phenomenon that has received a tremendous
amount of recognition for helping people of all ages lose weight
and achieve better health. DanceDanceRevolution(R) has truly
pioneered the latest trend in gaming that takes players off of the
couch and away from the joystick. Each version of the game has a
Workout Mode that allows users to track calories burned and monitor
their own fitness regiment. Additionally, DanceDanceRevolution(R)
has been an official part of the physical fitness curriculum in
multiple school districts throughout the United States including
every school in the State of West Virginia. The game has also been
a valuable tool used in numerous research studies on fighting
childhood obesity and has been a mainstay in health clubs and
libraries across the nation as organizations look for new and
innovative ways to fight childhood obesity. The promotion will run
thru March 29, 2009 with commercial TV spots airing on major kid
focused broadcast stations February 9, through March 29, 2009 and
will be available at all participating SUBWAY(R) restaurants
nationwide. About Konami Konami is a leading developer, publisher
and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's
titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid(R), Silent
Hill(R), DanceDanceRevolution(R) and Castlevania(R), among other
top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on
the Web at http://www.konami.com/. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly
traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices,
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami
Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital
Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is
traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under
the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami
can be found at http://www.konami.com/. SUBWAY(R) Restaurants
Headquartered in Milford, Connecticut, and with more than 30,300
locations in 87 countries, the SUBWAY(R) restaurant chain is the
world's largest submarine sandwich franchise. The SUBWAY(R)
restaurant chain was co-founded by Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck
in 1965. That partnership, which continues today, marked the
beginning of a remarkable journey -- one that made it possible for
thousands of individuals to build and succeed in their own
business. The SUBWAY(R) brand has been honored as the number one
franchise opportunity in Entrepreneur magazine's "Annual Franchise
500" listing for 15 of the past 21 years, and was ranked as
"America's Top Global Franchise" for 2008. For more information
about the SUBWAY(R) chain, visit http://www.subway.com/. SUBWAY(R)
is a registered trademark of Doctor's Associates Inc. Media
Contacts: Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Jay Boor (310)
220-8147 Bender/Helper Impact Marisa Gross/Audris Rumaldo (212)
689-6360 / DATASOURCE: Konami CONTACT: Jay Boor of Konami Digital
Entertainment, Inc., +1-310-220-8147, or ; or Marisa Gross,
+1-212-689-6360, or ; or Audris Rumaldo, +1-212-689-6360, or both
of Bender/Helper Impact Web Site: http://www.konami.com/
http://www.subway.com/
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