The Olympics have been over for quite some time, but we’re happy
that the Fierce Five are still keeping busy! We caught up with gold medalist
Gabby Douglas right before she visited
the Nintendo World Store in New York City this week to talk all things
Nintendo. And as one of the new spokespeople for the gaming company’s new
“Play As You Are” campaign (which is
launching tomorrow, Oct. 1), she had quite a lot to say!
Gabby will be representing the campaign alongside Modern Family’s Sarah Hyland and Glee’s Dianna Agron, with each girl
showing off a new Nintendo game. “The 3DS is so much fun!,” Gabby tells us of
her favorite Nintendo console. “It’s portable…and you can play with your
siblings.”
So when it comes to gaming, does Gabby take on that same champ
mindset we see her rocking in the gym? “I’m super competitive at it. I [always]
want to win,” she laughs. “I say there’s nothing wrong with that! But the
important part is that you just have fun.”
And
she means having fun with all of
them. Taking gold to an entirely new level representing the new Super Mario Bros. 2 game (which just
launched Aug. 19), Gabby admits she would like any Nintendo game for Christmas this year. But she also wants girls
out there to know that the Nintendo 3DS is for every chica—gamer girl or not!
“I am trying to get across that you don’t have to be a gamer to like the 3DS,”
Gabby tells us of her role with the “Play As You Are” campaign. And she’s
right! You can connect with friends in clever ways using the 3D camera, or even
stream hours of your fave TV shows and movies.
OK, but circling back to the awesome Super Mario Bros. 2 for a sec: We had one last question for the
longtime Mario fan when we chatted with her, and it was very important that we got an answer. We were just dying to know,
if the Olympian could swap lives with one Super Mario Bros. character for a
day, who would it be? “Yoshi,” she excitedly tells us, “because he is just so
cute!”
We couldn’t agree more, Gabs.
For more info on the new Super
Mario Bros. 2 game, CLICK HERE.
Check out a behind-the-scenes clip of Gabby filming her new
Nintendo commercial below…
What’s your fave Nintendo 3DS game? Do you get as competitive as
Gabby when you play? Blog about it, babes.
BY KATIE LEMON AND PATRICIA MCNAMARA ON 9/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
POSTED IN entertainment, games, Nintendo, celebrity interviews, sports, gymnastics, olympics, London 2012