[Dole Co., Ltd.] “Smile with fruits.” Dole decided to collaborate with “Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble”
*Dole Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 18, 2024
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“Smile with fruits.” Dole collaborates with “Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble” *Sega’s popular game will be updated to special Dole specifications for a limited time. Campaign also available on SNS! *
Dole Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Hiroshi Aoki, hereinafter referred to as Dole) is a subsidiary of SEGA Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Hiroshi Aoki)
Super Monkey Ball, a software for Nintendo Switch(TM) provided by President and COO Shufumi Utsumi, hereinafter referred to as SEGA Banana Rumble” will carry out a collaboration project from Wednesday, September 18, 2024.
“Super Monkey Ball” is an action game that is popular among people of all ages around the world, where you roll a character inside a ball and aim to reach the goal within a time limit while collecting bananas scattered on the course. “Super Monkey Ball”
‘Banana Rumble’ was released in June 2024 as the latest work in the series. This time, the “banana” that appears in the game has led to a unique collaboration between banana professional Dole and a popular game.
If you update the game after September 18th (Wednesday), the “banana” that appears on in-game stages and during play will become a special Dole version, and special collaboration items that can be obtained by game participants will also appear. It’s planned.
Additionally, as part of a project outside of the game, Dole Official We will be holding a collaboration commemorative campaign.
Dole hopes that many people will enjoy this banana-inspired
collaboration, and under the brand message of “Smile with fruit,” we hope to bring smiles to everyone through fruit.
* ■Dole special edition “Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble” *
For a limited time, the stages in the game and the bananas that appear will be “Dole special edition”.
■* Dole Official X “Super Monkey Ball Collaboration Commemorative Campaign” * We will be running an SNS campaign with prizes such as T-shirts with the same design as the limited-time collaboration items available in the game.
-Period- 9/30 (Monday) to 10/13 (Sunday)
-Prize-
・“Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble” game software for 5 people ・Dole original banana case for 10 people
・Game collaboration T-shirt for 15 people
-How to participate-
1. Follow and repost Dole official X account
2. Participate in the Gacha Gacha Challenge. If you win, post it with the specified hashtag
(You can participate as many times as you like during the period)
* ■Dole Homepage “Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble Collaboration Special Site” * We have set up a special site on the Dole homepage that summarizes this collaboration item and campaign information.
URL: https://www.dole.co.jp/lp/jp/sega-collab
* ■Overview of “Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble”*
Product name: Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble
Compatible models: Nintendo Switch(TM)
Release date: Now on sale (Tuesday, June 25, 2024)
Price: Package version/download version: 4,990 yen (5,489 yen including tax) Digital deluxe version: 6,990 yen (7,689 yen including tax)
Genre: Action/Party
Number of players: 1 to 4 people (up to 16 people when playing online) Release and sales: SEGA Co., Ltd.
CERO notation: Class A (for all ages)
Copyright notice: (C)SEGA
Official website: https://supermonkeyball.sega.jp/bananarumble/ Official X: https://x.com/SMB_JP
Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@monkeyball_jp
*To use online play, you need to subscribe to the paid service “Nintendo Switch Online.”
*Contents and specifications are subject to change without prior notice. *The company names and product names listed are registered trademarks or trademarks of each company.
* ■Dole Co., Ltd. Company Profile*
Company name: Dole Japan, Inc.
Founded: 1965
Established: December 28, 1982
Capital: 80 million yen
Representative: Hiroshi Aoki, Representative Director, President and CEO Number of employees: 168 (as of April 2024)
Business content: Production, processing, sales and marketing activities of fruits and vegetables, etc.
Operating revenue: 58 billion yen (year ending March 2024)