Capcom Europe is promoting
Resident Evil 5 in the United Kingdom by hiding fake body parts around London and encouraging gamers to find them, take them to Westminster Bridge and wave them around screaming "Kijuju." I kid you not. Capcom is basically going to get its fans arrested or killed.
"Find as many of the bodies as you can, or what is left of them, and return them to Westminster Bridge by 11am," challenges Capcom. "Alert us to your presence by standing on the bridge, holding the artificial body parts over your head and shouting "Kijuju!". We will be there, watching you, and will approach when you make yourselves known."
The publisher will award points depending on what body parts you find. Arms and legs are worth 2 points, torsos are worth 3 points and heads are of course worth 5. The lucky soul who manages to earn enough points without being apprehended by law enforcement will win a trip to Africa. It's possible they won't be allowed back into England after they leave.
This is ... inventive to say the least. It also has the potential to go incredibly, disastrously wrong and cause a lot of trouble. Either way, I can't wait to see the fallout of this one. Full press release is after the jump.
[Thanks Wardrox]
The infected have been and gone - but they have left behind the bloodied remains of their victims. Find the bodies on the morning of Thursday March 12th and win a holiday to Africa.
Register with us at residentevil5@capcomeuro.com to be sure of receiving the clues as to where the remains can be found.
Find as many of the bodies as you can , or what is left of them, and return them to Westminster Bridge by 11am .
The body parts will be hidden at locations near Trafalgar Square, within this area:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/mm?ie=...,0.009656&z=17
And this is where you should take them:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=...1dcae8eefadbad
Alert us to your presence by standing on the bridge, holding the artficial b ody p arts over your head and shouting "Kijuju!". We will be there, watching you, and will approach when you make yourselves known.
Points allocated for each body part - 2 points for arms, 2 points for legs, 3 points for torsos , 5 points for a head. The more body parts you find and bring to us, the more points you get. The player(s) with the most points b y 1 1am win the holiday to Africa.
The game begins at 9am. Good hunting - we will see you on the bridge. Take pictures, take video, have fun. And don't wear your best clothes - it's going to be messy.
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12:00 PM on 03.10.2009
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Except for the yelling.
I wouldn't like that.
Surely they could just look for people holding severed heads?
the write up gave me a good chuckle. being deported is a SUPERB award for finding rotting pieces of humans... I'm in.
All we can do is wait, and see.
Just saying...
Getting people to look for bodyparts next to the Thames. Nice.
Thames Torso
If you cant be arsed reading the article, not so long ago the torso of a 5yr old boy was found in the Thames, the result of an African "Muti" ritual killing.
...or the non-participant that finds a fake body part, but doesn't know it's fake.
Either way, gonna be some awesome headlines this weekend.
Heh, headlines.