[IMG]http://gamepolitics.com/files/blogimages/wiifat.jpg[/IMG]ABC News [URL=http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartHealth/wii-worthy-american-heart-assn-endorsement/]has a piece online [/URL]which contains reactions to Nintendo’s [URL=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/05/17/american-heart-association-and-nintendo-team]just-announced partnership[/URL] with the American Heart Association.

For starters, Nintendo did agree to pay the AHA $1.5 million dollars over three years in what was termed a “gift.” AHA President Dr. Clyde Yancy told ABC’s Health Editor Dr. Richard Besser that such corporate endeavors on the part of the AHA follow a “very deliberate process.”

In regards to the dollars exchanging hands, Yancy stated, “Certainly resources have exchanged hands, because it takes quite a bit to launch a new initiative.” He added, “The logo’s not for sale.”
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