Challenge Tomba! Squeeze Campaign

Japanese poster for the campaign

The Challenge Tomba! Squeeze Campaign (トンバに挑戦！にぎにぎキャンペーン) was a promotional campaign for the original Tomba! game held in major game stores around Japan. The campaign ran from March 21 to May 5 1998, with the last day featuring a competition to measure fans' grip strength.

Competition

The campaign was centered around a competition to measure your "wild child level" by testing fans' grip strength. The competition was held in major stores nationwide.

The period of March 21 to May 4 was a free practice period during which people could come in and try out the grip strength meter. The actual competition was on May 5.

The strength meter, box and instruction paper

Prizes

The following prizes were given out on the day of the competition:

• 1st place: Tomba special plushie set (Tomba and Evil Pig) - 2,000 available in total
• 2nd place: Tomba special telephone card - 2,000 available in total
• Participation prize: Tomba special pencil board - 100,000 available in total

Translation

Japanese

Translated

オレっ！トンバ ● 新感覚イベントクリア型アクションRPG ● 標準価格 ¥5800(税抜) ホームページアドレス・http://www.tomba.co.jp NOW ON SALE　- オープニング曲　唄　東京Ｑチャンネル「PARADISE」(東芝EMI)　- エンディング曲　唄 渕上 史貴「ケ・セラ・セラ」(東芝EMI) トンバに挑戦！にぎにぎキャンペーン キミの野生児度は何トンバ？ 店内に設置してある「オレっ！トンバ特製にぎにぎ握力計」で、キミの握力を計ってみよう！ 練習期間：９８年３月２１日（土）〜５月４日（月） 自由に触れられる練習期間です。キミの握力は何トンバかな？試してみよう！！ 「トンバに挑戦！にぎにぎ大会」（握力測定大会）開催日：９８年５月５日（火） 全国主要店舗にて開催！！（一部実施されないお店もございます。） 名店舗にて、男女別にトンバ数（１トンバ＝１ｋｇ）を競い合います。スコアの結果、豪華景品を差し上げます。 １等　　オレっ！トンバ　特製ぬいぐるみセット（トンバ＆コマブタ）　合計２,０００名様 ２等　　オレっ！トンバ　特製テレフォンカード　合計２,０００名様 参加賞　オレっ！トンバ　特製下敷き　合計１００,０００名様 なお、景品はなくなり次第終了とさせていただきます。詳しくは販売店スタッフにお問い合わせください。

Tomba! ● Groundbreaking event clearing type action RPG ● Recommended price ¥5800 (excl. taxes) Website address: http://www.tomba.co.jp NOW ON SALE - Opening song: Paradise by Tokyo Q Channel (Toshiba EMI) - Ending song: Que Sera Sera by Fuchigami Fumitaka (Toshiba EMI) Challenge Tomba! Squeeze Campaign How many Tombas worth is your inner wild child? Test your grip strength with our "Tomba Special Squeeze Grip Strength Meter" installation in stores! Practice period: from Mar 21, 1998 (Sat) to May 4 (Mon) there is a freely accessible practice period. How many Tombas worth is your grip strength? Let's find out! "Challenge Tomba! Squeeze Contest" (Grip strength measuring contest) - Day of contest: May 5, 1998 (Tue) Held at major stores nationwide!! (Excluding non-participating stores.) At well-known stores, boys and girls will compete separately to score the most number of Tombas (1 Tomba = 1 kg). Based on your result you may win a luxurious prize! 1st place - Tomba special plushie set (Tomba and Koma Pig) - 2,000 available in total 2nd place - Tomba special telephone card - 2,000 available in total Participation prize - Tomba special pencil board - 100,000 available in total Valid while supplies last. Ask store staff for details.

External links

• Poster for the campaign on the Internet Archive
• eBay auction for the plushie set prize (archived)
• Yahoo! auction for a grip strength tester (archived)
• Buyee auction for a grip strength tester in original box (archived)