Rayman Rabbids have been running several big contests to support their new video game which came out yesterday.  First there was the Capri Sun contest we already covered where you could win an ultimate Video Gaming package.

This tops that contest, not in prizes, but in fun.  The theme is "Games You can't Play With Your Butt" and they are running it on Youtube.

To enter is simple.  Upload a video that shows a game you can't play with your butt.  In the video you have to say something along the lines of "Rock.Paper.Scissors, not a game you can play with your butt.  Raving Rabbids 2: TV Party . . . A game you CAN play with your butt."  I've got a bunch of ideas right now, but who knows if I'll get off my butt and submit, but the prizes are definitely tempting.

Up for grabs is $3,000, a Wii balance board, and Rabbids gear, so that's definitely fun stuff.

Contest runs until January 2nd, 2009, so get off your duff and enter a game you can't play with your butt.  Here's some ideas to get you going:

• Girls . . . A game you can't play with your butt.
• Juggling . . . A game you can't play with your butt.
• Hop Scoth . . . A game you can't play with your butt.
• Patty Cake . . . A game you can't play with your butt.

Anyway, I could have lots of fun with that, but instead of giving away all my good ideas, I'll have to save the best ones so I can win the contest.

Here's a good gamer contest I found:  Kraft's Capri Sun Raving Rabbids Contest.  Here's what you can win:

In by far the largest video game related merchandise I've featured on my site ever(and my former blog VGToys.com, RIP) I present to you an awesome prize you could win.  What better way to show your gamer pride than to roll down the streets with a custom painted VW Bus.

Red Fly Studios, Zen, and Gamecock really went all out on promotions.  Part of this may be because as an industry riddled with "coolness" factor, mushrooms are harder to promote next to first person shooters and 20 year old franchises.  But if you check out the game Mushroom Men for Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii, you will see that this game has a ton of potential, with an interesting concept, great graphics, and fun gameplay that puts Nintendo's special controllers to use..

So how do you win?  Get a copy of the August Nintendo Power Magazine, or go to Game Crazy and ask for the Mushroom Men trading cards.  On the cards will be the Magic Code.  Go to MushroomMen.com and enter your code.  The drawing coincides with the release date, November 11 2008.

This is Pax for the new game Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars available soon on the DS and the Wii.  He can be yours if you pre order him from Gamestop, Electronics Boutique, or Amazon, or you can probably pick him up on eBay after the fact.  The game is made by Zen Studios, Gamecock, and Red Fly Studios.

Get him preordered before November 11th if you want him.  Although Mushrooms aren't very marketable this will be an interesting figure and a unique figure that not everyone else will have.

Check out my next article where you can win a mushroom men VW bus!  Now that's a little bit more exciting!