One of the biggest and most successful fast food chains in the world, McDonalds has now decided to take the help of the Nintendo DS console, as a tool for training employees in its branches across Japan. Nintendo DS is no stranger to McDonalds, as the fast food behemoth is already running Nintendo Zone service across Japan, where in its customers are able to download demos, information and other exclusive content to their DS systems.

The McDonalds management is currently creating an all new program called, eSmart, with which it envision an all new interactive training programs foe its employees, using the Nintendo DS gaming console. As per reports, the entire training program will cost the fast food chain $2.2 million and as the company hopes to make available two Nintendo DS units in each of its outlets across Japan, the total number of outlets with such units will come to 3,700.

McDonalds has stated that, the Nintendo DS system is one of the most widely used in Japan, it only makes sense to train its employees on the console, as it will cut the training time by half and would enable McDonalds to stream in newly trained professionals on the floor at a much faster rate.

Via Nikkei & Andriasang