Mario Kart Wii Tornaments at GAME!

[Cinaclov]

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www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=3813

Mario Kart Wii is released on 11 April but you could play the plumber's new racer almost a week early if you take part in a special tournament to be held at GAME stores around the country on Saturday 5 April.

Yes, 30 GAME stores across the UK will holding Mario Kart Wii tournaments, giving you the chance to play the game before it hits the shelves and win a Mario Kart Wii inspired VW Beetle Convertable.

Heats will take place throughout the day at each of the 30 stores and the winner from each location will go forward to The Grand Wii final to be held at an exclusive racing day event on 12 April at Mercedes Benz World in Brooklands, Surrey. The winner will get the car.

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Other prizes available on the day include copies of the game and £250 of 'Experience Vouchers' for activities including karting, paintballing, quad biking and more. Plus, each GAME store will be be running its own prize draw with the winner receiving a Mario Kart Gift Card worth £50.

Even if you don't win, the opportunity to play Mario Kart Wii before it's even released is too good to turn down. Below is a list of participating GAME stores...

MANCHESTER: Unit 59, Arndale Centre
TRAFFORD: 124 Peel Centre, Trafford Centre
BOURNEMOUTH: Unit 4, Avenue Centre, Commercial Road
PORSTMOUTH: 226 Commercial Road
STEVENAGE: Unit 4A, The Forum
MERRYHILL: Unit 87, Lower Mall, Merryhill Shopping Centre
READING: Unit 18, Oracle Shopping Centre
BASINGSTOKE: Unit 15, Festival Place
BRAEHEAD: Unit 57, Braehead Shopping Centre, Kings Inch Rd
GLASGOW: 146 Sauchiehall Street
MILTON KEYNES: 15 Crown Walk
NOTTINGHAM: Unit 308A, Victoria Centre
LEEDS: 50-52 Albion Street
LUTON: 142-144 Arndale Centre
CHELTENHAM: Unit A, 100/104 High Street
CRIBBS CAUSEWAY: Unit LR53, Cribbs Causeway
CARDIFF: 92 Queen Street
NEWCASTLE: Fenwicks, 39 Northumberland Street
GATESHEAD METRO CENTRE: 17 Red Pathway
BLACKBURN: 10-12 Market Way
WIGAN: 27 Standish Gate
HANLEY: 214-215 The Potteries
LONDON: Hamleys, 188-196 Regent Street
LONDON:100 Oxford Street
THURROCK: Unit 106, Lakeside Shopping Centre
ROMFORD: Unit 15, Liberty 2 Centre
TAUNTON: 45-46 Fore Street
EDINBURGH: 127 Princes Street
DUNDEE: 51 Murraygate
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES: 3rd Floor, The Bentalls Center

O.M.G.

We never get events like this over here. And... well, just look at that. How awsome is this! (or maybe i'm just getting a little OTT about the whole thing, but regardless... ). I should be able to go to either the Basingstoke or Reading one(s), so, whats everyone else doing about this? Or aren't you luckly enough to be within driving distance of one?

Discuss ;D

[Yokusa]

LOL the "grand event" is on my birthday XD

[Cinaclov]

yokusa said:

LOL the "grand event" is on my birthday XD

Yay! XD

Does that mean you can make it to all of them or something?

[Yokusa]

cinaclov said:

yokusa said:

LOL the "grand event" is on my birthday XD

Yay! XD

Does that mean you can make it to all of them or something?

I might be able to make it to the Cardiff one...

[Cinaclov]

I went to the Reading one today. It was reasonably good, but thier policy on not allowing anyone but thier official camera peopels and GAME employees made my dream of a video diary of the day a short lived one. I was winning for most of the race, then at the last second i got hit with a blue shell (which, due to me not knowing how to powerslide with the wheel, which is how i avoid them, it hit me really bad), which pulled me down to 6th place. What made the blow slightly worse was that i was then told that i was just 0.1 second away from getting onto that GAME's top 10 leader board. If only that shell had been 5 seconds or so later, then i would have saved myself 5 seconds off my time and come at least 5th. But oh well, these things happen.

And anyway, i still get enterd into the lucky draw to win £50. ^_^

[Yokusa]

cinaclov said:

I went to the Reading one today. It was reasonably good, but thier policy on not allowing anyone but thier official camera peopels and GAME employees made my dream of a video diary of the day a short lived one. I was winning for most of the race, then at the last second i got hit with a blue shell (which, due to me not knowing how to powerslide with the wheel, which is how i avoid them, it hit me really bad), which pulled me down to 6th place. What made the blow slightly worse was that i was then told that i was just 0.1 second away from getting onto that GAME's top 10 leader board. If only that shell had been 5 seconds or so later, then i would have saved myself 5 seconds off my time and come at least 5th. But oh well, these things happen.

And anyway, i still get enterd into the lucky draw to win £50. ^_^

Unlucky Cinny

Lets hope you win that lucky draw