Play Mario Kart before release at GAME

By Robert Purchese Published 26 March, 2008

Win a car and other prizes.

GAME is giving you a chance to compete in a Mario Kart Wii Tournament a week before the game launches.

Regional heats will be held in stores across the country from 5th April. Prizes on offer include GBP 250 worth of "experience vouchers" to spend on activities like paintballing, quad biking and karting.

Copies of the game will also be given away, as will store vouchers.

Winners of the heats will go into a finale on 12th April, where the star prize will be a Mario Kart VW Beetle Convertible.

Mario Kart Wii is due out at the end of next week and is well worth the money. Pop over to our review to find out why.

Here's a list of GAME stores hosting the tournament.

  • Manchester - Unit 59 Arndale Centre
  • Trafford - 124 Peel Centre Trafford Centre
  • Bournemouth - Unit 4, Avenue Centre, Commercial Road
  • Portsmouth - 226 Commercial Road, Portsmouth
  • 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, Glasgow
  • Milton Keynes - 15 Crown Walk, Milton Keynes
  • Nottingham - Unit 308A, Victoria Centre
  • Leeds - 50-52 Albion Street, Leeds
  • Luton - 142-144 Arndale Centre, Luton
  • Cheltenham - Unit A, 100/104 High Street
  • Cribbs Causeway - Unit LR53, Cribbs Causeway
  • Cardiff - 92 Queen Street Cardiff
  • Newcastle Fenwicks - 39 Northumberland Street, Newcastle
  • Gateshead Metro Centre - 17 Red Pathway, Metro Centre
  • Blackburn - 10-12 Market Way, Blackburn
  • Wigan - 27 Standish Gate, Wigan
  • Hanley - 214-215 The Potteries, Hanley
  • London Hamleys - 188-196 Regent Street, London
  • London - 100 Oxford Street, London
  • Thurrock - Unit 106, Lakeside Shopping Centre
  • Romford - Unit 15 Liberty 2 Centre
  • Taunton - 45-46 Fore Street, Taunton
  • Edinburgh - 127 Princes Street, Edinburgh
  • Dundee - 51 Murraygate, Dundee
  • Kingstone-Upon-Thames - 3rd Floor, The Bentalls Center
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Comments (13) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Razz #1 4 years ago

    They can shove their experience vouchers where the sun doesn't shine. Give me the mon-EH!

  • MBar #2 4 years ago

    Hi. I'm from Northern Ireland and hence am a second-class citizen.

    Not that I'm particularily sure I want a Mario Kart VW Beetle Convertible. Owning that is kinda like making that big lifestyle choice.

  • JohnnyWashnGo #3 4 years ago

    While I am sure that this is really exciting news for the handful of people that are really excited about this game and want to play it before anybody else, as well as those people who are still not gainfully employed and have all day to hang around video game shops playing games, I really cannot be bothered to wait in line in a bloody Game shop to play a game that I can play at home a day later.

    The promise of vouchers, free cars or anything else that want to offer to pursuade people to come to their godawful, over priced, retail outlet is not enough. You can see the marketing people at Game coming up with this idea in a bid to get people to actually purchase games from them once again when the majority of people know full well that if they do buy from Game they get ripped off more often than not.

    Game, listen up. You are crap and you should rot in retail hell.

  • Killerbee #4 4 years ago

    None in Brum? Boo hiss.

    /goes to shop at Gamestation

    /realises they are all the same evil empire

    /assplodes

  • Cadence #5 4 years ago

    Nice one Johnny! I also hate Game.

  • sanctusmortis #6 4 years ago

    I'll join the sensible Geordies in going to the usually 5 quid cheaper Grainger Games and BUYING IT whilst this is going on... :)

  • spazmo #7 4 years ago

    "Mario Kart Wii is due out at the end of next week"

    Woohoo i'll get to play before the 'play before release' tourny.

  • rutter #8 4 years ago

    I don't think you'll be able to buy this whilst this is going on?
    it's not out until Fri 11th.
    Unless I'm missing something?

    Anyway, I will also be giving this spectacle a miss.
    I do however have fri 11th off work, so will be off to the shops first thing :)

  • Muddtallica #9 4 years ago

    Mario Kart= yay
    Game = Not yay

    Honestly, for such a massive, all-consuming retail chain, you'd expect Game to be at least slightly, y'know, good; instead, we get overinflated prices, an awful selection of products and a soul-sappingly insipid purple and grey interior decor. That they've taken control of the once-admirable Gamestation is truly saddening; looks like it's the lesser-spotted but resoundingly kickass Chips for me all the way, now...

  • Agent_Llama #10 4 years ago

    I also thought it was out on the 11th, not next Fri.

  • Landmaster #11 4 years ago

    I'll Win.

  • merrileeburstein #12 2 years ago

    The game will pull avatars from your console to be obstacles as well. Make sure to trick out your Wii steering wheel with the grips and stickers if you are getting together with friends.

    Car Games

  • mikerickin #13 2 years ago

    My kid get more happy when he plays mario.Well this is the most interesting one he like it.
    Thanks for the source.

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