For those of you who are unaware, the Nintendo Superchallenge is an event run by Nintendo in conjunction with Village cinemas. Gaming fans have the opportunity to play against fellow gamers and see just how good they are. The event takes place on the big cinemas screens.
At the end of six rounds the top fifty players from each cinema are thrown into one final "Superchallenge" round, the winner will win a trip to Nintendo's American Headquarters, The person who places 2nd will receive a Nintendo Gamecube and a year's supply of Gamecube Games and the person who places third receives a private Gold Class screening for 25 people.
Every week the person who sets the best time on a pre-determined game will receive a limited edition Tribal Gameboy Advance SP, currently not available in Australia.
So the day started early, registration must be done by 8:30, I walked into Knox cinemas with about seventy other people as we prepared to do battle. Four Gamecube units were set up outside the V-Max screen and were showcasing Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Donkey Konga.
The game to be played this week was Super Smash Brothers: Melee and it’s just as addictive now as it was two years ago. Each of us took turns playing through and was ranked, 4th place receives five points, 3rd place receives ten points, 2nd place receives fifteen points and 1st place receives twenty points.
I ended up placing 2nd, 2nd and 2nd so i received fifteen points for this round. My friend managed to place 1st, 4th and 1st so he receives twenty points for the event.
The Nintendo Superchallenge is a great event for all ages, the youngest player there was seven and people aged up to fifty were playing, males and females also attended. Nintendo gave away a few prizes during the event, ranging from movie tickets to radios.
Thankfully we didn't have to sit through any cheesy Mario impersonators but the MC for the day was a little lackluster. He made several mistakes and clearly had no idea what he was talking about half the time. Often he had to stop to read the answers to the questions he was asking off the sheet.
As mentioned above, Donkey Konga was on show. I had a bit of a quick bash, the songs which were featured in the game ranged from the Super Mario Bros. Theme to All the Small Things from Blink 182. The aim of the game is to beat the drum as the significant tokens go past Donkey Kong, similar to Dance Dance Revolution. The premise is simple, but Donkey Konga looks like it is going to be a great little game. The drums feel solid and study and are obviously capable of taking quite a beating.
Overall we were really pleased with the Nintendo Superchallenge. We will be attending again in another two weeks time and we hope to see some fellow PALGN readers there as well. We tried to take as many photos of the event as possible (these can be viewed in the media panel) but we were reprimanded and told to put the camera away halfway through the event. PALGN will have more information on the Nintendo Superchallenge as soon as it becomes available.
- I couldn't beleive how easy it was to win!!!
I made it to smash bros which I am pretty crap at then picked samus and tried to hide for most of it until the eventual winner realised and came and kicked my but! 
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