Nintendo DS Connection Tour '06 announced

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Nintendo has announced that the Nintendo DS Connection Tour '06 is back on again. The event is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Mario. At these events there will be Mario games from the past twenty years, as well as a sample of new Nintendo DS games.

The connection tour will be in the following locations:

VIC:
Chadstone - Saturday 17 June 2006, 9:30am - 4pm
Eastland - Sunday 18 June 2006, 10:00am - 4:30pm

QLD:
Indooroopilly - Sunday 2 July 2006, 10:00am - 4:30pm
Hyperdome - Monday 3 July, 9:30am - 4pm

NSW:
Erina Fair - Saturday 15 July 2006, 9:30am - 4pm
Macquarie Centre - Sunday 16 July 2006, 10:00am - 4:30pm

WA:
Lakeside Joondalup - Friday 21 July 2006, 9:30am - 4pm
Garden City - Saturday 22 July 2006, 9:30am - 4:30pm

Each person that wins will get a Nintendo DS Lite, A Super Mario belt, a Super Mario mug, a Limited Edition Super Mario soccer shirt and a Limited Edition Mario figurine.

We'll have more information on the connection tour shortly, if you're considering going then please chat about it in our forums and arrange to meet up.

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28 Comments

DancesInUnderwear

6 years ago

None in SA? Damn.

theory

6 years ago

Damn it. That Mario swag sounds cool as ****. Too bad I won't be in the country.

admeister

6 years ago

Not sure if I can make it to Chadstone.. I''ve gone to the last two though, at Southland.

Dare

6 years ago

That's a pity Theory, i was able to go to the last one & i had a great time.... & this time looks even better with it being in Erina Fair (NSW), which is way easier (i.e. shorter travelling time) for me to get to!

I've gotta practice up on my Mario Kart DS, and be ready for the New Super Mario Bros. matches, i can hardly wait!

THAT MARIO SWAG WILL BE MINE!!

Edit: just realised that the Macquarie Centre is closer to where i live than i thought! (about at 24 min drive there, as apposed to bit over an hours drive to Erina Fair! I really gotta get out more.)

ZNMS

6 years ago

Yes, one of the meets is at Indooroopilly. Now, I'm just hoping that it will be a Metroid Prime: Hunters tournament this time round.

Bitchacho

6 years ago

whoah. wait a minute. celebrating 20 years of mario with a DS tour? what games? Mario Kart, Super Mario DS, New Mario Bros? well that's about it. maybe Yoshi.

I'll see you there at Indooroopilly, biatches.

Spanca

6 years ago

Ooh I could win a Mario belt at Macquarie? I'm in.

edit: I spend 6 days a week at Macquarie... and this happens to fall in the week that I'm away on my ski holiday.

Matt

6 years ago

Right shopping centre, wrong year.

Klawrence

6 years ago

YER chaddie only 30 min bus ride out of the city AWSOME will b there 4 sure!!!

Cro

6 years ago

Sweet its on in Perth... dunno if I'll go.. still its sounds fun.

NismoR34

6 years ago

I love how Canberra doesn't exist once more.

Sin Ogaris

6 years ago

I'll be at chaddy, definitely.

Dare

6 years ago

Nintendo.com.au wrote:

Quote

Mario Retro Area
You can take a trip down Memory Lane and play Super Mario games from the past 20 Years in the Special Mario Retro area. You can also sample new Nintendo DS games.

Does this mean we can see Game & Watches, NES's/Famicoms, Virtual Boy's, SNES's/Super Famicoms and Gameboy's (brick, pocket, color, GBA's) {hopefully N64's, DS's and Gamecubes also) all in one area, and Mario games are playable???
If so, i am definately coming....

Kindred

6 years ago

That'd be about right. In Scotland when the first one was on, away for the week of this one. Oh well, time to train my girlfriend so she can win me a DS Lite.

Infested Jibbs

6 years ago

This is bs, i'm in nsw, but just happen to be a stone's throw away from Chadstone from the 29th of june for 2 weeks, so i, like almost everyone else here, jussssssssstttt miss out.

Gay.

Oh well.

k1dcharm

6 years ago

If Nintendo gives out free demo game card, then I'll go.
If it is free demo via WiFi, then what's the point. Consider after your turn off your DS, the demo will be gone for good.

lincoln174

5 years ago

I'll be at Chadstone on that Saturday, on a train/bus ride away, should be sweet. Hopefully, I'll win something cool, so now I have to start practising my Mario Kart.

Kiron

5 years ago

aww c'mon canberra has like a bigger population than the whole of WA.

Kindred

5 years ago

Politicians aren't people.

Bitchacho

5 years ago

this is going to be interesting. I am seriously training really hard with Mario Kart at the moment. I don't really care about the Lite, i just want to **** own. The really gay thing is that the comp is also with New Super Mario Bros, but it doesn't get released in Aus until a week or so before the comp. I don't want to get the US version this time.

im gonna rock ju n00bs in indooroopilly

The Wreckoning

5 years ago

Sort of on topic.
The last two days there has been a bunch of DS's (possibly Lites) with Brain training available for playing in Melbourne Central.
As an added bonus, there are 'nintendo girls' around them who massage you whilst you play them...Now THATS marketing!

theory

5 years ago

Mitchacho wrote

I don't really care about the Lite, i just want to f*** own.

Once again you have your priorities all wrong. Who gives a **** if you can beat a bunch of kids and a bunch of nerds? Nobody will know who you are an hour after the competition. Now, walking away with a Lite, that's something to compete for... something you can keep for the rest of your life. A trophy of sorts, even if you never use it.