Mario Party 10 is Nintendo's big retail release in both North America and Europe this week, so we can expect the big N to make a lot of noise ahead of the 20th March arrival. Nintendo of America, for its part, has announced some social networking shenanigans in the form of a 'Virtual Launch Party' on Wednesday 18th March, running from 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 8pm UK / 9pm CET until 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / midnight UK / 1am CET.
Although we've included European times above, this does look - at the moment - like an occasion exclusively for North America. The initial tweet is below.
That made us think there may be a live stream or broadcast, but the link is to a Facebook post that suggests the main activities will be sweepstakes and hashtags on the Nintendo of America Twitter account. An excerpt from the Facebook post is below, with a Wii U and a copy of the game + an amiibo being the grand prize on offer..
Here's the schedule for the various activities:
1 p.m. PT – It's Party Time
- Join us on Twitter to see if you can answer our quiz questions about Mario Party 10! Include #SweepsEntry and our designated hashtag with your answer to be eligible to win our "mystery" prize. We'll retweet the correct answers from you at the end of the hour.
- Learn interesting Mario Party 10 and Super Mario amiibo series Fun Facts in our Mario Party 10 Facebook photo album. Don't forget to share with your friends!2 p.m. PT – Guess Who is Coming to our Party?
- Hint: He says "MUAHAHAHA" a lot and likes to stand on poorly constructed bridges over pits of molten lava.
- Update your Twitter profile picture to the special guest's command and tweet us @NintendoAmerica with #SweepsEntry and our designated hashtag to be eligible to win our "mystery" prize.3:30 p.m. PT – Favorite Mario Party memory
- Share your favorite Mario Party memory with us on Twitter through photos, videos or tweets/comments. We'll keep the party going by retweeting some of you Mario Party animals!
- Answer our questions on Twitter with #SweepsEntry and our designated hashtag to be eligible to win our "mystery" prize.5 p.m. PT – End
- We will finish off our Virtual Launch Party with our grand prize winner drawings. Five winners will be randomly selected and we will Direct Message them on Twitter during this hour.
- You must use #SweepsEntry and our designated hashtag (announced at 1 p.m. PT on March 18).
We certainly think a live video stream would be a bit more entertaining than Twitter sweepstakes, but we're sure Nintendo's social networking masters in North America enjoy success with these promotions.
Will you be taking part, or do you want a 'Virtual Launch Party' to take a different form?
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Also from the facebook post:
"As a bonus, anyone who participates in any of the events on Twitter will be entered for a chance to be one of five grand prize winners to win a Wii U system and the Mario Party 10/amiibo bundle! We will also be randomly selecting winners to receive a “mystery” prize that may or may not involve a certain gold Mario figure at the end of each activity."
Look what we have here, Gold Mario amiibo.
I saw this on Facebook where they were promoting the JWittz
Ive had a Twitter account for about 2 years and even tweeted about 8 or 9 times and I may even follow NoA, but this type of promotion cettainly isnt aimed at old geezers like me.
Seems like a nice effort on Nintendos part though.
Smells like a TreeHouse Live event, with the crew playing Mario Party 10.
Looks like Mario's about to pull a jerk move in the game they're playing on the pic. He's lookin' all smug while Peach stands there shocked and Luigi practically screams "NO DON'T DO IT!"
And Bowser..... he's just there.
Dat King Boo figure tho...King Boo Smash DLC/amiibo confirmed.
@EmmatheBest
Please don't tell me they are gonna use Kirby's moveset for him
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