Earlier this year Nintendo of America launched a partnership with GameTrucks to feature Splatoon in the company's mobile parties and events. The general concept is that the trucks are booked to show up on location, giving those in attendance the chance to hop on board and play some video games with guides and experts on hand.
The Splatoon partnership seems to have gone well, with a fresh press release stating that "GameTruck has brought the Splatoon game in all of its inky glory to more than 5,000 parties and nearly 1,500 large events, while entertaining a total of over 600,000 guests". Now it'll be Super Mario Maker that'll feature with these trucks.
More than 100 trucks will be kitted out with the Wii U title, giving players the chance to try levels and create them, submitting their masterpieces for potential upload and inclusion in the game. It seems like a good way, based on those Splatoon event numbers, to spread more awareness of the game and the Wii U itself.
The Super Mario Maker trucks will be rolling out from 18th September, though can be ordered ahead of time via the official website.
Are you a fan of these sorts of partnerships, or have you ever tried out one of these GameTrucks?
Comments (12)
They should totally come by my house
That's good, help get the Super Mario Maker name out there. Too bad they don't come anywhere near where I live.
Please come to my area?
Nice ^^. I am glad Nintendo are stepping up their advertisements and hopefully this GameTruck campaign will help Mario Maker get visibility and sell more, and of course help Nintendo sell more Wii Us as Well .
Still what I really want is as many people as possible can get to experience Mario Maker just for fun, as it is supposed to be a really fun and challenging game ^^.
Just make sure those trucks don't get stolen...
thats cool!
Anyone else want these trucks in Hot Wheels form? They'd go great with those 30th Anniversary Mario Hot Wheels.
Pretty sure my city will be left out again.
100 Trucks & none of them will come too CT.
Even though there's almost twice as much Trucks as there are States in the US! >_<
What's your bricker breaker Rodger Dodger this is Big Daddy south bound in the Yellow Truck Rubber Duck, what's the eta of the atv from Big Bear, ready to crash the chicken coop oh niner gonna uncover the wagon let the chubby plumber get his mustache dirty with his box breakin coin collectin' beanstalk climbing mushroom eatin' flying like a squirrel making the kiddies happy--ten four over out
I would want to do this.
While I like the trucks, my kids have been to 3 parties that had them, SMM is a horrible choice. These trucks are all about kids playing co-op and vs games, and this is neither. Splatoon made a lot of sense, especially if they found a way to LAN 8 Wiig U together, but not SMM. SSB or MK8 are the way to play. I'm OK w/ the game on the side of the truck for marketing purposes, but I want the kids playing together.
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