Nintendo has revealed plans to kickstart a US road trip next month which will see some of the biggest Switch games be ready and waiting for you to try out.
Running from 26th June through to October, visitors can expect to enjoy hands-on time with some top games, photo opportunities, and other activities, too. Nintendo says that the stops throughout the road trip are "designed with kids and families in mind, offering them a one-of-a-kind Nintendo-themed experience that they can enjoy together".
If we're being honest, we'd be up for going just to see that truck (below), nevermind all the activities and things on the day. If you're interested in going, here's the full schedule:
| Location | Dates |
| Navy Pier
Chicago, Illinois |
June 26-30 |
| Summerfest®
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
July 3-7 |
| California State Fair
Sacramento, California |
July 12-14 |
| Bite of Seattle
Seattle, Washington |
July 19-21 |
| Musikfest
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Aug. 2-4 |
| Iowa State Fair
Des Moines, Iowa |
Aug. 8-11 |
| Kentucky State Fair
Louisville, Kentucky |
Aug. 15-19 |
| The Great New York State Fair
Syracuse, New York |
Aug. 22-25 |
| Minnesota State Fair
Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 |
| New Mexico State Fair
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Sept. 6-8 |
| LA County Fair
Pomona, California |
Sept. 11-15 |
| The Big E
West Springfield, Massachusetts |
Sept. 26-29 |
| Georgia National Fair
Perry, Georgia |
Oct. 3-6 |
We also have a list of the games you can expect to play. There are several big Nintendo titles, and Overcooked 2 has also been given a look in. Nice.
- Super Mario Maker 2
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!
- Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!
- Overcooked! 2
- Super Mario Party
- Splatoon 2
To get more information on the road trip, feel free to head over to Nintendo's official site.
Do you live near any of these locations? Will you be heading down to check it out for yourself? We wish something like this would come and visit us at Team Nintendo Life in the UK. Maybe next time, huh?
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What, not hitting Texas?
Why can't all busses look like that?
Perry is about 2 hours away, so it’s close enough for a day trip. Maybe. Oct 3-6 for you Georgia residents, it’s just outside Macon.
This game is coming to Switch next month (13th June), will it be shown at these Nintendo carnival?
I might try to go to the stop at Summerfest, as that's 30 minutes away. But I wish they did this after e3 with newer games, as I have all these besides super Mario maker 2 and overcooked. And Mario maker will be out by then so I'll have that too. Might just be a fun experience though.
Both Pokemon Let's Go titles but no Mario Odyessy or Breath of the Wild? Interesting choices there.
@Kalmaro
@Heavyarms55 Indeed.
@nintendolie don't forget Panty Party, sure that will be massivly shown on here too
What about the 51st state? Why isn't it coming to the UK? What do you mean lorries can't fly?
So many new games to play...
@nintendolie Only showing games with a physical release? BADUMPSH
NL should mention the part were they are almost all paid admissions so people don't think this stuff is free. Only 3 of them are free.
And why does NL list 2 sites that aren't on the official page, the Kentucky and Minnesota state fairs? Hard to tell if those are free or paid w/o seeing the source.
This should be called "Nintendo's Venue Requires Paid Admission Tour". And Syracuse and Springfield are not exactly the cities people think of for NY and MA. NY Mets AAA farm team can go I guess.
Nintendo, what do you all have against the Washington DC area? We're the 6th largest metro area, and yet events pretty much never come here. Wtf, guys.
@ryancraddock Ok, since you wrote the article I suppose I should have cc'd you on the above post.
I did find those other 2 locations listed here.
https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/nintendo-switch-heads-across-the-u-s-for-an-interactive-road-trip-for-kids-and-families/
I am curious why Nintneod didn't also list the KY and MN state fairs on the official page here.
https://events.nintendo.com/roadtrip/
Maybe they haven't figured out if people need to pay an admission or not at those 2 locations? People might need to find that out beforehand. Or just Nintendo being Nintendo I suppose.
Went to one of these events last year, and left with a decent amount of swag. Metal water bottle, switch lapel pin, and won an Eevee baseball cap. Not to mention the last time I really had any luck with acquiring 3DS Street passes.
@rjejr Hi! Yeah, the two locations you mention were included in a press release sent to us directly. No idea why they're not on Nintendo's official page!
As for the admission pricing, some events require payment while others don't. Exact pricing hasn't been set just yet and appears to be related to the individual venues rather than Nintendo itself - hence why we guided you to their official site (we'd hope Nintendo will update their pages nearer the time 🙂).
Who remembers the Nintendo challenger??
Color me surprised - they're bringing this tour to where I live! The game selection leaves something to be desired for me, since what I don't own on that list doesn't interest me all that much, but if I get the chance to go, I suppose trying the Let's Go games and Overcooked can't hurt...
@nintendolie I think not because the games are the ones that are the most selling titles on the Switch plus that game looks M rated and the games they choose are E rated
I already own most of the games but just want to go because they have never brought an event to NM
@ryancraddock I know, and you know, Nintendo isn't charging for the events, but if someone were planning on bringing a family - I've taken my kids to several of these in malls and a huge PS4 event, all for free - only to find out when they got there they need to pay to get in, well at that point it doesn't really matter who's collecting the money, Nintendo or the event. 😝
I'm sure their road tour website will catch up to their press release and news feed at some point. Maybe when they figure out the pay-to-enter situation. Maybe they should market this as the "pay-to-start mobile tour". 😂
As usual, I'd have to drive a fair distance to reach even the closest locations. Eh, at least they're hitting places that normally aren't listed.
It's a shame that they didn't hit Des Moines last year as I was actually in the area around then.
What about a Europe tour? I suppose we have EGX, Games City, Play Expo and Insomnia here in tge UK. Also, once a Pokèmon bus did family festivals and events, though it only had the card game to play.
Anyone know who the agency behind this is?
I know there's a few comments about this already, but seriously, not even Texas? Like, you could bring it to Austin or Dallas, or maybe, just maybe, finally bring something to San Antonio. It feels like not much video game related comes to San Antonio.
Can't wait to hit up the Iowa State Fair this year.
Nice? One new game here. They're just reusing last year's set up with one more game added.
@Jayofmaya There was a full UK tour for both 2017 and 2018. Doesn’t seem to be happening this year though, maybe it affected EGX interest too much?
@Grumblevolcano Oh, I didn't hear of it back then. :/ I guess I missed it like I do my fav bands sometimes. There needs to be an app for this sort of thing.
@Jayofmaya I agree that it wasn’t well promoted (the 2018 one especially).
Louisville Ky here i come your only 2 hours away. Looks like i'll be seeing big N at my State Fair.
UK needs one of these trucks. Ideally make it an electric truck for extra awesome.
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