Wii Games Summer 2010 NYC Main Event Coverage

NERDS!!!

Wow, I wish I could go to one of these. Pity they aren’t in Canada. Sigh…

Also, does that Monopoly game differ significantly from the regular release?

I’ll check for you soon David. I already have the other version of the monopoly from Nintendo. I think it’s the same game with a different box though.

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I had planned on going and and forgot about it. Funny since I can actually walk to Liberty State park from my house. Glad you guys had fun good luck in LA.

My husband and I also were there and I have to say that this was a TON of fun. We went on Friday and we did completely bad at all of the games but still had a great time.

Are you confirmed to go to LA though? I was under the impression that the top 9 from all of the events in the country are able to go, and these events are happening throughout the month.

I’m not 100% confirmed yet, but the event is over and the leader board is set. The top 3 from each category at the NYC Main event get to go. It works differently at the different locations though, so it’s really only the top scores for a few stops I think. I read the rules carefully and only really focused on the NYC Main event ones.

Check out the official website I linked in the beginning of the article for the rules.

Nice! We finished just below you — in 3rd :D

Grats Jason! I can’t wait to meet you guys in LA, or on the plane, or wherever.

Were all the characters unlocked for Mario Kart? Which one did you guys use?

Thanks, that would certainly help take the sting out of it.

Nice article. I will be competing in Indianapolis in August and I have a question. Could you use the wii-mote and nunchuk in Mario Kart? Or did they force the wii wheel upon you.

Also. Are you sure you made it to LA? I’m pretty sure it’s the top 15 scores NATIONWIDE. Not the top few scores at each location. Maybe I’m wrong, did they hand you plane tickets? Cause that’d be a sure fire way of knowing :) You could be knocked down a bit though considering the majority of places haven’t held the event yet. Please let me know about Kart. Thanks!

I attended the NJ event:
- you can use any controller set up you want & they have them available
- it’s the top 3 in each division at 1) all the Six Flags events nationwide, 2-5) 4 different groups of mall events, and 6) the NY/NJ event. They notify winners by the 20th according to the official rules… it does not make sense to give away plane tickets at an event because a) they need to purchase them under a certain name and b) not everyone flies out of the same airport

only default characters = no Funky Kong =(

so was there a limit on how many coins u could earn for prizes would it be hard to get the mario plush?

It would be a little difficult to get the Mario Plush, but not impossible. Besides you can buy everything that was in the prize areas in stores or online. I know because I have just about all of it. The only exception to this rule is the Wii Games Summer 2010 baseball cap which is clearly only available at the event.

What New Super Mario Bros course do you play?

Can you even use the classic pro controller?

was this because of long lines ? how many demos did they have set up? thanks

We were also at the NYC Main Event location. Didn’t go to compete, just a Saturday outing with the kids. We did the on-site sign in and just played the games. We have all of them except Mario Kart. The practice area was a great help. We are currently sitting third in the Parent/Child group. Have you been notified yet? Its 7/20 and still no email or phone call.

No I haven’t. Good idea though. Lets let one another know when we are notified.

Great idea Justin. Maybe we can keep this thread going here until the LA trip. You think they will change the track in Mario Kart or the level in Super Mario Wii? We feel they will for the LA competition just to shake things up a bit.

I looked at your stats Mr. Berube and WOW!, how’d you pull out a 1:55 in Kart?? I’ve been practicing and the best I can lay down is a 1:58. If you don’t mind me asking, who did you use? Are there any tricks I need to know to drop a time that fast? Thanks! Great scores all around.

I think they will also, but I could be wrong. If they do I hope they let us know in advance. I was told we would get a packet in the mail with details, and I hope the new levels, if there are any, are described in detail.

Still no notification at this time.

Yeah it was because of the long lines to play the games. There were a bunch of demos set up, but I don’t think all of them would give you coins.

I don’t think you could, but I may be wrong.

That was a great time! You gotta share your secrets dude. I was able to post my best time after two practice runs. I scored a 2:16. I think I can do better. We’re picking up Mario Kart this weekend to practice at home. Lots of room for improvements.

Of other note: I see Team Poland’s 3 point shooting score was corrected. They had them at 102pt at one time. You guys just need a slight improvement in Hula Hoop and the gold is yours.

5-4

how many coins did you get?
also what nsmbw level is it?

thanks so much

I only got 7 coins. I didn’t bother. My sister and I were given the best prizes for placing first at the time. It really wasn’t worth it for us to keep playing. Also since I’m a Nintendo collector I already had most of the prizes available.

Same here – Maybe tomorrow. Your team posted a great score by the way.

I was at the Main Event on Friday…and ended up placing 2nd in the parent/child catagory myself…No call or email though. I wonder what is up?

Mike
How did you come up with “Sweet Cheeks” ? LOL.

It’s my wife’s name for my son….and being the good dad I thought it would be funny to use ‘Sweet Cheeks’ as the team name and thoroughly embarrass him. ;-)

Its all about family fun Mike. You seem to have captured the spirit of the games.
By my count, we now have four teams represented here in this blog. #2 and #3 in the Adult group and #2 and #3 in the Parent/Child group. Any others out there?

Hello everyone! Sorry to hear that no one else has heard from Nintendo either. I’m one of the team members from Team Super Penguin! It’s been driving us crazy (well 3 of us, my 10 year old is awesomely care-free)
It’s 10pm EST on 7/20 and no word yet via phone or any of our E-mails. I’ll keep checking in here and let you know as soon as anyone on my team knows.

Nice to meet you Vinny. Yeah I still haven’t heard anything. I wouldn’t be too worried. There are a few things I think could happen.

1. We all just get informed at a later date within the next week.

2. We get an e-mail within the next week.

3. We will be informed by 3AM EST, probably by E-mail in this case. Nintendo’s main US office is in Redmond, WA so they may just be busy. (I doubt this is the case though)

Thanks for keeping us informed.

That’s what we figured. My wife (the team captain) had reminded me about the time delay also. Once we saw that more people weren’t notified we were a little less worried (as horrible as that may sound) My whole team says hello new website! Once we know anything I’ll post it here once we stop celebrating. Good luck everyone, see you in L.A.!!

Just so you know Ron, most of the best times posted in the world in Mario Kart are done using the wii-mote and nunchuk control scheme. The wii wheel can be perfected, but it’s much harder to make precision turns and control your character on the whole. Give it a try. I find it’s MUCH easier and more responsive. Hope you do well!

Hey man, it sounds like you had a great time. I was just curious when playing mario kart do you get to choose whether or not to use the wii wheel or nunchuck? Also, do they have all the karts available to use or just certain ones. And for the new super mario brothers wii coin battle, does everyone play the same level? And which one is it?

Only the default characters and karts and bikes are unlocked. Which means there is no Funky Kong, but you do have the Flame Runner. You do get to choose between the Wii Wheel and the Wiimote and Nunchuk. Also, I emailed Nintendo with a few questions and they said they would be enforcing the use of no map glitches, so you have to play the track normally. (I’m glad cause I didn’t want to learn how to consistently do the glitch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_5-uhVHZy8

In New Super Mario Bros Wii, everyone does a coin battle on level 5-4.

I believe this is the actual Mushroom Gorge Glitch World Record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wi3J0p5tWo

I wonder if they are planning on changing levels for the L.A. event. I also think that the family team in one of the Texas Six Flags may have played a different level. Because for the life of me I can’t figure out how in the world they found more than 500 coins on 5-4…

I hear ya. My wife and I played many times last night and there is nowhere near 500 coins. I actually saw another team that had collected 600 coins! I cant see how this is possible.

Thanks for the heads up. Do you remember if they have the large honeycoupe car? I will be lost without it…

Got my prize paperwork! Check your emails!

Hello again everyone! Just wanted to give a quick heads up that we got our phone call & E-mail from Nintendo! Hope everyone else who’s supposed to get one got it too! See you in L.A!

I didn’t get a phone call, but I got the e-mail. So I’m now 100% confirmed! Woo.

@ Phil. No, you won’t be able to use the HoneyCoupe. You have to beat the 150GP to unlock that. Since it’s not a default car you can’t use it at the event.

600 coins? That’s insane! I have a theory, but it would have to be done perfectly and I can’t see being able to do that without prior knowledge of the stage. Even then it’d be very hard to do.

Got the email. Bunch of releases to return and we’re in. Printing them out now. L.A here we come.

There’s no way to get 500 coins or more on Super Mario Coin Battle!!! That must be a typo.. How is it possible?!?!

Vinny, what’s your theory on 600 coins with coin battle?! I just don’t see how it’s possible at all.. please share your insight

There’s no possible way to get 600 coins on coin battle!!! Vinny if you think you have a way please explain. I just competed and could only get 387 and there didn’t seem like that many we missed… I’m really curious on your theory. Thanks

Phil, if you actually saw them… then how did they do it? This level is really frustrating and I just don’t count 600 coins on it at all

Are you guys talking about the Parent/Child group from Six Flags Great Adventures sitting in the #1 slot? They scored over 500 in the coin battle too. I’d like to know how.

other note:
Got the email, faxed the copies and sent originals – waiting now for reply.

Team Big Boy in the Natick Collection in Mall group 1 got 1:26:143 in Mario Kart. Or at least that’s what it currently states. I don’t see how that is possible without the use of map glitches which aren’t allowed in this competition. Do you think they have a few mistakes up there?

Also, I’ve gotten 465 one run and 452 another run with my bro when we played level 5-4 so it’s definitely possible, but 600 seems ridiculous. Also remember the family team has 4 players playing while we had two.

Has to be a mistake… Fastest time i’ve seen is 1:44 without glitching.

My team Free Tibs is currently in first. Hope we make it through the weekend and join you all in LA.

so has anyone been to a different event besides the NYC event and can let me know that the NSMBW level is 5-4 for every event ? also do you get thee t shirts at every event? thanks!

I’m not sure what’s going on with the coin battle scores or the Mario Kart times. I’m looking at scores of 572, 523, and 500 that I just can’t understand how it’s going on. I tested my theory out and it didn’t get us close. Dwarph, we can’t break 410 with 4 people. 3 of us are very good, one of us is pretty decent. How in the world are you getting 450+? We have to be missing something…

Vinny, you guys are missing something, but if you figure it out I’m sure you are good enough to pull it off. It’s a neat trick but I don’t really want to share it until after we compete (we are in Mall Group 3). Just think outside the box I guess. We’ll tell you after we compete and we could probably post a video if you haven’t figured it out by then.

Good question wiigamer. So far everyone here is from the NYC event. Maybe after this weekend is out we’ll get some more folks to write about other locations. But since the levels are posted on the Wii 2010 summer games sites I think they all should be the same as we played them in the NYC main event.
Anything goes in the finals. I’m thinking boss battles for the finals.

=> Dwarph
Now you got me thinking. I better break out the game and start looking. Stay on this thread and share after your event. We’ll be cheering for ya.

Thanks Ron! Hopefully we can make it to L.A. I’ll probably be checking this thread daily since I have nothing better to do.

hey does anyone have some tips for hula hoop that seems to be the only event we cant do good it

Sorry Tibs. ;_;

Sigh….hope you guys have fun in LA. Had to deline my invite. My boy is going into first grade and the trip to LA would mean he misses orientation AND the first day of first grade. We love our games, but school wins his battle.
You would think a family oriented competition like this would have thought the main event the week school starts may not have been a good idea. Oh well, maybe next time.
Anyone know if there will be more ‘Wii Games’ ?

Tibs

I was hoping everyone on this blog got through. Your score by the way would have gotten you first place in all the other locations.
Maybe you can still share your Mario Kart tips with this blog. You posted an excellent time.

Team Big Boy’s scores were corrected. They are sitting in 41st place as of today.

Its all in the balancing board – side to side (really fast). I haven’t seen any real tips for it.

Sorry to hear you wont be able to be there Mike. Its perfectly understandable. NYC schools start the day after we return. I hope Nintendo may still send your team a prize of some kind.

Team search: Nintendo Boys

Time:
0:41.463

Points:
11,900

I’m thinking some kinda trickery here.

Hey Vinny, Looks like we’ll be going head to head. At least I think I’m in Mall Group 3. I’ll be competing in Indianapolis, where will you be competing?

Yeah I hope stuff like that doesn’t stand in the finals.

Ben, I think you mean Dwarph. I was in the kickoff event. I’m pretty sure Dwarph is going in group 3. Good luck to both of you!

Nintendo boys without question used “the glitch” for Mario Kart. I’m just hoping that someone from Nintendo reviews these scores before they qualify people. If not, then I REALLY hope the judges at the championship keep a closer eye on the teams. We were told before we raced that we were not allowed to use the “mountain jump trick”
I’m not even sure how much I buy Team Burrell’s time (1:34.630) and the anount of coins the have (656)

*amount

and Team Burrell is from Six Flags over Texas in family

Ben, I’ll be competing in at the Ridgedale Center in Minnesota in mall group 3. Good luck in competition!

Team Burrell’s Mario Kart time was fixed to 2:34:630. But their coins at still at 656. They are a family team so maybe it’s possible to get that many.

I’m guessing their time will be adjusted soon enough. We all know you can’t get that score without glitching, and we also know that glitching isn’t allowed in the competition. So we don’t have anything to worry about. I think we can trust Nintendo to sort this out.

You guys looking at the scores from mall group two from this past weekend?
They came to P L A Y. I still don’t know how they can get that many coins. Gotta figure it out …

Glad to see you’re still around Dwarph, are you in the family category too? That’s where we are. I’m anxious to hear the trick you guys are using to get more coins. With us going crazy as a team we’re just barely breaking 400. So once you qualify, and you don’t mind sharing your trick, our whole team will be all ears.

Opps! Sorry I got you confused with Vinny, Dawrf. Yeah I just checked in on Mall Group 2 and I don’t thik it’s possible to get 554 coins…heck, even getting 454 would be hard! Either they played the wrong level or the official jotted it down wrong. I mean I know a few tricks…but shoot.

Hey guys, I’m from team Waterfield and it looks like we will be joining you in LA. I’ve been following the blog since the first weekend and we have definitely been practicing hard so it feels great to be part of the group. Also, just to clarify, we did get 554 coins on world 5-4 legitimately and without any recording error by the official.

WOW!Sorry to doubt you. I know it’s kinda a long shot, but would you be willing to tell how you pulled that off? i’m practicing with my partner tonight and we’re going to try and think out side the box and get some major coinage. Our best so far is 418, so I guess we’re a long way off…please help out if you wouldn’t mind. If not, I understand. Bravo Jonathan.

ok we are the current mall group 2 family group leader does that mean we won? and were the people who won the far contacted by the date it has on the website?

If you’re the leader of your mall group now, then you are IN. The Six Flags folks still got a few more weeks to play. Soon a Nintendo rep will be sending an email out to you with releases to sign and return. Once thats done you will get an email requesting your preferred airport you and your team would like to fly out of. Congrats and see you in LA.

Now: who wants to share the coin trick. I’m playing now and not getting near 500. I’m thinking it may have something to do with the __________. Let me test that a bit and I’ll get back to you all.

Ben: I’m drifting now dude. Timing is improving. Thanks

Congrats to Jonathan and wiigamer !!

People who were in my group were contacted a day AFTER it says on the website. Just keep checking your e-mail and phone.

Ron! Don’t give away the secret! I figured it out tonight and we scored OVER 550 more than 5 times. I understand now why people don’t want to mention what to do. If you can figure it out you should do it. But I don’t think we should tell :) I’m so excited now!

Nevermind! I just scored 559 with my partner! I’m so psyched!

Awesome job Ben, and don’t worry, I won’t say anything about how we did it because half the fun is just figuring out new ways to get coins. Good luck this weekend!

Wow guys, that kinda hurts. I’m glad you figured it out, but dying a little inside cause my team can’t. Anyone who does want to share the secret with me…. Well my E-mail address is TacktileTK@aol.com

Vinny what age group thing are you in?

=> Ben
I still don’t have it yet, but getting much better. You gotta tell me in person in LA.
Question: Will the method work in other levels as well? I don’t think we’ll be seeing 5-4 in the Grand Championship.

I’m in the Family group. My wife, son, brother and myself

So does it have anything to do with having a fire flower and playing tennis? Hopefully (if I got it) this makes sense to you. If not, then help me out!!! lol

You’ve already said too much. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Hey guys I’m in the adult category. Ben, which one are you in?

Vinny, I’ll email you the trick after I compete. Seeing as you won’t be going up against me in nationtions. Of course there’s still not a 100% chance that I’ll be making it, but the odds have greatly increased. Dawrf could give me a run for my money, because I’m also in the Adult age group. I bet we could go 1st and 2nd for our mall group. I just wonder who’s gonna get first! Eep!

I meant “nationals” not “nationtions”…it’s too early :D

=> Ben, Dwarph
You guys in mall Group 3 or 4? I just want to know when we can start sharing some strategies around here.

=> Vinny
Get to hula hooping. I predict 1st place will you yours.

We are in Mall Group 3. Does only the first place guy go? Or is it top 3 from the mall group?

For the mall groups only the top team from each category will advance. Mall group 3 contains four malls so you will be playing against them as well as the teams from your local mall. Looking at the scores from mall group 1 and 2, the mall groups appear to have the superior teams followed by the NYC Main Event then the Six Flags groups. See below for the mall you will be up against. Of course, we will be cheering for you (and Ben).

Ridgedale Center, Minnetonka, Minnesota
Colorado Mills, Lakewood, Colorado
Greenwood Park Mall, Greenwood, Indiana
The Woodlands Mall, The Woodlands, Texas

Ben, thanks! We really do appreciate it.

Ron, yeah the hula hooping was easily our worst event. If we could improve that and the coin grab we’d feel a lot more confident

Fire flower and tennis? I dont get it. Is this how you get the most coins? Please explain I cant seem to get over 430 coins. So frustrating….

I have two questions for those who have competed already.

1. Do we have to hula hoop in our shoes? Socks?

2. Do all wi-motes have the plastic protectors on them?

Please let me know.

Ron – Thanks for the kind words.

Vinny – No problem! Always feels good to lend a helping hand.

This whole thing has me pretty nervous. I wanna do well!

Ben, yes and yes. When I hula-hooped they asked me to take off my sneakers and play in my socks. The WiiBoard didn’t have a skin, the WiiMotes do.

I’m also pretty nervous. This is going to be a pretty tough competition.

We were given the option of shoes or no shoes. Wii-motes do indeed have the covers and you had to use the wrist strap (for safety reasons I guess).
Ben – do a self test and see where you’re numbers are. If you can get up in the 17K plus then you will have a great chance. Do the coin trick – I think that will be where it will be won. Look at the scores. Most of us didn’t or don’t know how to get up to 500 coins. We’re struggling at the mid 300. If you can earn 500 thats like getting an extra 2000 points to your final score. Coins x 10 plus 1000 = coin battle score.

So is anyone willing to share the coin trick yet? I would be extremely greatful. Thanks!

Actually…with our best score in each event so far we’d get around 21,000. Which I know is great, but what are the odds that we’ll get a personal best in every event? I know we can score big, but we need to bring it all together. Another practice night tonight. Have to get it all down!

I think they’d like to hold onto the secret at the very least until they compete Phil. No worries, we all seem to be getting along here. As long as it doesn’t hurt anyone going head-to-head someone is going to share.

BTW Phil, where/when/ and in which group are you in?

We just finished a practice session. Getting better all the time. We can now get scores way above everyone’s posted scores in our group since none posted over 400 (yet). As words gets out, the playing field will be leveled again. I think we figured out a piece of the trick but we’re no where near 500 coins yet. Don’t want to put pressure on the team. This is after all just for fun.

=>Ben
Did you say 21K? W O W. I’ll post my email here next week to get the coin trick from you. I think thats how we should do it. We don’t want to give away the trick on such a public board to our opponents. By the way is case you guys didn’t know – I’m in the parent/child group.

I too am in the Adult/Child group and I’d love to know how you guys rack up that +100 coins over the average for that level.

Come on guys! How about a hint? I don’t mind looseing to a man who can out skill me, but to loose to a gimick seems downright dirty. After all, I get the idea that whatever your doing requires a lot of skill anyway not to mention trying to do it with a kid.

I am competing at the arrowhead town center mall in arizona. I understand. I know im going to kick myself later on when i finally figure it out or hear how you do it.

hey Doug
Have you competed yet or are you waiting to compete?

The guys here will share the trick soon I’m sure. I think I got the concept but pulling if off is a bit difficult. I think there must be an easier way to achieve it, but I still haven’t come up with it yet or I could be way off. The fun is in the trying, but the week before we go to LA, you guys better spell is out for me. But if its posted then others will know it too. What to do …

Yeah 21K would be great. It may happen too, my partner greatly improved his bowling score tonight. As I said befoe, now we just have to preform. I’m not liking the socks on the wii fit board though. Gonna have to get used to that…

I was in mall group 2. We haven’t heard anything from Nintendo yet, but we are expecting it sometime tomorrow.

Like you, we are seeing something in the low 400 here at home, and I just can’t see where the extra coins are coming from. What are you trying?

I will be working on this for the next few weeks and will gladly share anything I find with you just to even the playing field for the kids.

Here is my email address if you want to keep this off the boards: dndhutch@hotmail.com

Good luck this weekend and I hope to see you in the finals!

I am resubmitting this entry, as the original one has been “awaiting moderation” for a while now…I think maybe because it included my e-mail address??? Anyway, didn’t want you to think I was ignoring your response…

I was in mall group 2. We haven’t heard anything from Nintendo yet, but we are expecting it sometime tomorrow.

Like you, we are seeing something in the low 400 here at home, and I just can’t see where the extra coins are coming from. What are you trying?

I will be working on this for the next few weeks and will gladly share anything I find with you just to even the playing field for the kids.

Here is my email address if you want to keep this off the boards:

Good luck this weekend and I hope to see you in the finals!

I competed last weekend in Mall Group 2. It was a very spur of the moment thing, and I didn’t really expect to make it as far as we did.

I have also been seeing the really high coin numbers posting and, like you, can’t see how they are pulling in more than something in the area of the low 400s.

I will spend the next few weeks trying to figure this out. What are you trying? I am more than happy to share anything I figure out with you to level the playing field for our kids.

If you would like to keep this off the boards, I would be happy to exchange e-mail addresses with you so we can trade information.

ok its after the day the website said they would contact us any one from mall group two contacted?

Hey fellow Wii gamers! My name is Shannon and I’m from the team The Fluffy Bunnies and we competed this last weekend at Southridge Mall. Our hopes for LA are gone, but my partner and I are still racking our brains trying to figure out how to get 500+ coins on 5-4.

If anyone knows the strategy(Ben) and would like to share their success story personally… my email is fluffybunnies81@yahoo.com

I’d be happy to share my knowledge of competing in the Wii games competition, if anyone has any questions…and once again I’m just dying to know the coin battle plan

Thanks

Some of us here know how you are feeling right now. Contact was a bit late for us too, but they will call or email you soon. They have to complete our travel plans first. LOL. The company Nintendo is using to contact the winners has been very professional and quick to reply to our questions. Keep an eye on your in box.

ok thanks what worries me is the 2nd place team got 105 in bowling and did pretty good on everything else hope this isnt a mistake and they change it. i think if it was they would have fixed it by now.

hey here is what we did have your person doing hula-hoop where sandles and take them off so you dont need to do it in socks

What’s with all the secrecy around the NSBMW Coin Trick? First of all, it’s not a trick. Second of all, it takes skill to take advantage of the so called trick.

According to my count, there are approximately 350 visible coins in Level 5-4. By visible I mean you can see the coins (solid, out-lined, and the star coins worth 10) and collect them by touching them. You also get 35 coins by having both players jump on the flag pole at the end of the level.

So where are the 200 extra coins to get to the Elite-Level status of 550 coins coming from? From the baddies, of course. Why do these dudes come flying into battle with their wallets loaded full of cash? I don’t know, but I do know that if you kill an enemy with a fireball he’ll spill a coin.

But are there really 200 baddies in the level? Will a 100% kill rate get you to 550 coins? No. But wait. Them bomb-ombs are straight up ballers (get it, they are round)! They carry the bling. So whail on them poor fools!!! Every fireball that hits their oh-so explosive shell will unleash a coin. They’ll eventually explode leaving a whole mess of coins to pick-up.

Be cautioned though. It’s easier than it sounds. There is a lot of action going around and it’s easy to lose your Fire Power. And collecting the coins after they’ve been spilled is challenging.

This is no trick ladies and gentleman, this is straight up old-skool platforming skill!!!

Game on.

Toadsworth – I’m with you on firing the bob-ombs, but I’ve never seen them spill more than 4 coins each bomb and definitely have never seen them explode a whole mess of coins.

Am I missing something?

Thanks for your help and stepping up to reveal not a trick, but serious platforming skill.

I honestly didn’t think that was “it” Even doing all that, how in the world are teams getting 550 to 600 coins? I’m not expecting a warp pipe to riches that we all missed. I just think there’s more to it. My team will be trying whatever we can. Good luck everyone!

Thanks a lot toadsworth. However, those bombs dont give more than 4 coins. Is there something else im missing. Do you get double the coins if each person hits the bomb with fire power. I cant seem to grasp how teams are getting almost 600 coins. This level is stressing me out!

Ben —- Could you fill in the missing piece or pieces please?

Question: Is anyone here capable of getting a 1:54 or lower in Mario Kart? I don’t think anyone has done it yet in competition.

Sigh…I really don’t want to spill the secret just yet guys. Cause if I do then my chances of winning could go way down. I hate to sound selfish, but I don’t want to give the advantage to anyone who I might be up against. I took over 3 hours of playing the level to figure out and prefect the trick. If I make it to LA I’ll be glad to share my secret with any non-adult teams. If I don’t make it I’ll jus let everyone know. Sorry if I’m coming off as a mean guy. I just really wanna win! :/

Justin B. clocked in at 1:55. I’d direct all Mario Kart questions to him.

I havent been able to get below 1:56. Are you pulling 1:54′s Dawrf?

Ben, I completely understand your position, and I don’t think anyone here could possibly have any valid criticism with your decision. I would, however, offer this proposal to you: would you be willing to share this with those of us here who are in the Parent/Child catagory via e-mail, if we gave our word to keep it to ourselves and off the boards?

I already asked him way up near the top… he never answered me :(

I don’t think he wants to spill his secret on that either.

What I gather from your posting here is that there is indeed a trick to it and we should keep looking. Maybe trick is not the word. There’s a method to achieve additional coins. Toadworth’s post was an excellent start, but you’re saying there’s more. I’m going back to my original plan then, I may be on to something ….maybe.

My best is a 155.8. I did this a few weeks ago and it seems i cant get below 156 now.

Make Youtube your friend.
Are we saying that we will run the same course and not a new one in the finals?

Ben, where are you competing at?

Doug – I’d rather not say until Monday, even via email. I hope that’s ok. It doesn’t take long to pick up, I promise. People here could be lying about if they competeted already and what age group they’re in so I’m gonna wait until Monday. Then I’ll gladly spill the beans via email.

Phil – I’ll be at Greenwood Mall, Indianapolis this coming weekend.

All the Youtube vids I’ve been finding are of the glitch or the person is using a kart/bike that won’t be availible. I’ll keep looking though, thanks.

I appreciate your honesty, Ben. I have to admit, I never even thought of people misrepresenting themselves…Good luck to you this weekend! We hope to see you in LA!

In the words of Patrick Star, “It was me all along and I didn’t even know it – take me away!”

Ben – this blog has become so popular, I think you should keep it to emails only after you compete. Once its on the net, you will see it in LA.
Again folks – we might not even play 5-4 in LA.

Any winners out there from Mall Group 2?

Its the end of the business day two days after the scores were anounced and I still haven’t heard anything from the officials and I’m starting to get worried.

Have any of you been contacted?

Ben- Do they have the Flame Runner Available to race with?

hey we are the top family team in mall group 2 and we havent been contacted either

Yes. I haven’t competed yet, BUT I was told all the starting karts and characters will be availible. I would just start a new file on your Mario Kart game (if you have an open slot) and take a look a all the characters and karts/bike you have to choose from. Then pick your favorite/fastest option and get to it!

We were the Adult winners this weekend and we also haven’t been contacted. Before you guys said anything I was worried that I had given them the wrong email address or something. Let us know if you guys hear anything and we will do the same, thanks.

Is anyone here competing at the Arrowhead Towne Center Mall in AZ?

Well, I’m still dissapointed but I will be sure to send out a yell if they get me soon. I too was worried about a bad email address (or my spam blocker).

Its now officially 5:00 PM on the West Cost and they have missed their own deadline by 2 days. You don’t think they are suddenly having issues finding air tickets on Labor Day weekend into L.A. do you? If that’s the case, I’d hate to be in Group 4.

I’m not sure what course they will pick on the finals but I can tell you that Group 2 at the St. Louis Galleria were restricted to Mario in his basic car (not motorcycle)…AND THAT WAS IT.

We didn’t even get to pick Automatic or Manual. The guy set the whole game up for us (for every game), handed us the remotes, and told us to press ‘A’ to start.

I have to admit, I prefer it that way. Everyone plays under the exact same conditions and no one gets and edge from equipment…just skill. I just wish Nintendo would offer better information because I messed up my first frame of bowling because I didn’t realise that the ‘B’ button release was how it was set up. I had been practicing with Auto release.

Has anyone worked the numbers to figure out if that is their score with a full disqualification for not finishing the Mario Kart race (so…zero points)?

We were told flat out at the start of my Son’s run, “Mario and his basic car only, Automatic transmission…and no leaving the track!”

Could somebody who has already received official winner confirmation please pass on some contact information? It is now long past the time when not only we were supposed to receive official notification, but also past the extra day all other groups have had to wait. I would like to be able to at least contact an official for an explanation. If there are problems with travel, scoring, etc., I feel we should at least be given the courtesy of recognition or acknowledgement of some sort. If anyone would provide that for me I would greatly appreciate it!

Check your email.

Besides Team Burrell at Six Flags Over Texas, what are the other teams posting monster coin scores?

Jonathan – you wrote somewhere in this long thread that you did right?
How many people in your team?

The Who Dats in Six Flags Fiesta Texas have a coin score of 572. I can’t seem to find them now but I thought that Nintendo Boys had a low MK time and a high coin grab too.

Annnnnd it looks like after some adjusting ( or I’m just crazy and they never had THAT high of a score…) Nintendo Boys does not have a coin score worth noting or a MK time that’s too great either.
But I’m pretty sure that they were really high, so I’m thinking that some correcting took place.
Either way, they are in the teen category, so they weren’t my comp. and with the correction they were knocked into second place at Six Flags Great America.

My team is just 2 people, and we competed in the adult category of mall group 2

So Jonathan, you wanna tell us how Waterfield scored 554? Anything to add to Toadworth’s comments?

Man, everyone really wants to know that trick. It’s epic.

Ben, that is amazing. What do you think causes this phenomenon? I know in our society, the value of money is backed by gold. Do you think in the Mushroom Kingdom the value of coins is backed by frozen bad guy organs? Hmmm…

On a side note, I can now concentrate on work and stop dreaming about coins.

Thanks for the tip Ben. We were just about to test a slightly different variety to that method. Time to close this thread so it doesn’t get out. Maybe Justin B. will delete your post until after you compete. Now that would be hilarious! Those who didn’t already see it wouldn’t know the reference. LOL

This may work. We’ve gone to a new page. LOL

This is a post directed at all those winners from Mall Group 2…

I sent an e-mail to the company running the official notifications for Nintendo during the Wii Summer Games 2010, and wanted to keep you all up to date. This is the body of what I composed:

Hello,

My name is Doug Hutchison, and My son and I won the Parent/Child Division for Mall Group 2. According to the official contest rules, we were supposed to be notified by August 3. It is currently approaching August 5, and we have still heard nothing either from Nintendo or your company. As I understand it, we only have three days after notification to accept the winners package. Seeing as there has been some delay, I am assuming that the three days will begin after hearing from your company, not three days from the official rules notification date.

Receiving some official word of explanation or confirmation would be greatly appreciated.

Awaiting your reply,

Doug Hutchison

I am still awaiting a reply, and will let everyone know as soon as I hear anything. If any other Group 2 winners hear anything, please let me know.

Doug

This concerns all winners from Mall Group 2:

I posted earlier that I e-mailed the notification company, and I still have had no luck with receiving a reply. My son finally called Nintendo Customer Service at the following number: 1-800-255-3700. He was informed that everyone was notified on the 3rd of August. My son informaed him that WE had not been notified, as well as the winners from the Family and Adult catagories from Mall Group 2. And, as far as we know, NOBODY from Mall Group 2 has been notified as of yet. (I hope I got the two specific catagories correct from what was posted yesterday…)

Anyway, he typed a lot and then sent it to their promotions department which is directly dealing with the Wii Games. Also, take note, that because we called him within the three day time limit put on the acceptance offer, no matter when we receive the official notice, we will be guaranteed safe from ellimination. That being said, I would recommend that all those who have also not yet heard CALL THAT NUMBER IMMEDIATELY TO SECURE YOUR SPOT!!!

I did my best to cover the bases for ALL of us in Mall Group 2, so I hope others of you will begin seeing some responses soon as well.

I will let you all know when I hear anything official.

Doug

WHAT? What tips? I didn’t post any tips on here…I think someone got on and said they were me. That’s not cool. I can;t even see above this post, what is going on?! I’m kinda confused and angry.

What new page? What happened to this thread while I was at work!?

Yeah I just read that comment made by some other Ben, if that is their real name. This is Ben from Indy and that is NOT THE TRICK I USE. I don’t even know if it works…I’ll go try it now. But be warned. That wasn’t me! Who did that? What a jerk. Hope you guys are still around.

HA!

That’s not the only thing fishy going on!!!

I just spoke to Admin. at Nintendo of America, as the OFFICIAL LEADERBOARDS FOR MALL GROUP 2 HAVE BEEN CHANGED AS OF APPROX. AN HOUR AGO!!!!!

Major FUBAR!!!!!

What?! All of a sudden they have the supreme right to change their OWN official contest rules?! The events are to be closed as of 6PM Sunday evening, and offical postings to follow on Monday morning. Now all of a sudden, the postings are different, the scores are different, the teams are different…?!

Try to console my son, who’s now not only confused but crushed and devastated, after a week of celebrating and waiting for his prize notification!!!

I would appreciate it if ANYONE who remembers seeing DrDougandConninator at the top of the boards for Parent/Child in Mall Group 2 to PLEASE post to this board!

I actually copy and pasted the official post page to e-mail it to our frinds and relatives, as well my son posting it to his FaceBook page. I have told Admin this, and offered to e-mail them a copy of the page showing us topping the boards. I have not yet received an official explanation or “fix” for this yet, but was told to expect a phone call either today or tomorrow.

I sincerely hope that this isn’t what has happened to the other two group 2 competitors who have been posting here…

Doug

It didn’t sound like the trick. I’m sure a bunch of us here has already done that in normal play and didn’t see 20 coins flying all over the place. Anyway, see my post on the other page. Share after you compete or not – so few knows about it, it will make no difference. Justin did say NOT to post it here (at least not yet).
Lets hear some strategies on Mario Kart. Manual or automatic? Light or heavy?

Yeah I tried what “Ben” said and I couldn;t get it to work. Does it work? Cause my way is waaaaaayyyyy better and easier. I guess they were trying to thorw you off or something…using my name. I dunno. Just let me know you guys are still out there. Vinny, Ron, Doug, Dawrf? Anyone?

Egarly waiting your reply.

What other page? I’m confused…send me a link or something.

What’s your teams name Doug?

Doug

Is that real? What? I saw DrDougandConninator As the top team in your group for the last few days. Did they not count Concord Mills? I would respectfully ask for an explanation. Thats a major bummer.

I’m here. The posts are all over the place. I’m still bummed out over what happened to Doug. I hope Nintendo does the right thing.

Hey Real Ben,

Our name is DrDougandConninator. All of a sudden, about an hour or so ago, the boards suddenly changed, showing Concord Mills holding 50% or more of all the top scores…a little weird??? Concord Mills boasts all the gaming gurus???…Hmmmmm…

I understand a reporting error, but 5 days later??? Really??? This is like ripping Christmas morning away from my son…

They should own up to their mistake and award him, per the week-long official postings. Crushing a kid’s dreams because of your clerical error is unacceptable and inexcusable. After all, the best team will win in the end, so they should pony up…

I’m still curious if the other two teams who were worried about not being notified yet are effected by this?

Dude,

We got NO OPTION. The official held the controller, picked the driver, picked the car, set it for auto, then handed it over to my son…that’s it…

Doug

No, Concord Mills was included in the page I copied and mailed out to everyone. I still have it saved and looked over it just a min. ago…the new top team did not even exist in the top 25.

Doug

OK, I see Waterfield in the adult group is still on top.
Family is still Fenson Force, but below them looks new, but I can’t say for sure – I wasn’t paying that much attention to the other groups.
Both of the above teams are on this board I think.

Also Doug, the team above you scored a 2:01. Can you get that on automatic? I don’t think the Mario Kart part was done the same. You may have a valid point to make here, but I would do so respectfully and diplomatically.

I’m not sure how much different the times come in from auto to manual, but I know that 2:04 is the fastest my son has been able to pull using the identical setup he was made to use here at home.

I may seem a bit emotional with what I have posted here today, but I didn’t feel an air of professionalism was necessarily required for a blog page. I’m sorry if I have shocked or offended anyone in some way, but I have had a hysterical child at my elbow most of the afternoon. I would like to think that most parents out there could understand my position. I think the ways most people deal with things on a personal level versus a professional level are quite different in both tone and verbage.

Doug

I remember that at my event some people were having a hard time uploading their scores to the leader boards, via DSi XL’s, and they wrote all the scores down. These teams probably had their scores updated after the even shut down. Maybe one of those teams beat you out.

ok we are the mall group 2 family team and we have been contacted! they did have are score wrong yesterday and fixed it so i would not be to worried hope everything works out for you guys!

Yes, it seems that if their scores are correct, they did in fact beat our scores. However, that is not the issue I have. The winning team most certainly deserves to win, and earned it as well. What I have contention with is the fact that if this difficulty or “discrepency” was known about, a statement should have been issued to the competitiors involved. Had this happened, there would be no issue in my mind. However as it is, they went forward with an official posting, and even after learning that there was some issue, never once contacted the competitors, or withdrew the postings from the leaderboards, or notified anyone at anytime.

I know for a fact that if we had not responded to a winning notification within the three day time limit, they would have had no problem passing it down to the next in line without a second thought. Yet, they seem to feel confident in violating their own official competition rule deadlines without a thought for the people, especially kids, that they might be afftecting.

Perhaps I am being overly dramatic with all of this, but I see it as extremely irresponsible and unprofessional.

This all goes without saying that it seems everyone else on this blog seemed to have different choices as to the cars, drivers, and steering (drift) methods except for us???…maybe I’m wrong…

And, although I can accept the accuracy of the updated scores, I cannot accept that it took 5 days to verify, and only got updated to the boards within an hour of me contacting Nintendo’s customer service Dept. Coincidence???

Doug

I don’t feel you’ve acted out of line at all. I would be outraged if I thought I won and then was told the last minute I haden’t. Winning a free trip to LA is a very exciting concept for children and adults alike and I can see how you both might be devistated. You should have been informed AND you should have had the chance to use what ever character and kart you wanted for the competition. Who knows if the team above you was forced to use Mario and his basic kart. Nintendo needs way more spesific rules when it comes to many parts of this competition. Characters you can use, control schemes, karts and bikes, auto and manual settings, and other factors that play greatly into the final outcome. It’s just not organized very well. I’m sorry to hear that you were beat out, but maybe this will open Nintendo’s eyes to the fact that their system of scoring and games is flawed and next year the 2011 games will be much better. We can only hope.

THIS MUST BE THE ANSWER:

In reality, the level itself was not new. It was 5-4; the one with the purple poison river and the raft that wont move if there are too many enemies on it. It was a level I knew well, as it’s killed me countless times.

What was new was the coin layout. I could be wrong about this, but there seemed to be a whole lot more coins than there normally are in that stage. Together, I think Catherine and I got over 300 coins, and that was far from a perfect run. I’ll need to play the stage again at home to be sure, but it seemed that the stage layout itself was old, but the coin arrangement was new. Either way, it was fun. I just wish they hadn’t teased me with idea of playing an all new Mario stage

http://www.destructoid.com/hands-on-wii-games-summer-2010-179830.phtml

Jonathon – Can you confirm or deny that there were more coins than normal on 5-4?

Hey Justin/Berugold, are those shirts you have in the picture ones you made yourself? It looks like there is a wiigames symbol on it, so I wondered if they made them for you?

Ok,I’m caught up on all the happenings here.
Doug
My post wasn’t about here. It was about how to contact the Nintendo people. Don’t give them an easy excuse to ignore your points.
The real Ben
If thats really you. Sorry for pressuring you dude. Its been fun just trying to figure it out.
Tell us later. LOL

The shirt were given out free to all at the event. We had a choice of a number of characters and even where the Wii games logo could go. I think there were a choice of three fonts for the name.

I may be done with this board for a while. It seems someone is out to get me in some way. I do know the trick AND I’ll gladly share it after the competition. I can assure you I’ve gotten up 575 coins. Since what ever name I take seems to be copied and slandered I’m just gonna go away until the competition. Good luck to you all! And who ever is pretending to be me I have a message for you – Grow Up.

I’ve been following this wall for a while and reading all your guys troubles. I’m will be to competing this weekend in Texas with my friend Andy. Sorry you didn’t make it Doug. I sure hope my team is good enough. That coin trick is still be figured out. Looks like someone pestered Ben until he went away…guess he won’t be sharing the secret.

Don’t post it Ben, Real Ben, Ben…again. Keep your advantage till the finals. We’ll Talk in LA.

All of the coin-battle levels have added coins. That is not the answer. every game is gonna have the same amount of coins in the actual level 5-4 and the coin battle level.

That came out wrong at the end. I meant that in each game the normal level has coins and the coin battle level has more. No two NSMBW discs are different.

Yeah those shirts were made for us at the NYC Main Event.

I think I know the trick. I don’t know if I can pull 200 additional coins out of it. But I think I got it. BOOOOOOOOM!!!

Ben I have looked into this issue of the “Fake Ben” and have deleted their comments. I hope this clears your name and fixes the issue. I hope to see you posting here again soon.

Wow these comments have exploded. Don’t worry, I’m still around. Also, I emailed Nintendo early on wondering about the rules and they responded saying that the default characters, karts, and bikes would be available. You should’ve had the option to choose from them, so someone hosting the event screwed up. I’m bringing a copy of the email with me to competition to make sure the judges have the rules correct.

Dwarph,

Could you please e-mail me a copy of the official rules you received from Nintendo? I am in the midst of communications with their administration, and would like to have that file to add to my own documentation.

Doug

It’s 3:55 in the morning, and I’m not sleeping…again…

That is pretty much how my week has gone since my husband and son entered this contest. What started out as something that was supposed to be exciting and fun, has left me with a distraught child and a very angry husband.

If it isn’t rule infractions by the on-site officials, it’s notification and posting infractions by a contracted third party (Ventura) who, in turn, sends me e-mails blaming their client (Nintendo) for everything with a “sucks to be you” attitude as a consolation prize, and Nintendo’s customer service reps who claim—in a very polite and friendly way, I might add—that they are completely in the dark, and have no idea what’s going on…

Aside from not sleeping all week, I have been chained to my home and my phone awaiting what started as an official winning notification, but became endless phone calls to and from various customer service reps, as I slowly work my way up through the Nintendo admin. chain of command via phone and e-mail referrals…and it’s still not over…

…did I mention that I’m venting…?

I’m exhausted, my family is in turmoil, and I’m posting on a video game blog at 4 in the morning…

Wasn’t this supposed to be fun?

This is Mrs. Dr. Doug, it’s 4:40 in the morning, and the post I just made is being “moderated”…wow…does THAT make me feel lame…

I’m back! Haha. I would like that e-mail too. Please send it to Toothemax66@yahoo.com. Thanks Dawrf.

Thank you Justin. I am, of course, still checking these postes reguraly. If anyone claming to be me says anything fishy please delete it. I did just post above asking for an email from Dawrf regarding Mario Kart characters and karts. Thanks again.

Glad to see you back Ben. Let us know the name of your team so we can look it up on the leaderboard. No more talk of coin battles for now.

Doug
We’re hopeful for a positive resolution for you
other note: I was able to get a time of 2:01 on automatic settings in Mario Kart and the run wasn’t mistake free.

With which driver/car? My son can pull a 1:58 consistently on auto, but not with the combo they made him use of Mario in the basic car (1st one pictured).

Yoshi or Toad in Wild Wing. Lots of success on the mach bike. I would like to hear about other possible combos. Mario Kart is our weak spot. I got the game AFTER our event. We’re going to give some points away right there, but maybe we can make it up elsewhere. We’ve started to beat all the Staff ghosts (some with drifting some on automatic – depends on the track).

My reply is way up there on top somewhere. Hmm, board is messing up.
Yoshi and Wild Wings or the Mach bike.

My son gets his best time on one of the bikes. I’m not sure which one he uses, the driving is kind of his thing. But, I know that prior to competing, he pulled 1:58 pretty much every time he ran the track with his fav. driver/bike. We were so psyched, because the point increase he would get for breaking the 2:00 mark was sweet!

Then when we got there, they didn’t give him the option to use it. The most frustrating at this point, for both of us, is that if the official rules had been followed—per Nintendo’s specs (which we found out after the fact)—his time would have smoked the team currently holding 1st place.

It’s a meeee! Mario!

Use the fireflower to blast all enemies and then collect the coins they leave!

Good luck!!!

I can drift better on the bikes and their wheelie boost during the straight is cool but the carts get a bigger boost.

Ben- Glad you’re back, sorry that someone was posting as you. Good luck on which ever day you compete! Hope to see you in L.A. Let us know how you did once you’re done

Fake Ben- Seems to me that your posts scream of bitterness. Like real Ben said “Grow-up”

Justin- Have you or your sister heard anything about flight details? We haven’t yet, but the company did “pass us off” to the next official. So we’re trying to be patient ….. it’s not working out so well.

** don’t know why it put my post back up there…**

Ben- Glad you’re back, sorry that someone was posting as you. Good luck on which ever day you compete! Hope to see you in L.A. Let us know how you did once you’re done

Fake Ben- Seems to me that your posts scream of bitterness. Like real Ben said “Grow-up”

Justin- Have you or your sister heard anything about flight details? We haven’t yet, but the company did “pass us off” to the next official. So we’re trying to be patient ….. it’s not working out so well.

Vinny I was told I’d get a package in the mail shortly. I still have yet to get it. I’m not too worried about it right now though.

Forgot to include my e-mail address:

dndhutch@hotmail.com

Thanks in advance!

Doug

same

I sent you guys the email using an anonymous email service since I’d rather not give out my email address. I just replaced my name and email everywhere in the email with Dwarph. The site randomly delays it up to 12 hours so you’ll get it soon enough.

Ron – My teams name is Operation Snooperfax (don’t ask).

Thank you Dawrf. What day are you competeing this weekend?

Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to do this!

Doug

We’ll be rooting for ya. Bring us the good news on Monday.

Since Nintendo changed the event date from the July 30th – 1st to Aug 6 – 8th at my mall they said they’d give me a prize package. I guess it’s just free swag, but I’m not complaining! Maybe I’ll get a sweet hat like the one Justin has on above. This happened awile ago, but I forgot to tell you guys. Anyone in the same boat?

Dawrf. I received the email. Thanks!

Dwarf,

I have not yet received that e-mail, and am desperately waiting for it so I can send formal documentation to my contact at Nintendo Admin.

Ben, could you possibly e-mail that over to me?…in a fairly immediate fashion?…Pretty please?

Doug

NVM! Thanks again!

Doug

Justin,

We are in contact with a representative from Nintendo.

She seems very interested in the information about our lack of choices in the Mario Kart race.

But much of the important dialogue has been removed from the top of this page. I know you cleared a lot out to make it easier to read, but is there any way you can put it back out for general viewing?

Specifically, I made a series of comment, I think it was on Aug 3rd or 4th, that explained that we had no choices. As that would have been during a time when we still thought we had won its would be obvious that we were simply stating facts.

Can you do anything here?

Thanks,

So the NYC event sounded awesome. How are the mall events set up? Are their prizes and stuff too? People making free shirts? I have a feeling the NYC event was just over the top because it was the kickoff. Please let me know, anyone who competed in a mall. Thanks!

Haha Ben – I think you have misspelled my name enough. It’s Dwarph :P
We compete Saturday morning.

I never got rid of these comments. The website just rolled the page over since there were so many. To see the old comments you need to scroll down to the bottom of the comments area and hit the previous comments button. I hope that helps.

Why are you guys talking about Mario Kart on Automatic? Is that one of the rules for that race or just your preference?

Oops! Sorry Dawrph. :D

Someone may have already answered this but I’ve noticed that team ‘Waterfield’ scored a 554 on the NSMBWii Coin Battle. My partner and I have scored about 400 on a regular basis and we’ve collected pretty much all the coins available including a lot from the Bombs. Was this an entry error or did this team actually score that high? I’ve seen one time before that a score was entered incorrectly and adjusted accordingly a few days later. One team scored 108 in Basketball but the max is 90. It hasn’t been changed yet. Can anyone provide any info on this, as well as any tips you may have for me as I am set to compete in a week. Thank you. :)

The coin score is no mistake. There’s a trick.

Do you know what the trick is? And telling me wouldn’t hurt anyone’s chances, because there are many other variables to consider (the other 4 events). So any help or direction you can provide would be greatly appreciated. :)

Hi. I was wondering if you know how the qualification process for Nationals is handled? Does the top performer at each group qualify or do the top 3 from each group qualify? I initially thought it was overall top 15 for each group nationwide that advances. Any information you can share or direction you can give would be much appreciated. Thank you!

If you get a perfect score (30) in basketball you get bonus points for each seconds left on the clock.

There’s some youtube footage of the other events and they appear to have similar setups.

Heh, it kinda feels like the boards took the weekend off. Is everyone holding their collective breath waiting for word from whoever?

Kickoff event- Waiting on the mail

Mall group 1 & 2 – Waiting on confirmation

Mall group 3 – Waiting for scores to post

Notice a pattern? Anyone from any of the Six Flags on these boards?

I think we’re breaking the board. It can’t handle all the convos going on and seems to be sticking posts where ever it wants. Either that, or I just can’t seem to figure out where the “end” post is to post after that one.

Hey, Noah.

The first three from the NYC Group get to go, but only the number one spot from each of the mall groups and each of the Six Flags locations gets to go, equalling 15.

Doug

Hey, Ron,

Would you mind posting the links to the videos your talking about?

Doug

I hear that. Why does it keep putting my posts in the middle of the wall? I’m sure no one will read this because it’ll be near the top! What gives? Oh well, gotta rest up. Big day tomorrow.

I just did a quick search on “Wii Games Summer 2010″ on Youtube a few days ago. Bunch of stuff there. No specific one comes to mind.

So I competed today. It was weird, all the officials at my event said the top three teams from the 4 malls get to go to L.A. In the official rules online, it says only the number 1 spot gets to go. I thought it was odd they were all misinformed, or maybe someone changed the rules. They also said they now have a system of checks to make sure all the scores are legit, so that’s why the scores won’t be posted online until Monday.

Best of Luck!!! Let us know how you do, we’ll be cheering for you!

WOW!

It’s like all the officials have been replaced by Inspector Clouseau!

WOW, I kinda would like clarification on that. I am going the day before to investigate what will be going on. I mean, when the offcials don’t know how the process works and what the rules are, then how can we trust their handling of the event? It’s like, I wouldn’t want to compete if officials are going to be unaware of what’s going on. How would that make things fair? I’d complain.

So Dwarph how did you do? What were your scores? Do you think you’ll be joining us?

It’s possible, but I think Ben (or someone else) will beat us. I fell off in Mario Kart and ended up with a time of 2:01. We also blew NSMB and got like 50 coins less than what we were aiming for. However, we are in first at our location currently so we have a shot. If we don’t make it, we’ll probably post secrets, videos, and tips on this blog to make L.A. more competitive.

I’m sorry that you guys didn’t do as well as you wanted. It kinda sucks that a couple of us are going against each other before L.A.

Selfishly I’d rather you didn’t post the coin-trick, tips & tactics on here. Cause I’d rather only the people here, who have been chatting and getting to know each other from the start had an upper hand. Of course the choice in the end is yours.

lol by the way… If you just happen to be in a telling mood about the coin trick, my E-mail address is still TacktileTK@aol.com …. Just sayin’ :)

Hey all, I’m competing on Saturday so let’s keep the hints off the boards until Sunday, yeah? haha. If anyone who has competed and won’t make it, how bout fillin me in on any “secrets” off the blog. My email is noahromail@gmail.com.

So, any help/hints/suggestions/secrets you can pass along would be much appreciated. Thanks all!

Doug
No specific video, just do a search for “wii Games Summer 2010″ on youtube.

Ben
Update us dude.

Dwarph
You fell off and still got a time better than most. That must have been quite a run.

I have to agree with Vinny on this one. Why post techniques here to help others that we will be going up against. Best to do it via private email.

That explain why I can’t get any updates.

Dwarph
You’re correct – only the top team from the mall groups advances. But on the off chance rules were changed that would be great as you and Ben would advance and Doug you too would advance. I don’t mind a little more competition.

Thanks, Ron.

We have officially made it past the gatekeeper of Nintendo’s Administrative Staff. She agrees with us—that there was an official rules infraction—and has passed what amounts to her personal recommendation on to the decision makers.

She said that there would most likely be some form of compensation, since there’s no real “fix” for the problem, we just don’t know what exactly that means as of yet. We are supposed to hear their final decision Monday or Tuesday, so we just have to wait and see.

Exactly how viable said compensation will be for my son I don’t know.

Doug

I hope such compensation includes plane tickets to a certain competition thats happening in early September.

If that were to occur, I would be singing Nintendo’s praises for many years to come!!! I hope we are so lucky!!!

Doug

Game over guys. VERY bad day.

Bowling – Went ok. 180.

Hula hoop – Really bad, it’s like it was a whole differnt game than the one I haveat home. Iwasn;t picking up on my movements well. 60 below my best. I felt awful.

Kart – Went great. 1:57

Basketball -Something funky happened and the ball kept shooting straight up. My usual 23 to 24 average fell to 18 to 20. Very disapointed.

NSMBW – Apparently you CAN’T DO THE TRICK IN CONPETITION. We started doing it and they made us start over. Our second run was not good. We got over 150 less coins then we had hours before at my home.

If anyone wants the trick just let me know via email. toothemax66@yahoo.com

Bye guys. I need to go take a rage nap. I’m very disapointed.

So, has any team in the past, or in the other locations this weekend been allowed to use it? If so, were their points adjusted…or will they be?

Doug

I honestly think it just goes judge by judge. This guy enforced the rule, I’m sure others won’t. It’s ok, our other performances probably weren’t good enough to get us there. I’m so disappointed though…we had the skills…we practiced for days…and we have nothing to show for it. I predicted we would have well over 20,000 points. We had just over 18,000 :( I wanted to throw up I felt so bad.

Those are very respectable numbers Ben. You just had a bit of bad luck with the judge. I too wonder if the powers that be will go back and validate all the scores in coin battle. Who knows

I’m sorry you feel so bad about everything…this was supposed to be fun, I think…

It seems that differing rules and regulations are becoming synonymous with this tournament. When there’s no standard, there can’t be a fair comparison… it kind of makes all the points and scores meaningless. I have to admit, in the beginning, I thought the problem my son and I ran into was probably a fluke and merely an exception to the rule. But the more personal accounts I read about what others are experiencing, it seems that we were simply the first of what will turn out to be many in the long line of rule discrepancies.

I expect better from Nintendo…

Doug

Wow guys, I’m really sorry it didn’t go as planned. Ben 18K is a great score! My team scored there and so far in the whole competition only one other family team has higher than us. I really hope that somehow you guys get in.
Doug, I completely understand. I wouldn’t even know how to explain that situation to my son. I hope that whatever Nintendo or the promo company does for you makes it easier for your boy. I really, really hope that if the team who scored higher than you can’t go (or if any other team in your group can’t go) you are first alternate.

Dwarph – Weren’t you & Ben at the same place? Did you guys meet up? Did they let you do the coin trick? I really do think it’s a judge by judge thing and that shouldn’t be the case.

Hey Ben,

I’m thinking that the wiimote may have needed re-calibrating. My son & I are competing in LA next weekend.

If anyone knows if we can request a wiimote calibration prior to playing basketball & bowling, please let me know.

Ya know Superdome I didn’t even think of that. The issue didn’t come up (as far as I know) at the NYC event. But it seems like you may be on track as to what was up with Ben.
However, if it was set-up like the NYC event then you play each game at a different station.

It wasn’t the calibration. I paused the game between ball racks and callibrated the controller on the floor. they said it was ok, but the shots were still kinda going hay-wire. Oh well. I’m slowly getting over it…I know I didn;t get 1st though. they had a TV that went through scores from the days before. Somene got just over 19000. A score that should have been easy to beat…if only.

Lets see if their scores survive the new validation process.

Are you guys buying in to the idea that they have a new verification system? Because, when we competed, they said that there would be no postings until Monday morning due to the fact that the events shut down at the close of the business day. Also, because there were four different locates they were compiling information from, it would give all officials adequate time to transmit all of the information.

I, myself, don’t really think they’ve changed anything…how can you verify points and scores to games which you can’t even competently oversee and standardize the rules for?

It seems like everytime I turn around I’m hearing an account of some official pulling questionable answers out of their…hat…

…just me?

The trick – being performed at the link below for anyone who wants to see it done properly. Watch and learn from a pro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-B_ALOz1BY

Still no updates from Greenwood Park Mall group. Noon Monday here.

Justin, buddy – what happened to the video link I posted. Did the Mods shoot it down? I thought I would be able to sneak it pass ya.

Nothing listed on the wiigames website either as of 1:25pm EST.
I understand that they are learning as they go cause it’s a brand new event, but you’d think a month into it they’d have a good enough idead of what they’re doing.

On a side note, I thought Team Burrell (family) out of Six Flags over Texas had the scores they posted corrected. 1:34.630 on MarioKart just isn’t possible without using the glitch, and 656 coins in NSMBW? Are you kidding? If they didn’t let Ben do the trick how in the world did they let this team go crazy with coins?

Let Team Burrell come to LA. They wont make top ten – look at their other scores.

I fully agree. It’s just crazy how that time & coin score passed somehow. I thought the time was corrected before, but I guess it was re-posted. You’re right, the other scores really aren’t great. But that coin score makes up a HUGE amount of what they lack in.

Well,

I wouldn’t consider this much of a trick, really…my son got a higher score than that doing it legitimately. To be honest, anything on hoola-hooping is legitimate, if you ask me. It’s extremely difficult (at least for us) to get anything higher than 300 or so no matter how we’ve tried it—and no matter who’s doing it, it tends to look pretty ridiculous! I saw the team who placed above us got, like, 327…I have no idea how they did it, but kudos to them! I think it’s one of the hardest of all the games to do well!

I thought it was the NSMBWii trick. That video is of Hula and that guy got less than 300.

Trixie hobbitzes! You had me all worried for a second. Then fooled! Nice job lol.
Since I still haven’t heard from Ben I was getting worried that you wanted to stop being asked and just posted it.

Vinny

Go Go Go Team Super Penguin!

Just trying to help my buddies from Team Berugold get some hits in their youtube sites. How come still no updates from the weekend games?
Its an option for those needing help in Hula.

Slow day on the board today. You guys must be training. Still no update from the weekend’s games. Tuesday 8/10/10 at 11:16 EST.

Yeah, I’m waiting for the scores too. Did anyone else go to a Six Flags? I was disappointed it was just the competition. All the talk of shirts and earning coins for prizes sounded like so much fun. Oh well, if they do this again, I’ll be sure to go to a mall.

Looks like the WiiGamaes site is updated.
Ben your scores were good. But I think the coins were the difference between you and the top team. It looks (to me) like the top team was able to do the trick. Even just a little bit, cause again, without knowing it there is no way at all that my team can score more than 400-405 at best.

** trying to get this on the bottom…**

Looks like the WiiGamaes site is updated.
Ben your scores were good. But I think the coins were the difference between you and the top team. It looks (to me) like the top team was able to do the trick. Even just a little bit, cause again, without knowing it there is no way at all that my team can score more than 400-405 at best. It also looks like you were in first at your mall. I’m sure that’s not much consolation. What were the other team names that competed from here?

Hey Ron! Can you give any info on this trick everyone seems to be pulling off? The boards were updated today and I saw scores in the 460s-520s. Any help would be much appreciated! If you don’t know, perhaps you can direct me to someone who does? Here is my email –

noahromail@gmail.com

You can email me the trick there or have whoever you know who does know it email it to me. THANK YOU! :)

Did Dwarph make it? He didn’t tell us his team’s name.
The coin battle does cover weak spots. I wonder what level we will play in the finals?

Good I’m not blind, Dwarph never said his team name. I thought I just couldn’t find it.
Ron, forgive me, what was your team name? Also do you know the coin trick? If you do could you E-mail it to me? I tried to get in touch with Ben via his E-mail address but I think someone kidnapped him and Dwarph cause they are MIA since this weekend.

**Grrr figuring out this board makes me angry, Vinny SMASH!!!**

Good I’m not blind, Dwarph never said his team name. I thought I just couldn’t find it.
Ron, forgive me, what was your team name? Also do you know the coin trick? If you do could you E-mail it to me? I tried to get in touch with Ben via his E-mail address but I think someone kidnapped him and Dwarph cause they are MIA since this weekend.

Yeah we made it! Our team name is The Broskis. I didn’t want to say anything about it until the scores came in. We are super excited! We’ll let you guys know when we hear from Nintendo. I really hope they do different events in the finals, I hate Mushroom Gorge (too easy to fall off and inconsistent jumps on the mushrooms).

Seems like none of the winners in the Parent/Child category used the coin trick. That’s fine by me, since my son & I don’t know the trick. Our team is “Who Dat?”, by the way.

Noah, which category is your team competing in? Do you happen to be playing at The Oaks this Saturday?

Seems like none of the winners in the Parent/Child category used the coin trick. That’s fine by me, since my son & I don’t know the trick. Our team is “Who Dat?”, by the way.

Noah, which category is your team competing in? Do you happen to be playing at The Oaks this Saturday?

When I figure it out

Congrats Dwarph . We were hoping it would be you or Operation Snooperfax. I hope we’re all in the same hotel. We gotta meet up.

Hey there! Yes, I am competing this Saturday at the Oaks. Adult Category. Team Name – The Undrcvr Plumbers

I really want to know this coin trick! Level the playing field since more and more people are finding out the closer we get!

Congrats Dwarph! Can’t wait to see you in L.A. I really have no clue if they are changing anything for the L.A. event. I almost feel it wouldn’t be fair. You could change the levels in MarioKart & NSMBW, but what would you do about the other 3 games?

and by the way… That’s a great bowling score!

Yeah my teammate hit 8 strikes in a row for bowling it was amazing. For the other games, they could choose different games on Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort. I bet they won’t change anything though, but you never know. I’m just sick of Mushroom Gorge. Also, a different level in NSMB would probably be more fair since that game is weighted for a ton of points, and there has been a really wide spread of points on that level.

I totally understand being tired of Mushroom Gorge on MarioKart. I think once this competition is over my brother isn’t ever going to play that stage again. As for the other events, I’d be kind of pissed if I’ve been hula-hooping all this time for nothing lol. I mean sure, I’m getting my abs back that I haven’t had for almost ten years but I’ll still be mad.
I agree with you about NSMBW, if the trick (and no, we still don’t know it Grrrrr!) is being used it’s a huge advantage because of how much the points differ from teams who are vs. teams who aren’t using it. I’m sure I’d be all for teams using it if I knew what it was.

I would also like the coin trick email, cameron.turner.uw@gmail.com, thanks

This is a post for all of you who have faithfully helped and supported us throughout our trials that have surrounded this competition:

I am posting the official response we received this afternoon from Nintendo of America. I want to make a special point to thank Jean W. of NOA Administration, and her staff. Without her help, support, and understanding we never would have made it as far as we have. My family’s experience with Nintendo throughout our lives has always been pleasant and has always left us feeling very happy and satisfied with both their products and their service. They have, once again, proven to us why they deserve our loyalty…they have earned it—repeatedly—and I have confidence that they will continue to do so in the future.

Dear Mr. Hutchison,

Nintendo Customer Service let us know about your inquiries right away and we have been working hard to investigate the matter and see how we can make sure you have a great Wii experience. Since your initial inquiry we have fully reviewed your concerns regarding Wii Games: Summer 2010.

Upon reviewing scores on Monday, August 2nd and Tuesday, August 3rd, it has been confirmed that your team is in second place for the mall group 2 competitors. These results have been used to contact the winners for Week 2 of this competition and, per the contest rules, only first place teams are awarded travel to Los Angeles to compete in the finals. As it has been done for all competition categories, only first place teams are contacted. Should the first place teams decline the invite, the team with the next highest score would be contacted. The first place team in your category has accepted and, thus, your team was not contacted.

Our online and onsite leaderboard system are not official until all scores are validated by our staff. Updates can and will be made to ensure the most accurate reporting of the scores and the final team standings. These updates are made within the appropriate times allowed to ensure the right teams are notified.

In regards to your competition experience with Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo investigated how this competition was conducted and it is not possible to verify whether this was incorrectly administered. Nor is it possible to demonstrate that enough points would have been earned to secure a first place standing.

Based on our review, your team has not qualified as a 1st place team based on the rules and guidelines of this contest.

· Regardless of our review, Nintendo’s corporate mission is to deliver wow experiences that generate big smiles on the faces of our consumers. Therefore, after additional review, we have decided to allow for an exception to the contest rules. Team Dr. Doug and Conninator will be authorized to compete in the Wii Games: Summer 2010 Final based on a special exemption

· Due to your son being a passionate Nintendo fan and wanting to ensure that he ultimately has a positive experience with this promotion, a special exemption will be granted to ensure he can compete in the finals event

The fulfillment process and booking of your travel to Los Angeles will commence immediately. We are excited to have you and your son join us for this very special event.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

Thank you,

Lauren Pawling

SEE YOU ALL IN LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations DrDougandConninator!

Wow! Nintendo did the right thing, in your case. It doesn’t matter that you guys would be our toughest competition, if we make it to the finals. You two really deserve to come to LA!

That’s fantastic! Congratulations!!! Lauren was extremely helpful to us also. We had a small detail we had to ask questions about and she was prompt and polite. Anyway…
Congrats again, and Team Super Penguin can’t wait to meet everyone from here!

Hi there! Did you use this coin trick and if so, could you pass it along to me? My email is noahromail@gmail.com

Thanks!

Hey there Vin. Have you heard anything about this coin trick? If so, would you mind passing it along to me please? I’d reallly appreciate it! My email is noahromail@gmail.com

Thanks for any help!

For anyone going to the finals I highly recommend watching the movie “The Wizard”. It’s a great old school Nintendo movie about a similar (but fictional) gaming tournament. It will really put you in the mood for the finals.

Team Dostaly welcomes the competition. Bring it on.

Nothing as of yet. I think my team is just going to ignore the trick and power on with each of our own events. We have a pretty good team score without the trick. So we figure that if we each set a goal and meet it (or do better) and then pull off what we normally get now in NSMBW we have a strong chance.
Sorry Noah :(

We got our email from Nintendo yesterday! Any other mall group 3 winners on here?

Hi Dwarph. My three kids and I make up Team Espada. We were at Ridgedale on Saturday. We received our email from Ventura yesterday and just faxed in the documents today.
Congrats and good luck to you all.

Micky, that’s great. Congratulations! Good luck in L.A.!

Gimme gimme gimme…. Jimmy Woods! Always has been a favorite movie of mine. Good call!!

Hey everyone! Has anyone discovered/heard about the Coin Trick? If so, please pass it along my way, if you don’t mind.

noahromail@gmail.com

Thank you all!

You finalists are headed to the Redondo Beach Pier.

http://www.yelp.com/events/redondo-beach-wii-games-summer-2010—national-finals-3

I used to live near Redondo Beach, so if you have any questions just ask. Don’t just pack shorts and T-shirts – it can get chilly there at night.

Nice find. I noticed yesterday on the official site that there was now an address for the chmapionship. I’ve gotta head back to the site soon to see if there have been any score updates for this weekend. Thanks for the tip about the weather!

Look below for a bit more info. Looks like Friday is going to be a media day. Smile.

http://wii.nintendolife.com/news/2010/08/wii_games_summer_2010_competitors_reach_the_final_stage

Looks like a lot of fun! Does anyone know if we get to meet Shawn Johnson? That would be so cool (because she’s an Olympian).

I hope so. I’d like a pic with her.

As it gets closer and more info is given, my team & I are getting more and more excited. Getting tough to wait for that package in the mail. Anyone else facing the same troubles?

BTW I think it would be pretty awesome if she takes pictures with the finalist. But there are going to be something like 90 teams there. She’d feel like a Disney character by the time it’s over.

I just got an e-mail with my flight information.

It looks like their Mario Kart score has been changed to 2:34, but they still have the 656 in NSMB Wii.

How did you do Noah? Has the site been updated yet?

Hey Ron. No, the site has not been updated yet and I have not been notified if we have advanced. I figure it would take much more time notifying the 48 teams from all the six flags AND the 6 teams from the final mall group. So I am basically waiting on pins an needles. I saw someone posted that they got their email. Whomever that was, could you forward that email to me, if you feel it won’t invade your privacy. I just want to see what I may be receiving, possibly add the email address to my safe list so it doesn’t go into the junk/spam folder. Thanks!

Hello, my brother and I recently competed in Mall Group 4 in the teen catagory, and put up a pretty good score. My question is, has anyone else playing in mall group 4 recieved contact from Nintendo? I have yet to see any scores being updated for the region, and I just want to know how we fared. Thank you.

On a side note, would anyone care to fill me in on the 5-4 coin trick? My brother and I may not even bother to use it, as no other teen team has match what we put up. I just want to know how it’s possible to obtain 500+ coins. E-mail’s ggormley48@q.com. Thanks again.

The Scores have not been posted yet which is strange. I assume it is taking longer than usual because for the previous 3 mall groups, they just had to notify 6 teams. Nintendo has to notify 48 teams from all of the six flags locations as well as the 6 teams from Mall Group 4. Considering how late in the day it is (I’m on the west coast), it is puzzling why nothing has been posted at the very least. Let’s hope it’s just a long process and not a different issue.

In regards to the coin “secret/trick”, there isn’t any. Just continuing to hit the bob-ombs with fireballs results in many coins. The key is holding on to the fire flower power-up for as long as possible, especially towards the end when the bob-oms fall onto the

I hope that’s the case. My team’s score was over 19,000, better than any teen team that I’ve seen so far. In regards to 5-4, tht’s we’ve been doing all along. I guess we just weren’t holding on to the flower all the way to the end. When usually get over 400 coins on a given run.

Yup. I mean, I hope they haven’t notified winners before they post the scores on the leaderboard. I would understand them having a lot to take care of though, as I referred to earlier.

Did you guys happen to notice who was at the top of the Leaderboard in the Parent/Child category, before you left The Oaks? When I left on Saturday afternoon, Who Dat? was still #1. We scored 10 less points than the current overall leader in our category.

You should get an email today from @sweepspros.com, so you could add that domain to your “allow email list”. Our team from mall group 3 was notified at 1:42 pm last Wednesday, so hopefully you get notified today as well. I think the scores will be posted some time today, around 11 am CT. If Nintendo follows what they did last week.

We haven’t heard anything either. We competed in Mall Group 4 as well and as a family we did well. Well we screwed up on NSMB but other than that we did a solid run, not spectacular but solid. We had 5 kids puking earlier in the day/night and on the way to the mall but they still wanted to go so pretty amazing we did that well.

Who Dat!!! We made it!!! The leaderboard hasn’t been updated, but I received the confirmation email.

I know we won as we were at Six Flags on Sunday and put up the highest score. Still haven’t gotten the email, though…

Why are these guys slacking so hard? They should have confirmed to us by now.

Any six flags winners notified yet?

Does anyone know if six flags winners have been notified?

I’m definitely a six flags winner and I’ve heard nothing.

Which Six Flags were you at?

The rules say they are supposed to notify the winners by the 17th and you only have 3 days to respond or lose your spot. You may want to contact nintendo customer service and let them know you have not been notified just in case they don’t have the corret info for you.

I won at Six Flags over GA. Yes, I’ve called Nintendo on Tuesday (twice) and left messages with my team name, codes, etc etc and am still waiting on a call back. I’ve sent emails to info@sweepspro.com this morning, too, and will call them as soon as they open.

This is ridiculous. I hope it’s not Nintendo with egg on their faces after all this, or something worse than egg…I’ll not take this shit lying down.

Oh ok. Yeah, keep us posted on here as I don’t think any Six Flags winners have been notified. I heard on here that a Mall Group 4 winner has been notified, so I’m not sure what is going on.

UPDATE – I finally got a call back from sweepspro. They dont even have the list of winners yet for Six Flags over GA…someone’s obviously dragging their feet. They are waiting to get the list before they can even call anyone. No idea how long it will take but I’ll keep you guys posted.

They asked me to be patient. Easier said than done when we were supposed to be notified by Tuesday and it’s now Thursday.

Be calm folks. So far Nintendo and their representatives have generally run this promotion very admirably and have been attentively to our past concerns. My congratulations to all who are going to the Grand Championship round.

“So far Nintendo and their representatives have generally run this promotion very admirably”

How do you figure that? Taking days to return phone calls, being DAYS late on advising the winners, not updating the scoreboards; I’m sorry, but that’s not my idea of running a business, nor is that good customer service.

YMMV

I totally agree with Ron. We all are anxiously awaiting results. This is a family competition and Nintendo has always given us the best customer service. Keep in mind that there are far more teams to notify this week than in weeks past. There are 48 Six Flag Teams + 6 mall group teams. True, they are behind schedule with posting results and notifying people, but no one is perfect.

Finally got the email! See y’all in LA!

See you there and good luck. I’m glad you’re anxiety has been allayed. It was the same for us too.

Let me be the first to congratulate Noah !!
The Undrcvr Plumbers performed as expected. Welcome to our little club.

YES! Thank’s Ron! I kept checking all through the morning at work and when it finally updated, I was so excited! My partner and I work together so we were both dancing around. HaHa. My plan worked! I knew we had a better shot to compete at Six Flags, rather than at The Oaks, considering the winnner at Six Flags advanced, rather than trying to beat out not only The Oaks, but the other 3 malls. It was the most logical choice really. I knew that having the choice to play for free at the mall would influence competitors over having to pay to get into Six Flags. I didn’t care about cost because I knew that the highest score at Magic Mountain could be beat easily. We performed no where near our averages so we did just enough to get by but were so nervous about someone else beating our score. Now that we advanced, I am SO relieved! lol. I havent received an email yet but I now know for sure I am getting one! lol What sucks though is that we live within 100 miles of LA so we won’t be getting a plane ride…we’ll be getting a van or something…*whoopie* lol Nevertheless….YES! HAHA

YES! The Undrcvr Plumbers have made it! See you all at the beach! :)

Did Noah move from the Oaks to a Six flags location?

Mmmm, Thats using the old noggin. Lets just leave it at that.

Yup, let’s.

Congrats, Noah!

what happens after you get the email from sweepspros.com ?

This is pretty exciting

I hope you didnt play at both. If so, you’re one of the d’bag cheaters that have been holding up the rest of our emails and scores.

If not, then way to go! GET SOME is going to B R I N G it to L.A. You better have your A game.

ANYONE GET FLIGHT RESERVATIONS YET?

Wondering if the flights will be 2nd to the 6th. Anyone know?

Departure on 9/2 and returning 9/6.
No hotel info yet.

I found what looks like the hotel.

http://www.cpredondobeachhotel.com/redondo_beach_events.html

If you look at the events below it says they are the host hotel.

Wii Games 2010 Grand Championship
September 3-5
Redondo Beach Marina
Free Admission
Players and teams have been competing all over the country to win a spot at Wii Games Grand Championship, where players compete at Nintendo Wii video games for a chance to win awesome prizes. The public is invited to watch the finalists and play every day from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach Hotel is proud to a host hotel for the Wii Games 2010. We are the official headquarters of all contestants and staff.

cpredondobeachhotel.com/redondo_beach_events.html

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Thanks and I can’t wait to see some of you at the Finals.

No, I did not play at both. I read the rules.

Would anyone know what events we’ll be competing in? Will they be the same 5, or will they be different? It’s probably the same but I’m not sure if anyone has received anything other than what I have so far. I just fedexed my forms today so I don’t know if anyone has any other information. Thanks!

Thats good detective work.

This morning I received an email requesting info regarding our ground transportation to The Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach and Marina Hotel.

They also needed our jacket sizes. Wow! We’re getting jackets just for showing up!

Yeah! I hope it’s the same one some of the offcials were wearing at the Competiton! What is your team name? Where do you guys live?

Yeah it’s going to be sweet. The website also says everyone gets medals.

I’m really curious as to what the medals look like. I also hope that it’s the same white jackets that the staff had. Those were pretty sweet.
BTW still waiting on that package in the mail. I’ll post on here whenever we get it.

Where on the site does it mention the medals? Was anything said about what is in the package?

Noah,

Our team name is Who Dat? and we live in West Covina. It was about an hour drive to The Oaks mall. We’re about 45 miles from Redondo Beach.

Do you live anywhere near us?

Oh Who Dat! I’ve seen your youtube vids. Very nice.

Did your email ask for airport information or did they already know you would be needing ground transportation? If it doesn’t ask for flight info, can you please forward it to me so I can see any differences? My email is noahromail@gmail.com

I live in Hollywood. My partner lives in South LA. I got that email around noon and I explained that we will not be needing a flight (which sucks!!!!) haha. I hope that jacket is the same as the blue ones at The Oaks. Those were cool!

I’m glad you liked my videos. I wasn’t sure anyone seen them, since no one is commenting.

The email is the standard ground info request message. Just sent it to you.

The website says all competitors get a Track Jacket and/or Custom Jersey.

I just noticed the top team in the family group at Northgate Mall (their team name is Goomba) got 699 coins in NSMB. That’s insane. Then again they had 4 players but still.

My family hasn’t been able to get much over 400, so it’s not looking too good for team espada. Maybe we’ll be able to watch some of the better teams compete first and try to duplicate what tricks they do to get that great of a score.

Looking at all 75 qualifiers in five categories (left out super adult because, well…), eight teams got a score of 425 or above on NSMBW. Five were over 500 (3 families & 2 adults).

The two top scores (699, 656) clearly qualified based solely on coins. Both are families (unfortunately for espada and my team The Hooligans)

Hopefully there will be a new NSMBW (and MarioKart) level in the Finals to spice things up, but I doubt it. 5-4 was the last round in the Japanese coin grab championship earlier this year as well.

Yeah I think with all the problems going on with the NSMBW level there should be a new one for the L.A. event. Who knows?

Wow 337 at hula-hoops? That’s insane! Nice job! Now you can scare people and say “yeah that was a bad game too”

Congrats Hooligans. I like your analysis except for the part where our teams don’t look good in NSMBW. It will be interesting to see what the LA judges allow in the tournament. Ben said his team wasn’t allowed to do the NSMBW coin glitch at his location. So it could be a lot more interesting if the coin glitch is not allowed in the finals.

Lots of other family teams on here. I’ve gotta be honest, I hope they don’t allow the coin trick. 699 coins is game breaking. It leaves the other games almost needless. I’d rather it was decided by skill in all 5 games. Win or lose at least at that point it was fair.

OK, so there is a ‘glitch’? Do you know what it is?

We’re in ~400 coin range as well. If still level 5-4, hopefully a few teams will be pulling a Burrell during the practice session. I vote for world 8-7 (bonecoasters) as the most hilarious for the finals.

337 is the highest Hula Hoop score I’ve seen. No trick here except I think it helps to be missing a Y chromosome.

Other top scores for the qualifiers are 1:55.7 in Kart (by the blog leader, I believe), 80 in basketball (impressive), and 284 in bowling.

Just received the “National Championship” email. It has a tentitive schedule of Family, Super Adult, and Adult competing on Friday. And Parent/child, Parent/teen and Teen competing on Saturday. Then the “grand championship” is Sunday? Maybe there will be a bracket for the top teams (any category) to play for the title?

Hey there! Could you forward that email to me, please?

noahromail@gmail.com

Thank you!!!

To clarify my previous comment – The grand championship on sunday has a winner in each category. No playoffs between categories. I wish there was an edit option for you comments.

Any recommendations for family activities? Besides the beach and pier are there other fun things to do around Redondo beach?

Did any of the Six Flags winners get their flight info yet?

A lot depends on how much free time we’ll have and if you’ll be renting a car. Have you ever been to Southern California, before?

Check this web page for some ideas: http://www.cpredondobeachhotel.com/redondo_beach_attractions.html

I’ve been to San Fran about 15 years ago, but never to So Cal. Wasn’t planning to renting a car. From the schedule it looks like our Saturday will be wide open. Any recommendations for tours of Hollywood?

My reply is lost somewhere in the comments. I haven’t been to LA area before and was thinking a tour of Hollywood would be fun for the family. Can you recommend a good tour?

so i just pulled off my best time in kart 1:55 (i got 1:58 at the mall)
cant wait its going to be crazy. and also fyi some from nintendo told us unreleased wii games will be playable there !

I don’t think everybody is getting their coins the same way. We got 445 in competition and have broken 500 many times. It’s not that consistent and somewhat difficult to pull off. It’s not a glitch what we do. I’m wondering what Ben did to get coins and why it wasn’t allowed. Anyways my point is, there are multiple ways to break 500 coins.

Anyone here planning on going to the Thursday night preview?
Also
For those who played at the NYC Event, it looks like they’ll be using the same tent setup.

We will be there Thursday night.

I just got the $200.00 checks in the mail today for food/entertainment. I’m pumped. I’ll also be there Thursday night.

We’re scheduled to get in late Thursday (past 9:30). Families compete first the next day, so could be good night–good morning–good-bye.

Let us know what information you guys get at check-in and how things go Thursday.

We’ll be there to check things out. Our flight gets us to LA at 1:30pm.

Does anyone have more information on the grand championships on Sunday? Is there a bracket or do the top 3 or 5 teams make it? If anyone knows please share.

It looks like they’ll tell us at the event how it’s going to break down for Sunday. I think it’s got to be the top 5 or 3 teams from each category. I’m leaning towards top 3. The only reason I say that is because Nintendo will want to have all the winners there. They won’t want to make anyone feel bad and have to leave the “stage” sad. If they narrow it down to the top 3 on Sunday then even if you come in last you’re still a prize winner. Of course, that’s just my opinion and I’m not “in the know” at all.

Hey I lived in so cal for 24 years. There is so much great stuff to do out there. One attraction I definately recommend is the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Something your children and yourself will definately love.

Thanks Micky.

If Vinny is right, then getting to an odd number like three for the finals would mean that it’s essentially a free-for-all on the first day.

We survived!! what a great event. Here is a link to the beach picture.

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_15988262?source=rss

Micky what team were you on? I think I got all the names confused somewhere.

Ron

Micky was on the family team, Espada.

Ron, I didn’t get to talk to you. We didn’t stick around for the Parent/Child comp, off sightseeing.
Hi Dwarph, It was great to meet you, Mike and your dad. Congrats on second place, your team did awesome. The paper has my son’s name wrong in the third picture. I emailed them the correct name, so hopefully it will be fixed soon.
My daughter Sarah said her favorite part of the competition was meeting the other players, I would have to agree.

Yeah, I did see your team Micky. I have to agree. The best part of the competition was meeting all you guys. Just two things: Still can’t figure out why dwarph was one of the taller competitors. I was looking for a shorter person. And – How did Noah manage to get all the press people following him. He’s in every paper. lol
You guys are true gamers! What a fantastic way to end the summer.

http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2010/09/06/shawn-johnson-pulling-for-bristol-on-dancing/

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2010/09/wii_games_summer_2010_winners_announced

http://toyxplosion.com/2010/09/nintendo-crowns-champions-at-wii-games-summer-2010-competition/

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_15988262

Here’s another.

http://inr.synapticdigital.com/Nintendo_37528/

Thanks Micky it was great meeting you guys too! We had tons of fun. You guys did pretty great in competition too (you made it to LA, didn’t you?). Yeah I definitely hope Nintendo will do this again next year.

Thanks for the hollywood outbreak link. That’s a great picture of Shawn Johnson, Team Undrcvr Plumbers and Espada!!!
Front row – Lucas, Brian, Shawn, Lauren, Sarah
Back row – Micky and Noah

Hey guys, it was great meeting you all. I just got my first update on the finals up. You can view it here:

http://www.ripten.com/2010/09/07/wii-games-summer-2010-grand-championships-event-recap-922010-justin6464/

I’ll be doing several other updates on the Grand Championships as well, so don’t think I’m finished yet. Also I’ve been told to inform you guys that Ripten will soon be getting a message board so that it will be even easier for Wii Games 2010 fans, and Ripten fans, to communicate with one another. Look forward to it and I’ll be sure to keep linking my updates.

If you really don’t want to miss any of my updates though follow me on facebook and twitter. Links to both can be found in my latest articles.

Hey everyone! We made it back safe and sound from LA. Our trophies on the other hand were not so lucky. The TSA searched the bag they were packed in and I can only guess broke them to check inside. They were re-packed in separate pieces.
I’m going to see what kind of repair work can be done to them, At the very least they were clean breaks. I’m still pissed, but I’ll be more pissed if I can’t fix them.
It was awesome meeting everyone! I wish we had some time to get everyone from the board together for a photo. Maybe next year?
Congrats to everyone!!!

Vinny, I can’t believe that happened to your trophies! You should contact Nintendo, right away. I bet they’ll replace them for you.

Thanks, again, for the Hula Hoop tips. It ended up being our best score of all the games. I got 317!

I’m really glad I got to meet you & your family and the rest to the teams, here.

I would contact Nintendo directly about the trophies. They may be able to give you replacements or something. Who knows. (Yes I know they were numbered x/45 but there is still a chance).

Thanks for the well wishes guys. I got on the phone with the TSA and I flipped out. To make a long story short, they will foot any type of repair bill.
I spoke with Nintendo who was very interested in the situation and more than willing to help in any way they could. They asked if we would keep them informed of everything as it went on.
Back on the brighter side. Let me say again how much fun my family and I had! It really was the experience of a life-time, and I’m glad that all of you had such a great time as well.
Anyone care to explain how unpacking takes longer than packing…?
Doug, if you’re around, My wife and I would love to see that pic you sent to your wife if you still have it. Please & Thank you!

Ron – HAHA I only know of being in the Daily Breeze. What other papers are you talking about!? Did you find others? I only saw myself in the beach pic and the Shawn Johnson pic with Brian and Team Espada. lolV

No problem! It’s not the best, though…the phone I was using just doesn’t produce the highest quality image…Where do you want me to send it?

Dude, sorry to hear about the trophies. I hope you find someone who can repair them back to as close to their original state as possible. Keep us updated.

Thanks! If you could send it to my E-mail address TacktileTK@aol.com I’d appreciate it a ton. We’re trying to see if anyone has more footage up from any of the interviews. I kinda think that they were saving the interviews we did and were only planning to use them if we won. lol Ah well, hopefully there’s next year.

Hey everyone!

Sorry it took so long to get back to you all, but I walked back into an office with more than 180 emails and a staff screaming for me to start fixing things.

I just wanted to take a moment to say how great it was to meet all of you over the weekend. The games were awesome, the players were awesome, and everyone on this board has been about as cool as they can be.

While my son seems content with his victory this year (and shows no inclination to want to do it again next year) I have an 8 year old who is stoked about trying his luck the next time this rolls around. Everyone should practice hard as soon as we have an schedule of games so we can all make it next year!

Later,

Dr. Doug

Hey everyone! Here is my Wii related info! Console # and Games codes!

Wii: 2525-7160-9779-3632
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 3009-1153-4765
Mario Kart Wii: 0389-2514-3323
Mario Strikers Charged: 034646-099005

Now we can all play and battle online! :)

Also, if I haven’t added you on Facebook…add me! Search for my name, Noah Roman, or email, noahromail@gmail.com

Also on Twitter – UndrcvrPlumber

I created a Facebook group for all of us Finalists, so request to join there as well!

what is the facebook page called?

Join the fun:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=152504684778946

joined cool ! hope others do also

Hello there! What is your name? I might have friend requested you. lol

So, why no update to the leaderboard for the Grand Championship?

I was wondering the same thing. They are definately slacking.

C’mon guys, towards the end of the open competition they were taking forever.
However, I’m sure this isn’t a priority for them. The winner have won, and they’re most likely the only ones looking to see results.
I know if I didn’t make the top 3 it would be painful to look up the GC leader board. Heck, my family placed 3rd and I still don’t wanna look it up.

The leaderboard isn’t updated but Nintendo has updated the page. Nice pics of the champs from each category.

They’ll need a powerpoint presentation to explain the final scores.

The wiigames2010.com site is now being redirected to nintendo.com. I guess there’s no update for the championship scores, I’m a little disappointed.

do we have a new summer games comeing to chicago or milwaukee

No announcements yet. Last time out it was announced in June for a July launch. Glad to see people are still finding these posts useful.
Anyone here gonna try again?

Ron (you remember, 5th placed finish Parent/Child) Team Dostaly