Nintendo UK: ‘Go hands-on with Pokémon Sword, Pokémon Shield, Luigi’s Mansion 3, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and more at Insomnia65!’

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Go hands-on with Pokémon Sword, Pokémon Shield, Luigi’s Mansion 3, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and more at Insomnia65!

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, DAEMON X MACHINA and Super Mario Maker 2 are also playable at Insomnia65.

 

02/08/2019

 

Pokémon Sword, Pokémon Shield, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening will all be playable at Insomnia65, at NEC Birmingham on 23rd-26th August!

 

 

Other Nintendo Switch titles available to play at the festival include DAEMON X MACHINA, Super Mario Maker 2 and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020! You’ll even be able to get your hands on Nintendo Labo: VR Kit and Nintendo Labo: Vehicle Kit. Check out the full list of playable games below:

  • Pokémon Sword
  • Pokémon Shield
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
  • Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
  • DAEMON X MACHINA
  • MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3: The Black Order
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Super Mario Maker 2
  • Nintendo Labo

 

We’ll also have a live stage show on the Nintendo stand to get involved with every day of the show, featuring games like TETRIS® 99, Super Mario Party, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and more! Stay tuned for more info on the stage schedules.

If you visit us during the Insomnia65, be sure to pick up a stamp card from the staff so you can enter our contest! To take part you need to obtain a stamp card from Nintendo representatives, play Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and Super Mario Maker 2, and collect a stamp for each title. Once your stamp card is complete with the five stamps, you have a chance to win a Nintendo Switch console and a copy of Super Mario Maker 2 Limited Edition in the daily draw and a further chance to win a Nintendo Switch console and a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening in the online draw!

To enter the daily draw, simply submit your completed stamp card to a Nintendo representative at the Tournament Zone registration desk by 4pm on 23rd August, 24th August, 25th August or 26th August. Each day, one winner will be drawn at random at 5pm on the Nintendo Stage on each of these dates and notified immediately. To enter the online draw, simply take a picture of your completed stamp card and publish it on Twitter using the hashtag #i65 along with the Twitter handle @NintendoUK. For full details on both the daily draw and online draw, please read the terms and conditions below.

 

Insomnia65 will be hosting the first qualifier in the Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2019-2020 too! To register for the qualifier please visit the tournament desk on the Nintendo stand. As for the modes and maps, you can find them below:

 

  • Pool Round 1 – Ranked Types (Best of Five)
    Rainmaker | Sturgeon Shipyard
    Splat Zones | The Reef
    Tower Control | Starfish Mainstage
    Clam Blitz | Port Mackerel
    Rainmaker | Wahoo World

 

  • Group Final – Ranked Types (Best of Five)
    Clam Blitz | Walleye Warehouse
    Rainmaker | Goby Arena
    Splat Zones | Humpback Pump Track
    Tower Control | New Albacore Hotel
    Clam Blitz | Piranha Pit

 

  • Semi Final – Ranked Types (Best of Five)
    Tower Control | Arowana Mall
    Clam Blitz | Inkblot Art Academy
    Splat Zones | Shellendorf Institute
    Rainmaker | Ancho-V Games
    Tower Control | Kelp Dome

 

  • Grand Final – Ranked Types (Best of Five)
    Splat Zones | Camp Triggerfish
    Rainmaker | Blackbelly Skatepark
    Tower Control | Musselforge Fitness
    Clam Blitz | Snapper Canal
    Splat Zones | Manta Maria

 

Insomnia65 takes place at NEC Birmingham on 23rd-26th August 2019. You can purchase tickets here.

Whether you’re wanting to sample some of the upcoming Nintendo Switch titles or simply want to hang out with fellow Nintendo fans, we hope to see you there!

 

— Nintendo UK News
Source: Nintendo UK.

 

 

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