Nintendo's Famous Anti-Hero, Wario, Invades Six Flags This Summer
Nintendo and its favorite antagonist, Wario, have teamed up with Six Flags to take over 10 theme parks throughout the country this September. In celebration of the release of Wario Land: Shake It!, the new game for the Wii console, Nintendo will be giving park guests the opportunity to check out the game and win prizes.
Wario Land: Shake It! plays like a classic side-scroller, but incorporates motion-controlled elements: Players shake the Wii Remote controller to help Wario shake down enemies for coins or tilt it to help him decide where to toss them. The game launches exclusively for Wii on Sept. 22.
"Wario Land: Shake It! is a game that everyone from veterans to newcomers can enjoy," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Partnering with Six Flags to bring the title to theme parks nationwide is a great opportunity for consumers to experience the game and rediscover the franchise at a place that is designed for fun."
As part of the theme park takeover, Wario Land: Shake It! game-play interactives will be available at the 10 Six Flags parks' Wii Experience areas to allow Wario fans and park guests the chance to experience the game first-hand and reconnect with the long-running Wario franchise.
In addition, on Sept. 27, Nintendo will host a competition at two Six Flags locations: Six Flags Magic Mountain near Los Angeles and Six Flags St. Louis. Running concurrently at both parks, competitors will play through a level in Wario Land: Shake It! as fast as they can, just as Wario must race through various levels in the game. At the end of the competition, the player with the best overall time will be Nintendo's guest on a holiday trip to New York and a visit to the Nintendo World store. In addition, one person at each park with the best overall time will win a "Bottomless Coin Sack" containing:
- a Wii system and a copy of Wario Land: Shake It!
- a Nintendo DS system
- a gift certificate for Six Flags merchandise
- fun premium items
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other Wii features, visit Wii.com.
For more information about Wario Land: Shake It!, visit www.WarioLandShakeIt.com.
Participating Parks and dates include:
Six Flags Great Adventure
(Jackson, N.J.) – 9/27-28, 10/4-5, 10/11-12
Six Flags Magic
Mountain (Valencia, Calif.) - 9/27-28, 10/4-5, 10/11-12
Six Flags
Great America (Gurnee, Ill.) - 10/4-5, 10/11-12
Six Flags Over Texas
(Arlington, Texas) - 9/27-28, 10/4-5, 10/11-12
Six Flags Over Georgia
(Austell, Ga.) - 9/27-28, 10/4-5, 10/11-12
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
(San Antonio, Texas) - 10/4-5, 10/11-12
Six Flags New England
(Agawam, Mass.) - 9/27-28, 10/4-5, 10/11-12
Six Flags Discovery
Kingdom (Vallejo, Calif.) - 9/27-28, 10/4-5, 10/11-12
Six Flags
America (Bowie, Md.) - 10/4-5, 10/11-12
Six Flags St. Louis (Eureka,
Mo.) - 9/27-28, 10/4-5, 10/11-12
About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii and Nintendo DS systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.7 billion video games and more than 470 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii and Nintendo DS, as well as the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Super NES, Nintendo 64 and Nintendo GameCube. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda and Pokémon. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at www.nintendo.com.
About Six Flags, Inc.
Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional
theme park company with 20 parks across the United States, Mexico and
Canada. Founded in 1961, Six Flags has provided world class
entertainment for millions of families with cutting edge,
record-shattering roller coasters and appointment programming and
special events like the weekly Summer Concert Series, Fright Fest and
Holiday in the Park. Now 47 years strong, Six Flags is recognized as the
preeminent thrill innovator while reaching to all demographics —
families, teens, tweens and thrill seekers alike — with themed
attractions based on the Looney Tunes characters, the Justice League of
America, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, The Wiggles and Thomas the Tank
Engine. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly-traded corporation (NYSE:SIX)
headquartered in New York City.
