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Nintendo And Universal Team Up To Bring Nintendo Attractions To Universal Parks!

by Josh Jackson

Nintendo and Universal have announced a joint venture that will bring all of our favorite Nintendo franchises to life at Universal theme parks!

Promising “spectacular, dedicated experiences based on Nintendo’s wildly popular games, characters and worlds,” we’ll soon be able to expect a day where we can hang out with Mario and friends when on our family trips. While details on what specific games, franchises and attractions will be revealed at a later date, the declaration stating that their “most popular” franchises will be represented as “major attractions” means that we’re pretty much promised Mario and Zelda representation at this point. Ah, if only we could get the Animal Crossing Weed Pulling Experience, or the Earthbound themed, Giygas’ Wild Ride, complete with womb simulation, then I could die happy.

For longtime Nintendo fans, this is very exciting news. This may not be the first time Nintendo and its affiliates have dabbled in theme park shenanigans, (Nintendo’s Six Flags Wii Experience kiosks and the traveling Pokemon theme park in Japan come to mind,) but this event will mark the first full fledged park representation for The Big N. What this attraction will consist of, when it’s arriving and at what parks will participate is still unknown, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted as the news breaks.

What Nintendo franchises are you hoping make an appearance?

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Six Flags Theme Parks And Resident Evil Team Up For Fright Fest

by Shane O'Hare

It was announced today that the Six Flag Theme Parks will be teaming up with Capcom and Resident Evil 6 to give gamers a chance to have a unique park experience at all Six Flags across the US!

RE6 releases October 6th, so Six Flags will be calling October 6th “Resident Evil 6 Flags Night”, clever huh? So if you preorder (Starting August 30th) to purchase RE6 at GameStop you will be some pretty rad exclusive access to a Six Flags park, they include.

  • Admission discount for Six Flags Fright Fest (discount varies by market)
  • One free haunted attraction voucher
  • Exclusive ride time on certain Six Flags’ coasters

Any attendee that is 17 years or older will be able to get some exclusive hands on game time with the newest in the horror genre, and will be able to compete for and win Resident Evil 6 prizes!

In addition, Six Flags will host the Resident Evil 6: Fright Fest Getaway national sweepstakes, for the chance to win a fly-away VIP trip for two to any Six Flags US Theme Park to experience Fright Fest this Halloween season, including admission tickets, front line privileges, meal vouchers andResident Evil 6 merchandise.

David McKillips, senior vice president of corporate alliances for Six Flags said:

This unique promotion is truly one of the most creative and exciting programs Six Flags has developed with a partner around our Fright Fest event. The program fully demonstrates how our media networks can be tailored for a specific demographic, and how our partnership model can help raise awareness in our parks and drive sales with a retail partner; we’re thrilled to be partnering with Capcom and GameStop on the release of Resident Evil 6.

So if you were considering getting RE6 why don’t you do yourself a little favor, go preorder a copy at GameStop and get in on this rad Six Flags event! I just wish I had one in my state, you can expect me to be entering to win that free trip!