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===''Mario Kart 8'' promotion tour=== | ===''Mario Kart 8'' promotion tour=== | ||
The '''''Mario Kart 8'' promotion tour''' was a 2014 competition organized by Gameland Events in collaboration with Nintendo as well as electronics retailers {{wp|Game Mania|l=nl}} and {{wp|Fnac}}, and sponsored by PROG4MER.<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules">[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/events_8/nl_18/MaroKart8_Promotour_BE.pdf MARIO KART 8 PROMOTION TOUR COMPETITION RULES] (PDF). ''nintendo-europe.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/PwUyB Archived] September 5, 2022, 17:04:41 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> Held across {{wp|Belgium}}, the competition consisted of eight preliminary rounds followed by a number of final rounds; the finals occured at the Gameland 2014 event.<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules"/> Each preliminary round decided a winner who advanced to the final rounds. The winners | The '''''Mario Kart 8'' promotion tour''' was a 2014 competition organized by Gameland Events in collaboration with Nintendo as well as electronics retailers {{wp|Game Mania|l=nl}} and {{wp|Fnac}}, and sponsored by PROG4MER.<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules">[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/events_8/nl_18/MaroKart8_Promotour_BE.pdf MARIO KART 8 PROMOTION TOUR COMPETITION RULES] (PDF). ''nintendo-europe.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/PwUyB Archived] September 5, 2022, 17:04:41 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> Held across {{wp|Belgium}}, the competition consisted of eight preliminary rounds followed by a number of final rounds; the finals occured at the Gameland 2014 event.<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules"/> Each preliminary round decided a winner who advanced to the final rounds. The winners then competed in pairs across a number of semi-finals, with a grand final subsequently deciding the winner of the entire competition.<ref name="MK8 Promotour BE rules"/> | ||
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!rowspan=3|Third heat<ref>[https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_3_launches_on_saturday_6th_september Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 3 - Launches on Saturday 6th September]. ''nintendolife.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150413154028/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_3_launches_on_saturday_6th_september Archived] April 13, 2015, 15:40:28 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> | !rowspan=3|Third heat<ref>Whitehead, Thomas (September 4, 2014). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_3_launches_on_saturday_6th_september Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 3 - Launches on Saturday 6th September]. ''nintendolife.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150413154028/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_3_launches_on_saturday_6th_september Archived] April 13, 2015, 15:40:28 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> | ||
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|{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying 3}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying 3 | |{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying 3}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying 3 | ||
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!rowspan=3|Fourth heat<ref>[https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_4_sunday_14th_september Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 4 - Sunday 14th September]. ''nintendolife.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140914001127/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_4_sunday_14th_september Archived] September 14, 2014, 00:11:27 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> | !rowspan=3|Fourth heat<ref>Whitehead, Thomas (September 12, 2014). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_4_sunday_14th_september Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 4 - Sunday 14th September]. ''nintendolife.com''. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140914001127/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_4_sunday_14th_september Archived] September 14, 2014, 00:11:27 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> | ||
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|{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying 4}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying 4 | |{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying 4}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying 4 | ||
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*August 13, | *August 13, 2014. [https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2014/August/Join-the-Mario-Kart-8-Championship-2014-911280.html Join the Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014]. Official Nintendo UK & Ireland website. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/WAne7 Archived] September 5, 2022, 20:40:45 UTC via archive.today.) | ||
*Nintendo (September 5, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041242/http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 Contest page]. ''nintendolife.com''. Archived August 6, 2014, 04:12:42 UTC from the [http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 original] via Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2022.</ref> | *Nintendo (September 5, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806041242/http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 Contest page]. ''nintendolife.com''. Archived August 6, 2014, 04:12:42 UTC from the [http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 original] via Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2022.</ref> | ||