Nintendo Super Tour '92: Difference between revisions

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The '''Nintendo Super Tour '92''' (also simply known as the '''Nintendo Super Tour''') was a touring event in France and in the North of Spain that ran from 1992 to early 1993. It was organized by [[Nintendo|Nintendo France]], and the second part was sponsored by ''{{wp|fr:Player One (magazine)|Player One}}'', [[Nintendo Player]], and {{wp|NRJ}}. The aim of the tour was to promote the release of the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] and to show its capabilities for families and children without being drowned by advertising hype.<ref>"Cette manifestation a pour but principal de présenter la Super Nintendo et d'en montrer les possibilités" (Translation: ''"The main aim of this event is to introduce the Super Nintendo and showcase its capabilities.''")  - Gilles Barthélémy, in the 23rd issue of ''Player One'' magazine, [https://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Player%20One/playerone_numero023/Player%20One%20023%20-%20Page%20011%20%281992-09%29.jpg page 11].</ref> This event is mostly inspired from the United States' model<ref>[https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/lxc08028220/nintendo-super-tour-a-dijon Nintendo Super Tour à Dijon]. TV News showing the Super Tour passing through Dijon. {{wp|Institut national de l'audiovisuel|INA}}.</ref> and was in direct competition with [[Sega]], who organized the Sega Euro Challenge 92.<ref name=InAMNST>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnIHq_t0dt4 Interview of Alain Milly], one of the on-site organizer for the Super Nintendo Tour 92. YouTube, Florent Gorges (Playhistoire)</ref>

Inside the event, there was an open competition called the '''Open Nintendo''', with the first-place award being a two-week trip in Las Vegas.<ref name=PONST18>Nintendo part en campagne - ''Player One''. Issue 18,  [https://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Player%20One/playerone_numero018/Player%20One%20018%20-%20Page%20018%20%281992-03%29.jpg page 18].</ref><ref name=IntVN>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP9GInrbxwU Interview of Vincent Noiret], the winner of the Open Nintendo. YouTube, Florent Gorges (Playhistoire)</ref>

This was the biggest video games championship in Europe in 1992 with over 800,000 attendees.<ref name=NSTad/><ref name=InAMNST/>

The Nintendo Super Tour was divided into two parts in 1992. The first took place from winter to spring in several cities, and the second was in summer on coastlines. In total, the tour had 107 stops.<ref name=NSTad/>

The tour was run in trucks that unfolded to reveal gaming stations and used 65 tonnes of material.<ref name=NSTad>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1sLD4PjxZs Nintendo Super Tour 92's advertisement]. YouTube, Gilles Barthélemy</ref> The trucks were chosen, organized, and driven by Gilles Barthélémy and Stephan Brissaud, who chose the trucks as they allowed them to cross several cities in a short time.<ref name=InAMNST/>

Trucks featured stations equipped with the then-recent consoles: the SNES and [[Game Boy]]. There were 80 stations during the first part of the event<ref name=NSTad/> and 72 during the second, with a 15-minute rotation per person.<ref name=PONST12>Player one et le Nintendo Super Tour 92 - ''Player One''. Issue 22, [https://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Player%20One/playerone_numero022/Player%20One%20022%20-%20Page%20012%20%281992-07-08%29.jpg page 12]</ref> On these stations, players could play titles like ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' or ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda}}'' and demos. 15 news titles were presented during this event.

The inauguration of the Nintendo Super Tour took place in the {{wp|Champ de Mars}},<ref name=InAMNST/> then it spread out from March to June, then from July to August.

For the Open Nintendo, registration could be done on site, but places could be secured using a cut-out coupon from a ''[[Club Nintendo (French magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' issue. For the tournament itself, it took place on a special stand in groups of 10:

*The first one was a sequence of three games with three different goals in seven minutes (when a goal was completed, the programmed cartridge automatically moved on to the next game): ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' where players must collecting 50 coins, then obtain 250,000 points in ''{{wp|Pin Bot (video game)|Pin Bot}}'', and finally earn the highest score in ''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]'' before time runs out.<ref name=IntVN/>

*The summer tournament was focused on ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero}}'': Players had to earn the best time on Mute City in the Knight League with the Fire Stingray.

The finals of the tournament took place in Villepinte in Paris suburbs in the international Toy Fair of Paris<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ZkhvdjBoA Bernard Prat PDG de Bandai France annonce la Super Nintendo et ses cassettes (Micro Kid's 1992)]. YouTube, Oli (Jeux vidéo et des bas)</ref><ref>[https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/cab93005386/salon-du-jouet Salon du jouet]. TV News Showing the overall of the toy's show containing Nintendo Super Tour. {{wp|Institut national de l'audiovisuel|INA}}.</ref> on January 31, 1993<ref name=InAMNST/><ref>{{file link|MedalNST92B.jpg|Medal}} earned from the final</ref> with a total of 60 qualified.

Every participant of the championship won at least one T-shirt and one pin; other prizes included a frisbee, cap, and battery-operated radio.<ref name=InAMNST/> The winner of the stop won a SNES and a place for the finals. In the finals, the participant in first place won a SNES with a dozen games, a balloon offered by the {{wp|Paris Saint-Germain FC}}'s 1993 team, a gold medal, a cup from the tour, a cap, a TV, and a trip to Las Vegas for two people.<ref name=IntVN/> The participants in second and third place won the same prizes except for the trip,<ref>{{file link|WinnersNST92.jpg|Winners}} of the Open Nintendo</ref> and the rest of the entrants received gifts.<ref name=PONST18/> The gold medal was also given to organizers.<ref name=InAMNST/>

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ArtworkMario'sTruckNST92.jpg|Mario's Artwork on a truck

3TrucksNST92.jpg|The 2 trucks and the van  

TournamentFinalSNT92.jpg|Final of the Open Nintendo

WinnersNST92.jpg|Winners of the Open Nintendo

MedalNST92F.jpg|Gold medal front side

MedalNST92B.jpg|Gold medal back side

PinsNST92.jpg|Pins

==Notes==

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