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Nintendo Delivers Real-Life Mario Kart to GameStop Epic Reward Giveaway Winner

Nintendo will deliver a life-size Mario Kart vehicle to a Clarksville, Tenn., resident as the lucky winner of the GameStop Epic Reward Giveaway. Nintendo will present him with the keys to the fully functioning kart.

To celebrate the recent launch of the Mario Kart™ 7 game for the portable Nintendo 3DS™ system, Nintendo teamed up with West Coast Customs to create life-size models of two karts from the game - one for Mario™ and one for Luigi™ - and unveiled them at the 2011 LA Auto Show. A recent episode of Inside West Coast Customs on the Velocity Network showed how West Coast Customs and Nintendo worked together to make these video game vehicles a reality. Members of the GameStop PowerUp Rewards™ program had the opportunity to claim Mario's kart as part of the monthly Epic Reward Giveaway. The kart comes complete with a decorative glider wing, as represented in the game. The Luigi Bumble V Kart resides at Nintendo of America's headquarters in Redmond, Wash.

WHO:

Winner Nate Stehley of Clarksville, Tenn.; David Young, Nintendo of America's assistant manager of Public Relations; Rob Henderson, GameStop PowerUp Rewards Program Manager

WHEN:
Tuesday, Feb. 28
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. (please arrive at 10:15 a.m.)

WHERE:
Winner's home (contact GolinHarris for location details)

VISUALS:

• Life-size Mario Kart vehicle being delivered to winner's home

• Special guest presenting kart keys to excited winner

• Winner sitting behind the wheel of life-size kart

• B-roll available upon request