Mario Kart Memories: The Best Of. During the build-up to the launch of Mario Kart 8 for Wii U a promotion was run by GameStop encouraging fans of the series to post and share their best memories of the Mario Kart series to date using the hashtag #MarioKartMemories.
The campaign was most active on Twitter (because thats the platform you could win prizes on) but other sites making use of hastags such as Facebook, Google+ also had it going on. GameStop also registered a site for the event at MarioKartMemories.com
Everyone who participated in the event on Twitter was automatically entered into GameStop's prize draw to win a multitude of Mario Kart 8 Wii U Deluxe sets or a 100 USD gift card to spend at their stores or website. I was pretty sad I didn't win, I obviously didn't read the smallprint - you had to be in the U.S or district of Columbia to win.
A selection of some of our favourites from the Mario Kart Memories event.
Making the shortcut jump on the original SNES Koopa beach for the first time. Good days. #MarioKartMemories
— SuperLuigiBros.com (@the_mario_bros) May 13, 2014
My first time dodging a blue shell with a mushroom. I nearly DIED. #MarioKartMemories #promo
— Bearly Legal Bidoof (@Electivirus) May 15, 2014My favorite Karting memories are the Mario Kart Wii 32 race marathons with family and friends! #MarioKartMemories #promo
— Justin 'J Money' (@JMoneyPN) May 12, 2014Timing lighting strikes to hit as friends went over the jump in Wario Stadium some of my fondest #MarioKartMemories #Promo
— Taylor Katcher (@TK4TCH) May 8, 2014In Double Dash? I used Mario+ Bowser. Their Special Items together made my friends' lives a living hell. C8 #MarioKartMemories
— Ben (@MrTrikey) May 15, 2014I Think just getting your friends together and just having fun was A big part of it. #MarioKartMemories
— Daniel Roe (@TheDanielRoe) May 8, 2014#MarioKartMemories #promo PICKING RAINBOW ROAD BECAUSE YOU KNEW YOU COULD STAY ON THE TRACK WHILE YOUR FRIENDS FELL OFF THE COURSE <33
— aliciaSEXYBEASTdavie (@Lemonade229) May 8, 2014I remember hanging out every day after school to play Mario Kart on the DS with a group of friends. I miss the #MarioKartMemories.
— Blake Condit (@BlakeCondit) May 8, 2014Wanting to destroy the TV when playing MKWii on 150cc. #MarioKartMemories #MarioKart8
— AndrewC (@Comptinator) May 8, 2014#MarioKartMemories #promo whenever I play I always have to be Mario because he is awesome and my favorite
— edward (@edwardistheman) July 18, 2014MARIO Kart nintendo 64 always a favorite classic when it comes to racing battle and turn to a bomb lol #MarioKartMemories #Promo
— Erick Hernandez (@Eracxx) July 18, 2014I remember my lil bro and I played the Rainbow Road track in Super Mario Kart for hours, sometimes all day #MarioKartMemories #promo
— Jason Lopez (@jsonik) July 18, 2014Creating new #MarioKartMemories on #MarioKart8 with friends I haven't seen in years. #promo pic.twitter.com/nYAIlVulPg
— Braden Paterson (@DrMasterBraden) June 3, 2014@GameStop #MarioKartMemories kids beating me because i kept getting turned around and going backwards- the laughter was worth it all
— Mom4everever (@Mom4everever) June 3, 2014My easy way to remember that red shells are better than green shells in 1993. #mk8 #MarioKartMemories pic.twitter.com/Q8sNDB1tOb
— Matt Ouellette Music (@King12String) May 30, 2014GameStop Prize Winners
Some of the people who tweeted about their glorious victories. Were you a winner? Hurl us a tweet @the_mario_bros with your pic and we'll get you up here so you can rub it in (to people like me) further.
Okay so I didn't win the Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle but I did win a $100 Gamestop Gift Card! Now what to use it for... #MarioKartMemories
— Sebastiano Thurtide (@SebastianLoFR) July 15, 2014All my years of #gaming paid off thank you @GameStop @NintendoAmerica #MarioKart8 #mariokartmemories pic.twitter.com/Y44MRZyHdY
— Tony Tso (@tonytsonyc) July 11, 2014Big thanks to @GameStop for the @NintendoAmerica #WiiU you have just made my night #epic #mariokartmemories #WINNER pic.twitter.com/18ptma222k
— Walter Songer (@wsonger) July 1, 2014
