Nintendo has announced the Play Nintendo Tour, in which they will be bringing Nintendo titles to malls all across the country this summer for people to play.
The event will have games such as Kirby Triple Deluxe, Pokemon X and Y, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, and more, focusing heavily on the 2DS. There will also be contests and giveaways.
The full list of participating cities and dates are as follows:
| June 6-8 | Los Angeles, CA | Westfield Culver City 6000 Sepulveda Blvd. Culver City, CA 90230 |
| June 13-15 | Dallas, TX | Grapevine Mills 3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy. Grapevine, TX 76051 |
| June 20-22 | Charlotte, NC | Northlake Mall 6801 Northlake Mall Drive Charlotte, NC 28216 |
| June 27-29 | Chicago, IL | Woodfield Mall 5 Woodfield Mall Schaumburg, IL 60173 |
| July 4-6 | Bloomington, MN | Mall of America 60 East Broadway Bloomington, MN 55425 |
| July 18-20 | Seattle, WA | Bite of Seattle 305 Harrison St. Seattle, WA 98109 |
| July 25-27 | Phoenix, AZ | Arrowhead Town Center 7700 W. Arrowhead Towne Center Glendale, AZ 85308 |
| August 1-3 | St. Louis, MO | Chesterfield Mall 291 Chesterfield Mall Chesterfield, MO 63017 |
| August 8-10 | Indianapolis, IN | Castleton Square 6020 E. 82nd St. Indianapolis, IN 46250 |
| August 15-17 | Atlanta, GA | Mall of Georgia 3333 Buford Drive Buford, GA 30519 |
| August 22-24 | Houston, TX | The Galleria 5085 Westheimer Road Houston, TX 77056 |
| August 29-September 1 | Irvine, CA | Irvine Spectrum Center 71 Fortune Drive Irvine, CA 92618 |
This is a kid oriented, family friendly event, so any hardcores out there probably shouldn’t get too excited. While I appreciate what Nintendo is trying to do here, the 2DS (3DS) really doesn’t need more promotion, let alone putting even more emphasis on family gaming than they already have. Nintendo still needs to focus more on the hardcore gamers and the Wii U, as much as the sales have improved. Luckily, they’re still riding off of the E3 hype for now, so this shouldn’t really taint the positive feedback they’ve been getting lately.
If you have any children in the family, or just really want to try out the 2DS, be sure to check out one of these events if it’s near you.
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