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| {{italic title|''Mario Kart 8'' Championship 2014}}
| | #redirect[[Mario Kart 8#Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014]] |
| The '''''Mario Kart 8'' Championship 2014''' was a competition held by news website {{wp|Gamer Network#Partnered websites|Nintendo Life}} in collaboration with the official [[Nintendo]] UK online store.<ref name="MK8 comp Nintendo Life">Whitehead, Thomas (August 14, 2014). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/play_and_win_the_uk_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_one_is_on_saturday_16th_august Play & Win: The UK Mario Kart 8 Championship, Heat One, Is On Saturday 16th August]. nintendolife.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140815034706/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/play_and_win_the_uk_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_one_is_on_saturday_16th_august Archived] August 15, 2014, 03:47:06 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> It consisted of four online ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' tournaments, referred to as heats, which served as qualifiers for a grand final held live at {{wp|EGX (expo)|EGX London 2014}}; to qualify for the final, players had to place first to third by number of circuit points at the end of a heat.<ref name="MK8 comp Nintendo Life"/> Nintendo Life covered travel and accommodation expenses for the qualifying players.<ref name="MK8 comp Nintendo Life"/>
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| The following is further information about the ''Mario Kart 8'' Championship 2014 event.
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| ==Heats==
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| !colspan=2 width=20%|Banner
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| |width=80%|[[File:MK8 Championship 2014 banner Nintendo Life.jpg|300px]]
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| !rowspan=3|First heat<ref name="MK8 comp Nintendo Life"/>
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| !In-game name
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| |{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying'''<ref>nintendolife (August 16, 2014). [https://www.facebook.com/nintendolife/photos/10152574219019651 633 racers have entered our #mk8tournament so far. But there can only be 3 winners to go on to the @EGX finals today!] ''Facebook''. Retrieved September 5, 2022.</ref>
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| !Period
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| |August 16, 2014, 16:00–20:00 BST
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| !Code
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| |2876-5853-5012
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| !rowspan=3|Second heat<ref>Whitehead, Thomas (August 22, 2014). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_2_launches_on_sunday_24th_august Play & Win: Mario Kart 8 Championship - Heat 2 - Launches on Sunday 24th August]. nintendolife.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140825005216/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/play_and_win_mario_kart_8_championship_heat_2_launches_on_sunday_24th_august Archived] August 25, 2014, 00:52:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
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| !In-game name
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| |{{anchor|MK8 EGX Qualifying 2}}'''MK8 EGX Qualifying 2
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| !Period
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| |August 24, 2014, 14:00–18:00 BST
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| !Code
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| |5794-2562-1682
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| !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
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| !Period
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| |September 6, 2014, 14:00–18:00 BST
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| !Code
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| |3320-6917-7272
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| !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
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| !Period
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| |September 14, 2014, 16:00–20:00 BST
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| !Code
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| |9654-7542-0621
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| !colspan=2|Structure of every heat
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| *'''Mode:''' 150cc Race
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| *'''Items:''' Normal Items
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| *'''COM:''' Hard COM
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| *'''Public/Private:''' Code Required<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140831230911/http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 Contest page]. nintendolife.com. Archived August 31, 2014, 23:09:11 UTC from the [http://www.nintendolife.com/mk8 original] via Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2022.</ref>
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| ==Final==
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| !width=20%|Location
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| |width=80%|{{wp|Earls Court Exhibition Centre}}, {{wp|London}}
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| !Date
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| |September 27, 2014 BST
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| !Grand prize
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| *A physical copy of every new game published by Nintendo on the Wii U and released within the 12 months following September 27, 2014
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| *£100 in [[Nintendo eShop]] credit
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| ==External links==
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| *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.)
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| *[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.
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| ==References==
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| <references/>
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| {{Game competitions}}
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| {{MK8}}
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| [[Category:Game competitions]]
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| [[Category:Mario Kart 8]]
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