Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tournaments (Australia and New Zealand, 2017)

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In 2017, Nintendo Australia and New Zealand organized weekly online Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tournaments[1] consisting of races every Friday and Sunday, and battles every Saturday. Before July 2017, each tournament was promoted individually by Nintendo on their social media accounts, with a follow-up post several days later highlighting the top 3 players in the tournament (if the event was not based on teams) or the total scores of each team across battles. Nintendo encouraged participants to take screenshots of these tournaments and share them on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag "#MarioKart8AUNZ".[2][3][4]

Friday tournaments[edit]

General information[edit]

In-game name NintendoAUNZRace#1
Period 18:00–22:00
Code 2849-9706-6283a
References b

Structure[edit]

  • Mode: 150cc Race
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Normal Items
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Race Count:
    • 16 Races (May 12–May 26, 2017)
    • 32 Races (June 2–June 23, 2017)
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone

Top players[edit]

The following are the top players of each Friday tournament held before July 2017, as reported by Nintendo. Each player is listed along with the flag of their region and the number of circuit points they got in a given tournament.

May 12, 2017
tournament
[5][6]
[-DARE-] Australia 214
Blake Australia 213
CodeStar98 Australia 207
May 19, 2017
tournament
[7][8]
Cyperus Australia 221
usashi Australia 213
CodeStar98 Australia 213
May 26, 2017
tournament
[9][10]
Mitchell Australia 228
Khem Australia 213
simmo420 Australia 212
June 2, 2017
tournament
[11][12]
[-DARE-] Australia 406
Ryz Australia 398
Wendulen Australia 396
June 9, 2017
tournament
[13][14]
Pro Rob Australia 429
Rukuojin Australia 394
[-DARE-] Australia 383
June 16, 2017
tournament
[15][16]
Mitchell Australia 440
GiR-Kart64 Australia 438
Wendulen Australia 402
June 23, 2017
tournament
[17][18]
Pro Rob Australia 447
chacha Australia 386
Alpoko Australia 376

Saturday tournaments[edit]

General information[edit]

In-game name NintendoAUNZBattle#1
Period 18:00–22:00
Code 4323-3457-7195

Structure[edit]

May 13, 2017[4][19]
  • Mode: Balloon Battle
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Normal Items
  • Time: 3 Minutes
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Round Count: 8 Rounds
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone
May 20, 2017[20][21]
  • Mode: Renegade Roundup
  • Teams: Team Game
  • Items: Frantic Items
  • Time: 3 Minutes
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Round Count: 8 Rounds
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone
May 27, 2017[22][23]
  • Mode: Bob-omb Blast
  • Teams: Team Game
  • Items: Frantic Items
  • Time: 3 Minutes
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Round Count: 8 Rounds
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone
June 3[24][25] / June 17[26][27] / June 24, 2017[28][29]
  • Mode: Random Battle
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Frantic Items
  • Time: 5 Minutes
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Round Count: 15 Rounds
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone
June 10, 2017[30][31]
  • Mode: Shine Thief
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Frantic Items
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Round Count: 16 Rounds
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone

Results[edit]

The following are the results of each Saturday tournament held before July 2017, as reported by Nintendo.

For team-based tournaments, the final scores of each team were reported. The winning team in a tournament is written here in bold.

May 20, 2017
tournament
[7][32]
Red Team 625
Blue Team 430
May 27, 2017
tournament
[9][33]
Red Team 668
Blue Team 746

For tournaments with no teams, player rankings were provided instead. Each individual player is listed here along with the flag of their region and the number of circuit points they got in a given tournament.

May 13, 2017
tournament
[5][34]
Jack Australia 64
Luke Australia 51
JT Australia 49
June 3, 2017
tournament
[11][35]
Wendulen Australia 238
DrArkaos Australia 213
Monique Australia 147
June 10, 2017
tournament
[13][36]
DrArkaos Australia 258
Pro Rob Australia 257
Wendulen Australia 222
June 17, 2017
tournament
[15][37]
Brandowen Australia 201
Pro Rob Australia 194
DrArkaos Australia 156
June 24, 2017
tournament
[17][38]
Pro Rob Australia 364
DrArkaos Australia 214
Wendulen Australia 207

Sunday tournaments[edit]

General information[edit]

In-game name NintendoAUNZRace#2
Period 18:00–22:00
Code 1129-6349-3419

Structure[edit]

May 14, 2017[39][40]
  • Mode: 150cc Race
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Frantic Items
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Race Count: 16 Races
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone
May 21, 2017[41][42]
  • Mode: 150cc Race
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Frantic Items
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: Bikes Only
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Race Count: 16 Races
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone
May 28, 2017[43][44]
  • Mode: Mirror Race
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Mushrooms Only
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Race Count: 16 Races
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone
June 4, 2017[45][46]
  • Mode: 150cc Race
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: No Items or Coins
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Race Count: 32 Races
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone
June 11[47][48] / June 18, 2017[49][50]
  • Mode: 200cc Race
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Frantic Items
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Race Count: 32 Races
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone
June 25, 2017[51][52]
  • Mode: Mirror Race
  • Teams: No Teams
  • Items: Mushrooms Only
  • COM: Normal COM
  • Vehicles: All Vehicles
  • Smart Steering: Smart Steering OK
  • Race Count: 32 Races
  • Group Shuffling: Every 4th Match
  • Player Rating: Any Rating
  • Public/Private: Open to Everyone

Top players[edit]

The following are the top players of each Sunday tournament held before July 2017, as reported by Nintendo. Each player is listed along with the flag of their region and the number of circuit points they got in a given tournament.

May 14, 2017
tournament
[5][53]
Tim Australia 225
slim Australia 221
ChainChomp Australia 205
May 21, 2017
tournament
[7][54]
N_than Australia 232
benhilly Australia 212
CodeStar98 Australia 207
May 28, 2017
tournament
[9][55]
たすきブースター Japan 237
テル:mk8 Japan 237
Jacko Australia 234
June 4, 2017
tournament
[11]
Mr A-Game Australia 469
GiR-Kart64 Australia 431
Wendulen Australia 430
June 11, 2017
tournament
[13][56]
Jacko Australia 465
Pro Rob Australia 459
AeonFrodo Australia 442
June 18, 2017
tournament
[15][57]
AeonFrodo Australia 439
jα-ᴋ Australia 402
Matt Australia 372
June 25, 2017
tournament
[17][58]
usashi Australia 463
growfin Australia 411
Gabe Australia 390

Gallery[edit]

The following is a sample of the images used by Nintendo on social media to relay the tournament information and encourage players to use the related "#MarioKart8AUNZ" hashtag.

Footnotes[edit]

a - Erroneously stated to be 3206-9996-4971 in the posts made by Nintendo on Twitter to promote the first four Friday tournaments.[3][59][60][61]

b - References for Friday tournaments:

References[edit]

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