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Last night Oxford Street in London was host to a gaming Legend. Charles Martinet the voice of Super Mario and a whole host of other Mario characters were in attendance for the UK launch event of Super Mario Galaxy 2. For those who don’t know, in my spare time I work with 3 friends on a videogame entertainment news TV show on Freeview and Youtube called GameTank and we were lucky enough to be invited along to cover the event for our show.

Not only did we get too meet the great man himself and grab a great interview, we also met some of the mad, passionate fans who had been queuing outside the GAME store since 7 pm! The line was huge and as the organisers had promised to give away Super Mario Galaxy 2 goodie bags for the first 50 people who came dressed as the man himself, the crowd was a sea of red t-shirts and dungarees. And Pizza. Dominios Pizza delivered 80 boxes of large pizzas to help celebrate the event and were giving away slices for free to the fans. I had a slice of ham and mushroom, om-nom-nom.

At 11pm the first 50 Nintendo fans were let into the shop and they were allowed to be the first consumers in the UK to play the game before its official Midnight launch. Then an hour later after the customary 10 second countdown they were let loose on the tills to buy the game. They then all had the chance to get their copies signed by Mr Martinet, and get their photos taken with him, an opportunity that I also took full advantage of!

The event was amazing, and a lot of planning and effort had been put into making it a success, even the storefront had been decorated in the style of a Mario level, so well done to the PR team! Meeting Charles Martinet was a once in a lifetime event for a gaming geek like me and a great guy in person so all in all a SUPER night for all! Hahahahahaha……

Here is a little highlight video of the crazy events from last nights launch, keep an eye on for the full feature – coming soon! WOOHOOOO!!!