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Revision as of 20:35, August 18, 2022

Title card for Slamfest '99 created for the Zelda 64 Planet website.

Super Smash Bros. Slamfest '99 was a promotional event held at the MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 24th, 1999, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM PST.[1] Organized by Nintendo of America, it was meant to promote the then-upcoming release of Super Smash Bros.. The event featured a real-life, staged wrestling match between costumed performers dressed as Mario, Yoshi, Pikachu, and Donkey Kong, as well as booths set up for attendees to preview the game.[1] The costumes used were the same as those featured in the North American commercial for the game.

The 17-minute wrestling match[2] was broadcasted live on the web via RealPlayer G2. The stream was hosted by InternetBroadcast.com,[3] a web broadcasting service owned by the company MediaOnDemand.com. A Real Audio Metadata (.ram) file was available to download from the official website for a number of months following the event, which allowed users to watch the rebroadcast of the stream when loaded into RealPlayer.[3]

No video footage of Slamfest '99 is known to survive, and the broadcast is currently considered to be lost media. However, some non-video content has surfaced, such as images, magazine articles, written firsthand accounts, and the event's official website. Additionally, a talking Donkey Kong plush figure from the "Nintendo Collectibles" line has been found featuring advertisements for the event.[4]

Firsthand Accounts

Mario and Donkey would start the match. Donkey Kong, being much larger than our favorite plumber, quickly took Mario out. Yoshi came in and got his revenge on the gorilla. Pikachu would come in for the monkey only to be knocked down by Yoshi's lethal tail. Then, before anyone knew it, Mario went crazy. He wiped out Donkey Kong, Pikachu, and his own teammate, Yoshi. Ultimately, the match would end in a crash which knocked out everyone resulting in a draw. "Everyone's a winner!" the announcer yelled.
—Zelda 64 Planet[5]
Mario and Yoshi were on one team, Donkey Kong and Pikachu were on the other. It was quite funny to see the life-size mascots bouncing around a wrestling ring. Mario went on a crazed rampage hitting everyone in sight, and instead of Yoshi, Donkey Kong accidentally hit himself with his 'mallet of doom.' And in the most heated moment, all four mascot smashed into each other in the center of the ring, and all fell to the mat. That's right, in true Nintendo fashion, it was a draw...and everyone is a winner!
—Nintendorks[6]
Even the ref got in on the act, biting Pikachu’s ear and declaring that it tasted ‘like chicken’. Mario shocked us with his low blow antics and Kong knocked himself out with his own magic hammer, but they all wound up best of friends at the end, the match being declared an honourable draw.
—N64 Magazine[7]

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