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The wrestling match lasted for 17 minutes<ref name="nwr">[https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/5291/this-beats-monday-night-raw This beats Monday Night RAW! - Nintendo World Report (04/26/1999)]</ref> and was performed by Cirque du Soleil actors, who choreographed the fight themselves.<ref name="gamexplain"/> Espinoza wrote the event's script.<ref name="gamexplain"/> The match was performed in a boxing ring in the "Salem Waterfront" district initially slated for use with an upcoming Mike Tyson fight.<ref name="ign"/> | The wrestling match lasted for 17 minutes<ref name="nwr">[https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/5291/this-beats-monday-night-raw This beats Monday Night RAW! - Nintendo World Report (04/26/1999)]</ref> and was performed by Cirque du Soleil actors, who choreographed the fight themselves.<ref name="gamexplain"/> Espinoza wrote the event's script.<ref name="gamexplain"/> The match was performed in a boxing ring in the "Salem Waterfront" district initially slated for use with an upcoming Mike Tyson fight.<ref name="ign"/> | ||
The costumes used in the match were created by California-based KCL Productions | The costumes used in the match were created by California-based KCL Productions. They were previously used in the [[List_of_commercials_for_the_Super_Smash_Bros._series#Super_Smash_Bros.| North American commercial]] for ''Super Smash Bros.'', and were later used in various advertisements and Nintendo-related events. KCL Productions had no involvement with Slamfest '99 beyond initially providing the costumes to Nintendo. | ||
Promotion for Slamfest '99 was deliberately limited in scope as a cautionary exercise in the wake of the Columbine school shooting earlier that week, as it had spurred controversy surrounding violence in video games.<ref name="gamexplain"/> More than 100 children from the Andre Agassi Foundation were invited to the event, as well as six members of the media,<ref name="winnipeg">Winnipeg Free Press, April 29, 1999, pp. C10</ref> including an Associated Press photographer. While the event was not mentioned in ''Nintendo Power'' magazine around the time period, several print publications and numerous online gaming outlets covered it. | Promotion for Slamfest '99 was deliberately limited in scope as a cautionary exercise in the wake of the Columbine school shooting earlier that week, as it had spurred controversy surrounding violence in video games.<ref name="gamexplain"/> More than 100 children from the Andre Agassi Foundation were invited to the event, as well as six members of the media,<ref name="winnipeg">Winnipeg Free Press, April 29, 1999, pp. C10</ref> including an Associated Press photographer. While the event was not mentioned in ''Nintendo Power'' magazine around the time period, several print publications and numerous online gaming outlets covered it. | ||