During the Jyväskylä "Yläkaupungin Yö" event was also an event called "Next Level" which concentrated in video games. Besides new stuff, PKP brought a bunch of Mario Bros memorabilia for show. Here's some pictures of what went on there. Huge thanks to Kimmo, Hanna and Beth for tagging along for the whole 19 hours or so that our trip took.

Xbox and PS2 games to try out (Dancing Stage, EyeToy, RalliSport 2, Pandora Tomorrow and some others were there). Also in the auditoriums, they had competitions on Mario Kart Double Dash, F-Zero GX, RalliSport 2, Tony Hawk Underground and Crimson Skies. In the lobby, Nintendo people showed off Mario Golf, Final Fantasy CC and Pokemon Colosseum. Mario Golf looked really nice.

One part of Next Level was showing off the capabilities of Linux.
They also handed out these cute Tux -penguins there. They proved to be lots of fun while waiting for the karaoke competition and listening to DJ's.

At the 'Game Club' while DJ's were playing, they showed,
among other stuff, old Da Jormas intros.

And someone had their GBA hooked up to the video projector and
 had probably a flash cart on it. On the flash cart, there was
this freaky version of Tetris. Really cool. One of the DJ's (Naks/Jormas?)
also played a set of old Amiga demo music - that ROCKED.

The karaoke competition was organized via Singstar - one of the two karaoke games that'll come out for PS2 this month. My wife has played both and personally liked Konami's Karaoke Stage/Revolution better.

Thanks also to the organized for a nice, relaxed, little game happening with not too many people (just the right amount). We'll probably be there next year too, but not with Mario...