dye you could mystery gift with people who've already gone to the event you know, but i aint desperate enough to wait in d airport for kids with GBAs...
but ah dun despair~ when pearl and diamond comes out they're going to be nintendo events held here too (i just found out there always has been, but it's very poorly marketed so it's publicity is like a blardi celebi) they're trying to get em into auz... dun ask me wen coz i dunno n e more =S sis transfered so now my inside person is out of the industry >.< ~~~ (and they just brought inu yasha and full metal panic onto CN here in auz too...) ... (and one piece... and naruto... and bleach after bleach has released enough episodes...)
btw, SS5, lob over TKL's site will ya, i wana see how it's going