A crowd of some of Nintendo’s top fans have been specially invited to this exclusive event.

The fans enjoyed their own special Metroid competition, battling each other in Metroid Prime Hunters in the heats, and for a surprise final, versing each other in Super Smash Bros. Melee. The rules, each player must choose Samus and fight in the Brinstar level.

Matthew, the Southland Nintendo DS Connection Tour ’06 Grand Champion from January enjoys the taste of victory again in the Super Smash Bros. Melee final battle.

The moment everyone has been waiting for, the first four Ultimate Bounty Hunters take to the screen in an exciting Semi Finals face off, with Ali Abdo taking first place honours, and Lachy Miller coming in a close second.

In the second Semi Finals match, Jeff Hawthorne achieves the most exciting comeback of the tournament, coming from fourth place to first in the final 5 minutes, with Jamie Penningh coming in at a convincing second.

The final four battle it out for $1000, and to be crowned the Ultimate Bounty Hunter.

The crowd are treated with a true Bounty Hunter battle on the big screen, with each player proving exceptional skills under pressure…

…and in the final few minutes of the match it is between “Juice Boy” and “Dragon Claw” to battle it out for the glory and $1000 bounty.

In a hard fought but convincing win, Jeff Hawthorn takes out the competition in style and know what it feels like to become the Champion!

Final Score:
Jeff – 11
Lachy – 7
Ali – 4
Jamie - 1

The Final Four Bounty Hunters prove to be some of the best players in the country.

The fans!

Jeff Hawthorne – The Ultimate Bounty Hunter!

Chat with the Champ.

How does it feel becoming the Ultimate Bounty Hunter?

I was amazed that I actually won! My heart couldn't stop racing, and its nice to hear everyone chearing your name.

Can you explain the final battle to us?

The Battle was in Processor Core, and I got Lucky to have the Spawn Point closest to the Jump pad so I could race and get the Death-alt only moments before eXc35um (Ali) could get it. I got a quick 4 or 5 points with that, then just mainly Magmauled and used my shock coil when I needed health. Not to forget laying trap wires around the arena.

Did the other Bounty Hunters give you much competition?

As mentioned before I had to race Ali for the Death-alt, but after that he didn't give me much trouble, though just like me he was using the Magmual just about everywhere. Dragon Claw on the other hand got quite a number of kills with the Imperialist, he was really good at it, and with no radar on it gave him a huge advantage. He even got a head shot on me when I was right next to him, very nice aim indeed. Well done to all the finalists for the great matches!

What are you going to do with the $1000 bounty?

I plan to use it to buy the Nintendo Wii, a few extra controllers and a couple of games....or maybe petrol I haven't decided yet :P