A new Nintendo World Champion was crowned tonight in New York City.
Thomas G survived a star studded field including 2015 champion John Numbers, actors, speedrunners, professional wrestlers and more to take the crown. The full list of games presented tonight:
Round 1: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Shield Racing), Super Smash Bros for Wii U (Home Run Contest), Metroid: Samus Returns (Diggernaut escape)
Round 1 "Underground": Balloon Fight
Round 2: Super Smash Bros for Wii U (8 player Smash)
Round 2 Underground: Bird & Beans
Round 3: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (50cc Mount Wario, 200cc Electrodome)
Round 3 Underground: Donkey Kong Country Returns (World 4-3 Time Trial)
Round 4: Splatoon 2 (Tower Control)
Round 4 Underground: Tetris (GB)
Round 5: ARMS
Round 5 Underground: Mario Party 2
Grand Final: Super Mario Maker race, Super Mario Bros Deluxe (Mario v Luigi mode), Super Mario Odyssey (three levels including a boss fight)
Title: Re: New Nintendo World Champion Crowned
Post by: Enner on October 07, 2017, 11:57:49 PM
It was really fun watching the whole show. The lack of a big new announcement will disappoint some, and cynically you can think of this as a long 4.5 hour ad to buy Nintendo and Super Mario Odyssey.
But it was really cool and cute to see such a wild (and sometimes cruel) competition using a lot of Nintendo games.
Title: Re: New Nintendo World Champion Crowned
Post by: pololmejor on October 08, 2017, 12:35:54 AM
I absolutely loved all the Gameboy. Seeing Tetris and Super Mario bros. Deluxe was pretty amazing and it feels good to know that Nintendo still remembers. I have the best memories with SMB Deluxe.
Title: Re: New Nintendo World Champion Crowned
Post by: rlse9 on October 08, 2017, 10:40:55 PM
I watched about 5 minutes of this before losing interest, just not my thing. However, the tweets from one James Jones during the Nintendo World Championships were quite entertaining.
Title: Re: New Nintendo World Champion Crowned
Post by: Lemonade on October 09, 2017, 09:21:52 PM
I watched the whole thing live and loved it. They need to do it every year.
