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Third 'Nintendo World Championship' Ends With Three Unreleased Switch Game Levels (kotaku.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the boss-levels dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Nintendo World Championships wrapped up in Manhattan Saturday with two finalists competing on three as-yet-unreleased levels from the upcoming Nintendo Switch game Super Mario Odyssey. 16 contenders had been selected from Mario Kart 7 qualifying rounds at Best Buy stores in eight U.S. cities, and Thomas G. "surged up through the 'underground,' the loser's bracket," reports Kotaku, "after overcoming opponents in games like Mario Party 2 and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe."

Thomas G. found himself in the final round against defending champion John Number, and Kotaku has embedded video clips from Twitch of their climactic final showdown on the three unreleased levels. "The first level forced the two to do a little timing-based puzzle solving, hitting buttons with their caps to create platforms on walls, which they could then hop across to the moon. Level two was a vertical platforming stage using Mario's new cap abilities to fling and fly up the side of a tower. The final boss fight from above closed out the race, with Thomas G. landing the final punch to the boss' face and taking home the trophy."

14 comments

  1. The Wizard? by spiritplumber · · Score: 1

    Didn't they make a movie about this in the 80s?

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    1. Re:The Wizard? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, the final round of the competition was the unreleased SMB3, where the protagonist magically knew where all the secrets where despite never having seen the game before. I love it. It's so bad.

    2. Re:The Wizard? by BLToday · · Score: 1

      There’s “The Wizard” powerglove reference I was looking for. Wish I still had mod points.

    3. Re:The Wizard? by null+etc. · · Score: 1

      the protagonist magically knew where all the secrets where despite never having seen the game before

      Keep in mind that this was during the age of "Nintendo Power!" magazine, which frequently promoted upcoming games by revealing at least a secret or two.

  2. Wut? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I read that summary like three times and I have no idea what any of that means?

  3. Nintendo? Welcome to the 21st CENTURY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Geez, what is it with some. Nintendo is so, so, so 8 bit. Get with the game, ladies!

    1. Re: Nintendo? Welcome to the 21st CENTURY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      8-bit is all they have in the third world Nintendo.

  4. Why Spoil it? by Kunedog · · Score: 1

    Thanks for spoiling the ending for the few who will actually care enough to watch it.

    2015's event is a good watch, alternating between a nail biter and a blowout:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  5. Yup by Kunedog · · Score: 1

    Yes, and there was a real contest. The 2nd was in 2015, and it's genuinely entertaining:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  6. broken link by v1 · · Score: 1

    The third and final boss battle link is broken now with a "permission denied" notice. Anyone got a working link?

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  7. "World Championship" by NoZart · · Score: 1

    Only for US citizens, lol

    1. Re:"World Championship" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Goes well with the world series...