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Nintendo World Championships
The Nintendo World Championships (NWC) are a nationwide video game competition series, organized by Nintendo of America at no particular interval.
The first Nintendo World Championships were held in 1990, touring 29 American cities, being hosted in Los Angeles, CA twice. The NWC was conceived by Steve Grossman and Jay Coleman, principals at EMCI, Nintendo's marketing agency. Greggory Vasquez-Vasquez was the inaugural champion defeating 48 others and dominating the NES championship event. The event won numerous marketing awards and was sponsored by Pepsi, Reebok, and Nabisco. It was based on a custom Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak, which would historically become one of the most rare and valuable NES cartridges. The NWC is considered one of the first ever esports events.[citation needed] In 2014, Nintendo released NES Remix 2, featuring the reminiscent Nintendo World Championships Remix, which uses emulation and online leaderboards for amateur global competition. On June 15, 2015, the second Nintendo World Championships took place for the event's 25th anniversary as part of Nintendo's E3 2015 coverage. The third Nintendo World Championships were held on October 7, 2017.
A video game themed around the event, titled Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, was released for the Nintendo Switch on July 18, 2024.
Preceding the Nintendo World Championships, the Nintendo Challenge Championship (NCC) was held in Canada in 1989 and 1990, coinciding with Nintendo's 100th anniversary. This was Nintendo's first annual nationwide video game competition series. Nintendo assumed full distribution and marketing from its partners and rebranded its competitions as the Nintendo World Championships.
The Nintendo World Championships began March 8–11, 1990, in the Fair Park's Automobile Building in Dallas, Texas, and toured 29 cities across the United States. Players from three separate age groups (11 and below, 12–17, and 18 and above) competed across three days. The top two scorers then competed for the title of City Champion. The finalists won a trophy, US$250, and a trip for two to the World Finals at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The runners-up won a Power Pad and a Game Boy.
The World Finals were held December 7–9, 1990, conducted similarly to the City Championships and were located at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California within the Star Trek Theater (now the DreamWorks Theatre). There, contestants played a special Nintendo World Championships 1990 cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The cartridge contains three customized minigames based upon the popular games Super Mario Bros. (1985), Rad Racer (1987), and Tetris (1989). The objective is to achieve a high score according to a custom cumulative scoring formula across all games, within a total time limit of 6 minutes and 21 seconds.
Three 1990 World Champion titles were given. Jeff Hansen won in the under-11 category, Thor Aackerlund won in the 12–17 category, and Robert Whiteman won in the 18+ category. There was no official competition round to crown a single winner. However, after the competition ended, there was an informal face-off between the three winners, with Aackerlund taking first place, Hansen taking second, and Whiteman finishing third. The top winner in each age category was awarded a $10,000 U.S. savings bond, a 1990 Geo Metro Convertible, a 40" rear-projection television, and a golden Mario trophy. Runners up in each age category received a $1,000 U.S. savings bond and a silver Mario trophy.[citation needed]
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Nintendo World Championships
The Nintendo World Championships (NWC) are a nationwide video game competition series, organized by Nintendo of America at no particular interval.
The first Nintendo World Championships were held in 1990, touring 29 American cities, being hosted in Los Angeles, CA twice. The NWC was conceived by Steve Grossman and Jay Coleman, principals at EMCI, Nintendo's marketing agency. Greggory Vasquez-Vasquez was the inaugural champion defeating 48 others and dominating the NES championship event. The event won numerous marketing awards and was sponsored by Pepsi, Reebok, and Nabisco. It was based on a custom Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak, which would historically become one of the most rare and valuable NES cartridges. The NWC is considered one of the first ever esports events.[citation needed] In 2014, Nintendo released NES Remix 2, featuring the reminiscent Nintendo World Championships Remix, which uses emulation and online leaderboards for amateur global competition. On June 15, 2015, the second Nintendo World Championships took place for the event's 25th anniversary as part of Nintendo's E3 2015 coverage. The third Nintendo World Championships were held on October 7, 2017.
A video game themed around the event, titled Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, was released for the Nintendo Switch on July 18, 2024.
Preceding the Nintendo World Championships, the Nintendo Challenge Championship (NCC) was held in Canada in 1989 and 1990, coinciding with Nintendo's 100th anniversary. This was Nintendo's first annual nationwide video game competition series. Nintendo assumed full distribution and marketing from its partners and rebranded its competitions as the Nintendo World Championships.
The Nintendo World Championships began March 8–11, 1990, in the Fair Park's Automobile Building in Dallas, Texas, and toured 29 cities across the United States. Players from three separate age groups (11 and below, 12–17, and 18 and above) competed across three days. The top two scorers then competed for the title of City Champion. The finalists won a trophy, US$250, and a trip for two to the World Finals at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The runners-up won a Power Pad and a Game Boy.
The World Finals were held December 7–9, 1990, conducted similarly to the City Championships and were located at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California within the Star Trek Theater (now the DreamWorks Theatre). There, contestants played a special Nintendo World Championships 1990 cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The cartridge contains three customized minigames based upon the popular games Super Mario Bros. (1985), Rad Racer (1987), and Tetris (1989). The objective is to achieve a high score according to a custom cumulative scoring formula across all games, within a total time limit of 6 minutes and 21 seconds.
Three 1990 World Champion titles were given. Jeff Hansen won in the under-11 category, Thor Aackerlund won in the 12–17 category, and Robert Whiteman won in the 18+ category. There was no official competition round to crown a single winner. However, after the competition ended, there was an informal face-off between the three winners, with Aackerlund taking first place, Hansen taking second, and Whiteman finishing third. The top winner in each age category was awarded a $10,000 U.S. savings bond, a 1990 Geo Metro Convertible, a 40" rear-projection television, and a golden Mario trophy. Runners up in each age category received a $1,000 U.S. savings bond and a silver Mario trophy.[citation needed]