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Nintendo World Championships 2017 Thread
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U kidding me mate
DeuceGamer
Member
Hope these become regular events. Im guessing they cant do it every single year, but it would be nice.
Velcro Fly
Member
For about 10 minutes tonight, Hexagon Heat was an esport
That alone was well worth the 4+ hours I spent watching tonight.
Great showcase all around too. Would be awesome if they kept doing things like this every so often.
That alone was well worth the 4+ hours I spent watching tonight.
Great showcase all around too. Would be awesome if they kept doing things like this every so often.
Nothing.
8BitsAtATime
Member
Just checked twitter...did these kids really suck that bad at Tetris?
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Yes.
Jon Carter
Member
I couldn't see most of Tetris, Mario Party and the final two levels, but the whole thing was a lot of fun and well-done. My favorite was probably Donkey Kong. This won't come out right, but It was really fun to watch them all die over and over and over. Only one guy made it to the end.
They have a huge fan base already embracing them, too.
BizzyBum
Member
Yes. And it was hilarious to watch.
Legendary
All in all I give it a 1, 2, Switch Milk out of 10. Bring this for 2018's competition.
Woah, I completely forgot about 1,2 Switch. Does anyone still play that game?
I wept uncontrollablyYes. And it was hilarious to watch.
Glorious.Yes. And it was hilarious to watch.
SinCityAssassin
Member
The coolest loser.
Yes. And it was hilarious to watch.
My mom would cringe at this.
SinCityAssassin
Member
It's a party game for parties so you can all act like jackasses.
You can't gauge how many people still play it because its purpose is entirely situational.
Wow.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Me at first: AYYYY WE WANT SOME BAYLEY!!!
Me after seeing Bayley play:
Poor baby is embarassing herself. Woods gotta get more Nintendo games on UUDD
That's not going to help with dying in less than 5 seconds multiple times.
I'm a Bayley fan.
I feel like an online qualifying tournament would be the way forward. Like create a Switch app and have a single level of Mario Kart 8, Splatoon 2 and Arms in a tourney like mode. I guess thats a lot of unnecessary work though. But its act like a demo to bring people into those games.
Poltergust
Member
I hope the Mario Party 2 showing has shown everyone how awful of a mini-game Bumper Balls is. I've never seen it not end in a draw, and I play this game with friends pretty often.
I'm still disappointed it made it to the Top 100 collection.
I'm still disappointed it made it to the Top 100 collection.
CelestialWolfZX
Member
It was live on youtube with roughly 24,000 viewers. So 40,000 combined. No news on the Disney XD Numbers yet, So-So numbers overall, but it did feel the event wasn't really all that well advertised. Many were surprised it was happening this weekend.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
That is also because it was at a terrible time for EU folks to watch.
Also calling it world kinda sucks for non US folks.
Yes. And it was hilarious to watch.
Oh my god.
I heard it was bad but wow. Some kids are really out of touch when it comes to Tetris huh?
Linkstrikesback
Member
Yes. And it was hilarious to watch.
....
Nah, this should be grounds for banning from all future videogame events, across the board.
I went to sleep after Donkey kong, and thank god, that was hilarious, this would have just been nightmare inducing.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Nothing, but last round they played 2 levels and a boss from Mario Odyssey
Honestly would have missed it if I didn't wake up from a nap and check twitter. (It was very late for EU)
this could be a viable strategy for a completely different game perhapsYes. And it was hilarious to watch.
These are obviously marketing events, look at the lineup.
Arms
Splatoon 2
Odyssey
MK 8 Deluxe
Samus returns.
Mario Party (even though they didn't play the new one)
Its the games Nintendo is trying to sell this year. So if they have a lineup that makes sense for this kind of event, it makes sense to hold another one.
Shadow Broker
Banned
No regrets rooting for him. He's still a beast. If it wasn't for Nintendo pulling a The Wizard and kept it to current or retro games he would have won.
Watching this again now for the stuff I missed. It was a pretty fun ride yesterday.
I knew they wouldn't announce anything. As I said in the prediction thread, it was laughable to think they'd announce Smash here and not at E3 next year. There was next to no marketing surrounding this event and Nintendo aren't going to pull attention away from Mario so close to release.
That means you missed Mario Party 2 which was frankly amazing.
wild wild rice
Member
Yes. And it was hilarious to watch.
Looks like this millennial was trying to build some Minecraft shit.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Go watch ALTTP randomizer tournament.
thestopsign
Member
Just finished watching. Poor John Numbers! He deserved the win for how dominant he was in everything else.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Commentators: "Now Tetris is the one video game everyone has played before..."
Fucking Gen Z kids: "What is this?!? I've never seen this before!!! Mommy!!!"
Linkstrikesback
Member
I blame Nintendo for putting the stream at past midnight UK time.
Yeah, I took a nap yesterday and then stayed up until ~3am.