Jump to content
  • Sign Up
×
×
  • Create New...

[STEAM] Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition gave me new respect for gaming speedrunners

Steam

By Steam,
in Game News

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Diamond Member
Steam Shadow Hunter

Steam 0

Posted
  • Diamond Member
Posted
This is the hidden content, please
This is the hidden content, please
/ Get ready to repeat this ~25-second slice of Mario over and over... and over... and over.

[/url] If you've ever seen
This is the hidden content, please
or
This is the hidden content, please
, you may have entertained fantasies that you, too, could put up some decent times on your favorite old games. Sure, it'd probably take a bit of practice, but what these speedrunners are doing doesn't look that difficult, does it? How hard can it be to press a few buttons with good timing for a few minutes?

After spending a few weeks with Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, I no longer think that way. The game's *****-size chunks of classic Nintendo games highlight the level of precision needed for even a few minutes of speedrunning perfection, not to mention the tedium of practicing the same in-game motions dozens of times to build up the needed muscle memory. In the process, I gained a newfound respect for the skill displayed by the best speedrunners and found a fresh way to experience some classic NES games that I felt I knew backward and forward.

Gotta go fast
While Nintendo World Championships draws its name from a
This is the hidden content, please
of
This is the hidden content, please
dating back to 1990, it draws its inspiration much more directly from the more recent rise of
This is the hidden content, please
. Thus, the game's main single-player mode is named "Speedrun," tasking players with putting up the fastest times in 150 mini-challenges spread across 13 different, Nintendo-developed NES titles.

This is the hidden content, please
|
This is the hidden content, please


This is the hidden content, please

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Vote for the server

    To vote for this server you must login.

    Jim Carrey Flirting GIF

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

Important Information

Privacy Notice: We utilize cookies to optimize your browsing experience and analyze website traffic. By consenting, you acknowledge and agree to our Cookie Policy, ensuring your privacy preferences are respected.

  I accept