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The finalist won a trophy, $250, and a trip for two to the World Finals at Universal Studios Hollywood. The runner-up won a Nintendo Power Pad and a Game Boy. |
The finalist won a trophy, $250, and a trip for two to the World Finals at Universal Studios Hollywood. The runner-up won a Nintendo Power Pad and a Game Boy. |
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==World Championships competition structure== |
==World Championships competition structure== |
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− | The world finals were conducted similarly to the city contests and were located at Universal Studios |
+ | The world finals were conducted similarly to the city contests and were located at Universal Studios Hollywood in the Star Trek Theater, now Shrek 4D. Each age group's thirty finalists played one round for the top seven positions. The 18 and over group played first, followed by the 11 and under, and completed with the 12-17 age group. Each age group's top seven played and the two top scores played head-to-head for the age group title. |
==Games== |
==Games== |
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Contestants played a specialized game cartridge designed specifically for the contest. Officially, a player has 6 minutes and 21 seconds to play, which is divided up into three minigames. The first minigame of the competition is to collect 50 coins in Super Mario Bros. The next minigame is a version of Rad Racer where players must complete a specialized Nintendo World Championship course. The final minigame is Tetris, and this lasts until time expires. Once time expires, a player's score is totaled using the following formula:[1] |
Contestants played a specialized game cartridge designed specifically for the contest. Officially, a player has 6 minutes and 21 seconds to play, which is divided up into three minigames. The first minigame of the competition is to collect 50 coins in Super Mario Bros. The next minigame is a version of Rad Racer where players must complete a specialized Nintendo World Championship course. The final minigame is Tetris, and this lasts until time expires. Once time expires, a player's score is totaled using the following formula:[1] |
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− | (Super Mario Bros. score) + (Rad Racer score x 10) + (Tetris score x 25) = final score |
+ | (Super Mario Bros. score) + (Rad Racer score x 10) + (Tetris score x 25) = final score |
There are two methods to obtaining fifty coins in Super Mario Bros. The first method involved going down the first pipe, collecting 20 coins, finishing the board, and getting the remainder of the coins in World 1-2. The second method has the player dying twice on World 1-1, which proved to be much faster. Thor Aackerlund used this method during the tour to get the World Record score of over 4,000,000 points. |
There are two methods to obtaining fifty coins in Super Mario Bros. The first method involved going down the first pipe, collecting 20 coins, finishing the board, and getting the remainder of the coins in World 1-2. The second method has the player dying twice on World 1-1, which proved to be much faster. Thor Aackerlund used this method during the tour to get the World Record score of over 4,000,000 points. |