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The Nintendo World Championships is a video game competition series, organized by Nintendo. The competition launched in 1990, touring twenty-nine cities across the United States. It is based upon its namesake custom game cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System, considered to be the most valuable NES cartridge ever released and one of the rarest. On June 14, 2015, the second Nintendo World Championships event took place for its 25th anniversary as part of Nintendo's 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo coverage. Nintendo released 2014's ''NES Remix 2'', featuring the reminiscent ''Nintendo World Championships Remix'', which uses emulation and online leaderboards to incite informal public competitiveness. ==1990== The original Nintendo World Championships began on March 8-11, 1990,〔http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/05/13/the-story-of-the-first-nintendo-world-championships〕 in the Fair Park's Automobile Building in Dallas, Texas, and ended up touring through twenty-nine City Championships 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, , and a trip for two to the World Finals at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The runners-up won a Nintendo Power Pad and a Game Boy. The World Finals were held December 7-9, 1990,〔http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/09/the-quest-for-the-golden-nintendo-game/2/〕 conducted similarly to the City Championships and were located at Universal Studios Hollywood in the Star Trek Theater, now Shrek 4D. There, contestants played a special Nintendo World Championships cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The cartridge contains three customized minigames based upon the popular games ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''Rad Racer'', and ''Tetris''. 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 11 and under category, Thor Aackerlund won in the 12-17 category, and Robert Whiteman won in the 18 and older 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 Thor Aackerlund taking first place, Jeff Hansen taking second, and Robert Whiteman finishing third. The top winner in each age category were awarded a $10,000 U.S. savings bond, a new 1990 Geo Metro Convertible, a 40" Rear-projection television, and a gold painted Mario trophy. Runners up in each age category received a $1,000 U.S. savings bond and a silver Mario trophy. Thor Aackerlund later became the official games spokesperson for Camerica Corporation, a direct competitor to Nintendo, immediately after winning the Nintendo World Championship. Jeff Hansen later became the United States representative to Japan to win the World Championship title in Tokyo, Japan, and again in Las Vegas at a rematch with the Japanese champion, Yuichi Suyama. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nintendo World Championships」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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