Nintendo World Championships er netop blevet afviklet i New York, og det var spilleren Thomas Gonda der tog førstepladsen i den store turnering, hvor deltagerne skulle dyste i en række forskellige Nintendo-titler såsom The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild og Super Mario Odyssey.
Den regerende konge, John Numbers, var også at finde ved begivenheden, som er det tredje af slagsen siden fødslen i 1990 og det store comeback i 2015. I forhold til de spil der blev fremvist, var udvalget både overraskende for seere og deltagere:
"One of the things that we really do like, both for players and for viewers, is that feeling of surprise. So being able to draw on that and say "OK, what can we pull out of [Nintendo's] library that's just going to blow people away in terms of 'What am I seeing right now."
"We really want to focus in on games that make sense, the competition rules make sense, there's a clear objective. It's easy for a fan to understand what people have to do, it's easy for the player to understand what they have to do, but it's still a game that's fun to play and one that is fun to watch." fortæller Nintendo Americas Senior Product Marketing Manager Bill Trinen til IGN.
Deltagerne blev testet i en lang række Nintendo-titler, og de startede som 24 spillere til at kun Thomas Gonda stod tilbage.