
While the qualification rounds for Nintendo World Championships 2015 aren't quite the exciting event we hoped, it's good news for those that have mastered the relevant mode in NES Remix 2 or Ultimate NES Remix, the latter of which will be the version utilised in qualification. It mimics the original unique cartridge from the 1990 event in using three games, though in this case uses Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3 and Dr. Mario.
Your humble writer is rubbish at Dr. Mario, and that could be a significant disadvantage for anyone planning to take part in the upcoming competition. Though runs in the Mario titles do matter, bringing together combinations and chains in the pill-mixing puzzler can be hugely lucrative in points.
A case in point is in the video below from PanBanRichard, originally posted last December. Courtesy of being freakishly good at Dr. Mario this individual obliterated the competition in the online leaderboards at the time, and it's a score that'd still be trouncing the competition in the current rankings; we've checked in NES Remix 2. Though the Mario Bros. runs could have been better, the Dr. Mario multiplier is absolutely definitive.
You can see the run below; if this individual is lining up in your regional qualifier of choice the dream may be over.
[source reddit.com]
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Title typo?
Anyway, I was expecting Nintendo use a lot of retro games for its competition, but at least 3 is better than 1, right? And better include more locations as 8 isn't a number for a "World" Championship.
That was incredible! But I've heard many times before that trying to finish SMB and SMB3 to have more time in Dr. Mario can be the key to success.
Dr Mario is the key...even on my best SMB and SMB3 rounds I only make it in the 95K range.....then it is usually about 850K for Dr. Mario.
Take note people. It's all about scoring combos in Dr. Mario. Plan ahead with where you'll be dropping those pills.
Oh. Well, my wife was always better than me at Dr. Mario, but now I know that I suck that much. Haha.
I think I got smarter just watching that.
@Azooooz the america is the whole world, what are you talking about?
I love this kind of articles with such brilliant writing.
I played this mode till I got the stamp for getting in the top 10. Then I never played it again.
@manu0 - I love this mode and play it often. It is a nice 6 minute break in my day. A little mindless fun and a challenge to break that top 10 on the leader board.
Since the announcement for the NWC, I've noticed the scores are much better. While I normally make the top 20, I'm now in the 40ish range and the top scores are much higher then normal. Seems like a lot of people are practicing.
He can't did you read his comments section from TY? hes from Canada which means he cannot enter apparently
Edit: Nevermind this.
... Huh, didn't expect my Youtube video to be featured on Nintendo Life. Thanks for the shoutout, Thomas (and Reddit too I guess.).
Yeah, on the official rules Nintendo laid out, it stated that it's open for legal U.S. residents only. Otherwise, I would've considered flying to the closest location to give it a shot. Oh well, hope people learned from the video nonetheless.
That dude's insane! 8 million points ftr!
Anyone know what the top score was for NCC 1991? (which used Dr Mario as the third and final game. I suck at Dr Mario. Much better at Tetris...
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