Those of you who follow the events of PAX West are no doubt aware of the "Omegathon", a three-day tournament where twenty contestants compete in various games for a grand prize. Last Year, the Omegathon finale was centered around clearing a grueling Super Mario Maker course specially developed by Nintendo for the show. This year, Mario made a return in the final round, with Super Mario Bros. 3 taking center stage.
After a reveal was made by hosts kitted out in Power Gloves, the two Omeganauts were faced with getting as high a score as possible in the game within ten minutes. Though they were given infinite lives to complete the task, the contestants struggled mightily to survive the old-school platformer, not even making it past the first fortress. Myxomyosis managed to eke out the victory, winning a free trip to any PAX conference in the next year. You can watch the admittedly shameful competition here, but be warned of some strong language used.
What do you think? Did you see this live? Can you play Super Mario Bros. 3 better than these finalists? Drop us a comment in the section below.
[source twitch.tv]
Comments (10)
WANDA! bring me my slippers.
all the other gaming news, this one gave a bit of a jolt back to far fewer bits, teraflops, and platforms. btw, watching the business news all morning (here) and the nintendo appearance at the apple event got more coverage than the entirety of the sony event.
@Retron even galaxy? shiggy said mario won't be coming to android like the (samsung) galaxy until next year... when the nx comes out. i'm sure he jsut meant fones. THE CONNECTIONS ARE MIND-BLOWING!
Gameplay was buggy as heck and those two rookies are having a hard time beating Level 1-2. Would had work better if next time they use an actual NES instead.
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Wow I would have won.lol been play Mario 3 since its original release.the memories of my childhood on the nes.all games were new at that time.gaming has changed since then.
A little slow on this one guys . Didn't this happen 2 days ago?
Are they trying to be bad at playing? because they were TERRIBLE. in ten minutes, I would have been into world 2, if not world 3!
Wtf? I admittedly know very little about this "tournament", but do they specifically go out of their way to select people who have never played a video game before, much less a Mario game? All that setup and all those cool props just went to waste on what basically amounted to a competition to see who could suck the most.
@Jamotello I actually do not like Galaxy as much as some people do. Not a bad game, but not a mind-blowing platformer either. Perhaps Mario 3 is actually better.
Metriod Other M is actually a better platformer to me.
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