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[[File:NP94Logo.jpg|thumb|The ''Nintendo Powerfest '94'' logo.]] | [[File:NP94Logo.jpg|thumb|The ''Nintendo Powerfest '94'' logo.]] | ||
'''Nintendo Powerfest '94''' (also known as '''Nintendo World Championships II''', or just simply '''Nintendo Powerfest'''), is a cartridge of a video game for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], and was a video-game competition in 1994 promoted by [[Nintendo]]. Many of the competitions were in towns held in a customized trailer outsite of stores. | '''Nintendo Powerfest '94''' (also known as '''Nintendo World Championships II''', '''1994 Nintendo Powerfest''' or just simply '''Nintendo Powerfest'''), is a cartridge of a video game for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], and was a video-game competition in 1994 promoted by [[Nintendo]]. Many of the competitions were in towns held in a customized trailer outsite of stores. | ||
==Tasks== | ==Tasks== | ||
[[File:NP94SMBLL.jpg|thumb| | [[File:NP94SMBLL.jpg|thumb|right|The screen giving players instructions for the ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' part of the game.]] | ||
[[File:NP94TitleScreen.jpg|thumb|right|The | [[File:NP94TitleScreen.jpg|thumb|right|The title screen]] | ||
Players like in the [[Nintendo World Championships]] had to complete 3 tasks. The following tasks on the following games are shown below: | Players like in the [[Nintendo World Championships]] had to complete 3 tasks. The following tasks on the following games are shown below: | ||
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*''[[wikipedia:Ken Griffey Jr. Home Run Derby|Ken Griffey Jr. Home Run Derby]]'' - Players had to select the mode "home run derby" and hit as many home runs as they could. | *''[[wikipedia:Ken Griffey Jr. Home Run Derby|Ken Griffey Jr. Home Run Derby]]'' - Players had to select the mode "home run derby" and hit as many home runs as they could. | ||
The final score of each player was calculated with the following equation: | |||
Score from Super Mario Lost Levels | |||
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+ ((Coins collected in Super Mario Kart x 1,000) + Finishing position score) | |||
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+ ((Total distance in Major League Baseball x 100) + (Number of home runs x 10,000 in the regional events or 1,000,000 in the Finals) | |||
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= Final Score | |||
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Revision as of 19:29, November 25, 2013
Nintendo Powerfest '94 (also known as Nintendo World Championships II, 1994 Nintendo Powerfest or just simply Nintendo Powerfest), is a cartridge of a video game for the SNES, and was a video-game competition in 1994 promoted by Nintendo. Many of the competitions were in towns held in a customized trailer outsite of stores.
Tasks
Players like in the Nintendo World Championships had to complete 3 tasks. The following tasks on the following games are shown below:
- Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels - Players had to complete Level 1-1 as fast as possible.
- Super Mario Kart - Players had to get 5 laps on the track selected.
- Ken Griffey Jr. Home Run Derby - Players had to select the mode "home run derby" and hit as many home runs as they could.
The final score of each player was calculated with the following equation:
Score from Super Mario Lost Levels
+ ((Coins collected in Super Mario Kart x 1,000) + Finishing position score)
+ ((Total distance in Major League Baseball x 100) + (Number of home runs x 10,000 in the regional events or 1,000,000 in the Finals)
= Final Score <br=all>
Competitions
The Town Competitions were held for three days and the finals were held on a late Sunday afternoon. Eight competitors had the Top 8 final scores, so they were entered into the Top 8.
Top 8:
The top four competitors with the highest scores moved on to the next round.
Top 4:
The top 2 competitors with the highest scores moved on to the next round.
Final:
The final 2 competitors went against each other and the winner was crowned "Town Champion".
World Championships
As Town Competitions finished up, the top four teams from these smaller competitions were emitted to the World Championships, hosted in San Diego, California. The four teams were:
- Cyclones
- Hurricanes
- Tornadoes
- Typhoons
The Tornadoes won the championship with the highest score.
Top Two
The top two players on Team Tornadoes played against each other on a specialized game cartridge of Donkey Kong Country. The two players were Iarossi Mike and Brandon Veach, and Iarossi was victorious, receiving the tile as the 1994 Nintendo Powerfest World Champion.
Related
| Game competitions | |
|---|---|
| 1980s | Disk Fax tournaments |
| 1990s | Nintendo World Championships 1990 • Nintendo Campus Challenge • Nintendo Campus Challenge 2 • World 9 challenge • Nintendo PowerFest '94 • Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge • Satellaview tournaments |
| 2000s | Mario Kart Wii tournaments |
| 2010s | Nintendo World Championships (2015 • 2017) |
