One Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition player appears to have cheated their way to the top of one of the game's leaderboards. That's according to some newly emerged footage documenting the player's Donkey Kong run in the recently debuted Switch game.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is a collection of 13 Famicom games designed for competitive multiplayer. It features four modes for a varying number of players, with all of them rewarding speediness. Be that as it may, NWC: NES Edition isn't meant to be a general speedrunning game, which is why it doesn't allow glitches, at least in theory.
Nintendo World Champions: NES Edition features 13 different NES games. Here's a breakdown of them all.
In practice, at least one player has already managed to glitch their way to the top of one Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition weekly leaderboard. Specifically, the best run for the Barrel Roll Donkey Kong challenge in the July 22–29 period relied on a glitch that allowed the player to climb multiple invisible ladders while sticking to the right side of the screen. This allowed them to complete the level while only performing a single jump, with the entire run taking just 15.68 seconds....
