Nintendo’s speedrunning collection made me see NES classics in a new way

/ Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition chops up and remixes iconic retro games, from Mario to Zelda, turning them into something very different.

By Andrew Webster, an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.

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There are few things I know better than Super Mario Bros. 3. Over the last few decades, I’ve replayed the game across basically every Nintendo platform, exploring its levels over and over, searching out each and every secret. But there’s one thing I never paid attention to: the timer. I’ve always taken a slow, methodical approach to the game,

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