Nintendo PowerFest '94

Nintendo PowerFest '94 (also called Nintendo World Championships II) was a 1994 Nintendo-promoted video game competition. Most of the town competitions were held in customized trailers outside of department stores. It was based on scoring points in special game pack. The three Super Nintendo Entertainment System games (Super Mario Lost Levels, Super Mario Kart, Ken Griffey Jr. baseball) were played within a time limit of six minutes.

Games
The tasks on the games were as follows:

1. Super Mario Lost Levels:   Players had to complete the first level as quickly as possible.

2. Super Mario Kart:   Players had to finish the first track of  5 laps.

3. Ken Griffey Jr. Home Run Derby:   Players had to play a home run derby and hit as many of home runs as possible.

Town Competitions
Local competitions took place over three days with the finals happening late Sunday afternoon. Eight finalists were chosen from the top eight scores achieved during the weekend.

Top Eight First round occurred in two parts because four people could play at a time. The players who had the top four scores played first followed by lower four scorers. Top Four & Top Two The top four scores from the Top Eight round played and from that the Top Two played head-to-head for the Town Title. The winner was crowned Town Champion.

World Finals
The Nintendo World Championships II held their finals in San Diego, California. Town Champions were grouped into four teams:

1. Cyclones

2. Hurricanes

3. Tornados

4. Typhoons

The Tornados scored the highest at the World Championships in San Diego, CA.

Results
The final two players were Mike Iarossi (1st place champion) and Brandon Veach on the Tornados team.

Cartridge
Nintendo produced around 33 cartridges for the PowerFest '94. These were used in stores across the country in 1994 for around 130 different events. The winners of each event won a trip to San Diego, CA to play in the World Championships. The 2nd place winner at each event got a StarFox Jacket (Left over from the StarFox Competition the year before).

Out of the 33 cartridges only one is left in existence today. The rest were given back to Nintendo where they were reused for parts. The remaining cartridge was supposedly put up for auction on myebid with a buy it now price of $300,000, although authenticity of this transaction does not exist.

Other Nintendo Powerfest Events
Nintendo held three of Powerfest video game competitions, 1990 Nintendo World Championship, 1991 Nintendo Campus Challenge, and 1992 Nintendo Campus Challenge.