This isn’t too long, is not long enough, this footage is absolutely priceless, especially inside nintendo and watching Koji Kondo play his music, amazing

Mind blowing that all off this footage exist. Thanks tremendously Jeff Hansen, for sharing your experience that is this rare gem.

I was a quarter finalist at the 1990 Powerfest in Cincinnati. Got to stand up on stage and show off my skills. Unfortunately I sucked at Rad Racer and lost too much time finishing it. Still ranks as one of the best experiences of my childhood.

First thing you notice is how amazing his mom and dad are. Good lord.

I was the Canadian Nintendo Champion for the Nintendo Power Play Tour in 1992 and 1993 and have pictures on my Instagram at The Indo Nerd...it is so cool to see this guy's parents document everything so precisely and with good production value...I also competed in The Blockbuster World Game Championship in Fort Lauderdale and have an hours worth of footage that we need to convert and upload onto KZfaq

This video is really something special. Seeing all that footage of NOA and NCL in 1992.. so incredible. So rare. Thank you so much for sharing this.

Best documentary ive watched in the long time. Jeff had a childhool all of us could have only dream of. Long live the champion!

That's so good that the parents documented all this history.

Thanks for a great video, so much nostalgia! - watching Koji Kondo playing the Zelda theme is truly amazing.

He got to meet Miyamoto AND Koji Kondo. Lucky!

Amazing to see that this old historic video game footage still exists!

I would like to think most retro gamers would appreciate this.

"Say Hi, Jeff" "Hi Jeff" got em.

This is an amazing documentary! Thank you for this, I loved the wizzard as a kid! HOLY SHIT YOU GOT TO MEET THE TRIFORCE! KONDO, MIAMOTO, *AND* IWATA!!!!!

The end is sad I was a 90's kid and the sad piano music made me miss this time in my life. Great great video and footage

Also, since when did you guys do stuff like this. This is freakin awesome. i need more.

The creator of Mario Zelda and DK sitting right there...That group of men are freakin legends...I have seen them mentioned in other documentaries but to see this footage is damn cool .....to catch that bit of piano playing was legendary as well

I love the fact that the footage was captured and was saved for future generations to watch

Jeff Hansen was announced by Paul Heyman. It doesn't get better than that.

Thank you Jeff Hansen for this priceless footage. Thank you for sharing your journey. When the composer played the zelda theme it brought me back to an amazing time and put tears in my eyes. Please share more.

I started tearing up just seeing Miyamoto and Kondo in the 90s and properly cried when he played the Zelda theme. Those games were like a second life lived during my childhood

Love the strategy of having one of the prizes be a car as a gift to the parents for having to sit through all the games. 😄

I was an Elite Nintendo player back in the day. When I knocked down Mike Tyson my friends couldn't believe what they witnessed. But Jeff Hansen you are a Legend and the G.O.A.T of Nintendo

people say that nostalgia won't live on and pop culture is gonna fade away but I believe that there is always something from your past when growing up is always joy to remember and this gentalman had a awesome pre teen story which is very very cool and I believe very humble

Incredible footage! It was amazing to see all of this magical time captured on video and preserved until now, and then released for all to see here! Thanks for sharing 😎👍🏼

Solid documentary, very good quality. Very sad however, that this has so few views. Nice story, and good luck to Jeff for his company!

The footage in this Doco is unbelievably good, well done

This is awesome to be able to watch someone's Nintendo based childhood fold out and I hope that one day I might be able to win the NWC.

No "Hello there, lovely people" :(

Yo the koji kondo bit was SICK

Funny how the competition cartridge they gave out sells for 100K$ USD now... congrats to anybody with the foresight to save one of those bad boys.

Hot damn, this was great. Why so few views? It deserves millions!

You have a very interesting story, my first video game system was an atari 2600, even as a little kid, I was fascinated with video games and the video arcades.

Who else watched it all the way through

Where is Jeff Hanson today in 2018

This was great. Thanks to King Turkey for recording the amazing footage!

58:09 - I love the Suzuka 8 Hours scene at the end of the film. All-time favorite game.

Awesome footage. The Japan trip part is INCREDIBLE.

i was waiting for paul heyman to say “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HIS NAME IS JEFF HANSEN”

I like how Jeff Hansen did a cameo in the 2024 NES World Championship Switch commercial at the end. 😊

This was amazing. Thanks for this documentary and the great insight to the early days of videogames!

The fact that this was even documented is awesome 📼📀🎬🎥📹🎞📽

Damn, Miyamoto never age !!

Nintendo Life: It is a true inspiring story. Thank you so much for The 1990 Nintendo World Champion: Jeff Hansen for sharing his journey. Although he doesn't compete since 1993. It took 3 years to have one of the best experiences in a whole Life Time. Few people are proud to tell this kind of stories. I mean, this is how Movies are made or to write a book. Jeff Hansen was the chosen one and this is his testimony. A must see documentary! Salutes from Tijuana., Baja California., Mexico.

This was amazing...

This was amazing!

This is incredible!

Terry funk as in the movie road house! Cool video. I am teaching my 3 year old son to play nintendo, super nintendo and n64 as i saved all my systems from my childhood days

His parents are so supportive. Wish I had that

This is incredible! Thanks!

*wipes tear* people under about 25 years old can never understand just how fucking awesome the 80s and 90s were. The world today is genuinely awful.

3rd time watching this,very amazing

Thanks for posting, what a great video!

91 Geo convertible... Ohhh the good ol days. I was 10 in 1990s and playing lots of Nintendo. Thanks for the blast from the past.

Jeff Hansen is a Paul Heyman Guy!

I loved this. Thank you.

My first console ever was Colecovision as well! I LOVED it. We even had the adapter that let you play all the 2600 games as well.

This is absolutely incredible. What an awesome story and amazing footage. Wow.

This is fantastic, thank you

4:04; hey wait a minute. I think I saw that guy with that Johnny Arcade person on Video Power.

Quite the wonderful little story, enjoyed that.

Great stuff! Really enjoyed this start to finish

I remember this on TV and in magazines. Kids were into this event. It was the talk on the playground.

It's interesting to note that Nintendo definitely put a lot more time, money and resources behind the 1990 World Championships that it did the most recent ones in 2015 and 2017, which is a bit sad really. As fun as it was, I wish Nintendo had taken the 2015 and 2017 championships as serious as it clearly took it back in the day. I mean, the winner in 2015/2017 should have walked away with a $50,000 car or something. The runners up should have all received cash prizes too, and everyone that even got to the final should have been given free games (maybe the ones used in the competition) and other cool swag. That would be in line with the 1990 championship and adjusted for today, but we got pale intimations when all is said and done, with kinda pathetic prizes and stuff. They were more gimmicks and glorified advertising campaigns cashing in on nostalgia than the truly awesome and deserving World Championships they could have been. Also, why isn't this now a proper regular thing again too? if done right this could be one of the premier yearly game championships that draws in tens of millions of viewers and generates tens of millions of dollars in revenue and prizes and stuff--a page out of modern eSports like Dota 2 and LoL, and the likes of Evo--and it would just be awesome fun to watch. Nintendo obviously doesn't know what it's sitting on here, which is very disappointing and frustrating to me personally.

you know it would be nice to have a conversation panel with all 3 NWC Champions would be an epic conversation for sure and to finalize the panel have a one more time 1990 NWC faceoff between the 3 would be a nice reunion indeed

❤️❤️❤️ Thanks you for this beautiful video ❤️❤️❤️

I love the 90's 90's forever

Kōji Kondō i have those nusical pieces carved deep on my mind and heart ,so much love and respect to him!

Near Christmas 2018, I was lucky enough to have dinner with Jeff and his family. They're are really a great family.

This was so damn cool watching this. Alex, and i like the music playing when it started documenting 1992. Btw hearing the japanese guys on keyboard playing the game music gave me chills! Are these the kind of talented people Nintendo has working with them? Omg! amazing...

13:13 Kid(Jeff) in 1990: Drive it when i'm old enough. Adult in now: Get a New Car and Drive It!

Wow, this was AWESOME!

Now this, this is legendary

My highlight: Koji Kondo playing the Super Mario World Athletic Theme.

Have u ever reach out to your Japanese opponent to see how's he doing and what he did after that competition???

This is very interesting.

"watches the second championship...........notices Paul Heyman"

Just ***** awesome!

Thanks very much for this video

That's the PR you want... "I want a break from Nintendo.."

Wow! So much footage. Koji Kondo!?!? Gives me chills.

Very well done! Thank you! :-)

I am disappointed they didn’t introduce him to Gunpei Yokoi, the father of Nintendo handhelds and many Nintendo characters as well.

That inside peak of Nintendo of America and the game counselor training room was a treat

the greatest Gamer of all time and my personal role model And one of the gigantic reasons I don't quit gaming yet

When he started playing that I got mad chills what a Master piece song 28:14

Great video by the way.

So its safe to say there was a possibility that Jeff ran into Dr Disrespect along the way. Obviously Doc won playing Sega but I'm sure the 2 champions met during that time.

Very cool! Really enjoyed this 👍

Man I miss the early 90’s. Growing up is overrated. This doc gave me a very melancholy feeling. If you were born from 78-84 NES was such a huge part of a kids life. Best system ever

This was awesome!

50:48 primitive dabbing

I needed this ❤️

just the fact jeff met miyamoto is legendary enough.

In 90s era, jeff is because a nintendo championship is big mario fan in whose world...in played piano while tv show did Nintendo championship and high score record and hard weekend first place winner and jeff is nintendo is win.

Really well made and interesting video.

It was the best time and place. You must be my age so I know you grew up during a amazing time as did I . Congratulations bud good for you

i dont know why i cried like a little girl when he won

What an experience. ❤️

Petition to award Jeff Hansen the title of "Prince Turkey".