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'''''Star Fox: Super Weekend (Official Competition)''''', or '''''Star Wing: Super Weekend (Official Competition)''''' in Europe, is a rare special edition cart only briefly sold through [[Nintendo Power]]. The special edition version was created for international ''[[Star Fox (game)|Star Fox]]'' competition events hosted by Nintendo Power (the US contest was held Friday April 30 to May 2, 1993), and featured a single gameplay mode with a five-minute time limit on a modified version of the first Corneria and Asteroid stages. Extra rings and other bonus systems were placed to add more challenge and scoring opportunities. The developers also added an exclusive bonus level. The altered start-up screen displays "Official Competition Cartridge". Depending on the points scored, players could win a t-shirt, a jacket, or even trips to international destinations. An estimated | '''''Star Fox: Super Weekend (Official Competition)''''', or '''''Star Wing: Super Weekend (Official Competition)''''' in Europe, is a rare special edition cart only briefly sold through [[Nintendo Power]]. The special edition version was created for international ''[[Star Fox (game)|Star Fox]]'' competition events hosted by Nintendo Power (the US contest was held Friday April 30 to May 2, 1993), and featured a single gameplay mode with a five-minute time limit on a modified version of the first Corneria and Asteroid stages. Extra rings and other bonus systems were placed to add more challenge and scoring opportunities. The developers also added an exclusive bonus level. The altered start-up screen displays "Official Competition Cartridge". Depending on the points scored, players could win a t-shirt, a jacket, or even trips to international destinations. An estimated 2,000 cartridges were made.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071209104445/http://cheats.ign.com/objects/496/496296.html IGN: Star Fox: Super Weekend (Official Competition Cartridge)]</ref> | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
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===Stage 3=== | ===Stage 3=== | ||
The final stage of the cartridge is also the oddest. Although it uses several assets from the "Space Armada" stage from the "Easy" route of [[Star Fox]] on the [[SNES]], most namely the music and several of the stage's structures, it is an entirely new and looping stage created just for this cartridge. The stage features a number of rings that award the player point bonuses upon being flown through. Some of these rings are being "rolled" around in space by destroyable enemies. All enemies in this stage cause large point values to appear on screen after the enemies themselves are destroyed. Since the level loops repeatedly, there is no boss, or results screen at the end of the Stage, as it never finishes. Thus, once reaching Stage 3, the player spends the remaining duration of his or her time here. | The final stage of the cartridge is also the oddest. Although it uses several assets from the "Space Armada" stage from the "Easy" route of [[Star Fox]] on the [[SNES]], most namely the music and several of the stage's structures, it is an entirely new and looping stage created just for this cartridge. The stage features a number of rings that award the player point bonuses upon being flown through. Some of these rings are being "rolled" around in space by destroyable enemies. All enemies in this stage cause large point values to appear on screen after the enemies themselves are destroyed. Since the level loops repeatedly, there is no boss, or results screen at the end of the Stage, as it never finishes. Thus, once reaching Stage 3, the player spends the remaining duration of his or her time here. | ||
==Event== | |||
In the United States, the ''Star Fox: Super Weekend Competition'' cartridge was played by thousands of competitors in malls across the country. Stores such as KB Toys and Suncoast Video hosted the event. After the competition, a limited number of the Super Weekend cartridges were sold through the Nintendo Power magazine. | |||
In the United Kingdom, the competition was known as the ''Star Wing Challenge'' and was held in gaming shops across the country on May 29, 1993. | |||
Netherlands also held the ''Starwing'' competition at various game stores in early 1993. The winner of each day won a large ''Starwing'' poster. ''Starwing'' competition was also used for the Dutch Nintendo Championship in October 1993-1996. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||