Details have come in, and we are happy to make sure that English gamers have been declared the best Mario Kart the players the world has ever seen. So that's it.
Yes, a publisher that focuses on data Sleep has put together a study by looking at over 16,000 different games, looking at top achievements and more to see which countries are the best. Here's how all the information was compiled:
Using online data reaching more than 42,000 achievements ranging from the fastest graduation times to the highest levels, the country ranked countries by how many wins each citizen scored, divided by the number of goals scored.
According to details, players from England are the best Mario Kart, Red Rock and Tekken; Scotland is taking over Crash Bandicoot; Northern Island is a leading e Sonic; Ireland is far ahead Super Super; The Netherlands has the best Pokémon and Donkey Kong players (and it's also very good at it Goat Goat, so something to tell your grandmother); Japan wins Animal Crossing and The last thought; the US is ahead Pac-Man and a bunch of sports games; and Canada is ahead GoldenEye 007 and Ecco the Dolphin. E.g..
Apart from all of that, the inclusion of all the information in all the games watched produces this final list of the most sports-capable countries. Is your home nation on this list?
Top 20 Gaming Countries
- Finland
- Canada
- Sweden
- New Zealand
- Australia
- United States of America
- The Netherlands
- Scotland
- Ireland
- France
- Germany
- England
- Austria
- Denmark
- Switzerland
- Latvia
- Japan
- Estonia
- Norway
- Belgium
In case you didn't know, a good chunk of the Nintendo Life team is based in England so we'd like to think we owe a lot to this Mario Kart figure. We would like to see this data transformed into a new version of our national anthem, but we can't see that doing so reliably.
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