Tecmo Super Bowl
| Tecmo Super Bowl | |
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| Series | Tecmo Bowl |
| Developed by | Tecmo |
| Published by | Tecmo |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Release date(s) | December 13, 1991 |
| Genre | Sports |
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| No. of episodes | 11 (total) |
| Episode length | 16-31 minutes |
| Playlist | link |
| Playlist length | 3:55:38 (total) |
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| Part of | Let's Predict the Super Bowl |
Tecmo Super Bowl is a 1991 sports game developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Based on the National Football League, it is a sequel to the 1989 NES port of the 1987 arcade game Tecmo Bowl, and is notable for being the first NES game to use the names and stats of real NFL teams and players, due to a licensing agreement with the NFL. Tecmo Super Bowl gained a cult following that continued long after it became outdated, and to this day a modified fan-made ROM is released every year at the start of the season, with rosters updated to be accurate to the current state of the NFL. The 2011-2012 edition of Tecmo Super Bowl was played by The D-Pad in 2012, in a feature known as Let's Predict Super Bowl XLVI. The series simulated the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI by staging an AI vs. AI match with the competing teams and players, in an attempt to predict the result of the game. The series consisted of 2 episodes; the first half was released on January 29, 2012, and the second half on February 5, 2012.
Let's Predict the Super Bowl went on to become an annual feature on the channel. In 2013, the 2012-2013 edition of the game was played as Let's Predict Super Bowl XLVII. Again, this series consisted of 2 episodes; both halves were released on February 3, 2013.
The third installment in the series, Let's Predict Super Bowl XLVIII, was released in 2014, this time using the 2013-2014 edition of the game. Unlike the previous two editions, this one consisted of only 1 episode; this would become the norm for all future installments of Let's Predict the Super Bowl. It was released on February 2, 2014.
In 2015, the channel released the fourth installment in the series, Let's Predict Super Bowl XLIX, using the 2014-2015 edition of the game. The episode was released on February 1, 2015.
In 2016, no episode of Let's Predict the Super Bowl was released in time for the Super Bowl. However, Let's Predict Super Bowl 50, using the 2015-2016 edition of the game was ultimately recorded and released two months later, despite the game itself having already been played, as part of a series of videos celebrating the fifth anniversary of The D-Pad. The episode was released on April 4, 2016.
In 2017, the channel released the sixth installment in the series, Let's Predict Super Bowl LI, using the 2016-2017 edition of the game. The episode was released on February 5, 2017.
In 2018, the channel released the seventh installment in the series, Let's Predict Super Bowl LII, using the 2017-2018 edition of the game. The episode was released on February 4, 2018.
In 2019, the channel released the eighth installment in the series, Let's Predict Super Bowl LIII, using the 2018-2019 edition of the game. The episode was released on February 3, 2019.
In 2020, the channel released the ninth installment in the series, Let's Predict Super Bowl LIV, using the 2019-2020 edition of the game. The episode was released on February 2, 2020.
Episodes
| LPTSB# | Episode | Title | Length | Commentators | Release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Let's Predict Super Bowl XLVI, First Half" | 21:05 | Rick, Bebel, Dan | January 29, 2012 |
| 2 | 2 | "Let's Predict Super Bowl XLVI, Second Half" | 16:11 | Rick, Bebel, Dan | February 5, 2012 |
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Predicted score: New York Giants 31 - 34 New England Patriots Actual score: New York Giants 21 - 17 New England Patriots | |||||
| 3 | 1 | "Let's Predict Super Bowl XLVII, First Half" | 21:50 | Rick, John, Bebel | February 3, 2013 |
| 4 | 2 | "Let's Predict Super Bowl XLVII, Second Half" | 18:31 | Rick, John, Bebel | February 3, 2013 |
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Predicted score: Baltimore Ravens 21 - 30 San Francisco 49ers Actual score: Baltimore Ravens 34 - 31 San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| 5 | * | "Let's Predict Super Bowl XLVIII" | 20:42 | Rick, John | February 2, 2014 |
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Predicted score: Seattle Seahawks 37 - 31 Denver Broncos Actual score: Seattle Seahawks 43 - 8 Denver Broncos | |||||
| 6 | * | "Let's Predict Super Bowl XLIX" | 19:33 | Rick, John, Meg | February 1, 2015 |
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Predicted score: New England Patriots 21 - 35 Seattle Seahawks Actual score: New England Patriots 28 - 24 Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| 7 | * | "Let's Predict Super Bowl 50" | 21:20 | Rick, John, C/J, Ben | April 4, 2016 |
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Predicted score: Carolina Panthers 27 - 24 Denver Broncos Actual score: Carolina Panthers 10 - 24 Denver Broncos | |||||
| 8 | * | "Let's Predict Super Bowl LI" | 18:21 | Rick, John | February 5, 2017 |
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Predicted score: New England Patriots 14 - 21 Atlanta Falcons Actual score: New England Patriots 34 - 28 Atlanta Falcons (OT) | |||||
| 9 | * | "Let's Predict Super Bowl LII" | 19:38 | Rick, John, Ben, Lindsay | February 4, 2018 |
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Predicted score: Philadelphia Eagles 21 - 14 New England Patriots Actual score: Philadelphia Eagles 41 - 33 New England Patriots | |||||
| 10 | * | "Let's Predict Super Bowl LIII" | 31:15 | Rick, Bebel, Ben, Sarah, Geoff | February 3, 2019 |
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Predicted score: New England Patriots 28 - 17 Los Angeles Rams Actual score: New England Patriots 13 - 3 Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| 11 | * | "Let's Predict Super Bowl LIV" | 27:12 | Rick, Bebel, Ben | February 2, 2020 |
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Predicted score: San Francisco 49ers 10 - 21 Kansas City Chiefs Actual score: San Francisco 49ers - Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
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Trivia
- The first episode of Let's Predict the Super Bowl was released over two months before the debut of Pokémon FireRed Version: Hard Mode, the first installment of Pokémon Rivals. This makes it the longest-running series on the channel, and the oldest series to still be releasing new episodes.
- As of 2019, Tecmo Super Bowl has only ever accurately predicted a Super Bowl victory by the team designated as the Away Team.
- The New England Patriots have been both correctly and incorrectly predicted as both the winning and losing team between Super Bowl XLVI and LIII.
- Super Bowl LIII marks the first time Tecmo Super Bowl has correctly predicted the outcome of the game in back-to-back games.
- It was also the first time Tecmo Super Bowl has accurately predicted a Super Bowl victory by a team in the American Football Conference.