Chris Taylor, also known as SpookyWoobler on Twitter, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The doctors told him that he only has a few months left to live.
Yeah sorry this is not your typical intro to one of our items, but please keep reading the story is heartwarming.
The story
Last week, Chris expressed his fear on Twitter that he won’t be able to fight the cancer long enough to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate when it releases on December 7th.
A little over a week later, after the gaming community spread the word of his wish to play the game, Chris confirmed on Twitter that “two Nintendo reps came down with the E3 demo of Smash Ultimate”, and he was able to “play it for 3 hours”. A local friend, his brother, and his mother were there to play with him.
December is a long way away for someone who is already bedridden…
— Chris Taylor (@SpookyWoobler) September 13, 2018
I found out they were coming around Tuesday and couldn't say cause even a switch with a demo on it is a high value target to be stolen, same for as why i didn't get to keep the demo (though i absolutely expected that)
Seriously though, thank you all so much, you all did this
— Chris Taylor (@SpookyWoobler) September 21, 2018
Some pics from me, local Benjamin, and Zach playing
Thanks so much guys, this means so much to me pic.twitter.com/raxPu7QJp9
— Chris Taylor (@SpookyWoobler) September 21, 2018
It’s good to see that the gaming community (just wow guys) and Nintendo went above and beyond, faith in humanity is somewhat restored! This is what the gaming family / community should always be like!
PS to Chris himself; we hope you enjoyed playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as much as you hoped … and know we are all a bit jealous! Sad to see you could not keep the demo but still how cool!
