Nintendo allows terminally ill cancer patients to play Super Smash Bros.

Chris Taylor, like any fan of Nintendo, can not wait to see that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is preparing to be a mashup of epic proportions, but unlike most of us, the 21-year-old is not certain to live long enough to see the Switch game on store shelves. Taylor has terminal cancer and it took months to live, so her friends started a social media campaign to get Nintendo's attention.

During the last week, Smash Bros. Twitter and Reddit fans lobbied Nintendo to let Taylor play Ultimate before he passes; These messages have received thousands of positive signals from fans who have been affected by Taylor's situation.

"I'm a little worried that smashI will be out of reach all my life and this mega is bad if I am real with you, " Taylor wrote on Twitter September 12 The next day, Taylor continued his reflections saying, "December is a long time for someone who is already bedridden. I know it's childish to get rid of a video game but smash mean a lot to me and when Ultimate looks so good that it breaks my heart. Sorry to be sad during the hype but hear about things like smash and DMC5 begins to hurt my ears and reminds me that I will not be able to play the games I've been waiting for for years and that I've had the chance to kill myself slowly as soon as they've been announced.

Taylor is suffering from osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that he has been fighting for three years. "I have done more treatments than most and have contributed to two different high-risk studies," Taylor wrote on the Curious Cat social media site. Taylor decided not to continue treatment for her terminal condition earlier this year. "I arrived at this decision in many directions, I made a total of 6 different treatments for my cancer now and they had no noticeable effects, or in one case, worsened my situation" , he wrote on Twitter. According to the prognosis of his doctor, he has between three and six months to live.

It seems that Nintendo took Taylor's story to heart: earlier in the day, Smash Bros. fan shared pictures of him playing the E3 demo of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with friends and family following the visit of Nintendo representatives. Taylor and Nintendo did not immediately respond to requests for comment. On Twitter, Taylor said he was happy to "participate in the hype of newcomers".