The television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? has inspired numerous digital adaptations. The "NSP" variant (likely a Nintendo Switch homebrew or open-source simulation) reached Update 1.4 in early 2026. This paper documents the update’s changes and extracts design principles applicable to educational quiz platforms.
We reverse-engineered the likely difficulty-scoring system used in NSP 1.4: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire -NSP--Update 1.4....
Proposed formula:
Difficulty Score = (1 - % Correct in Playtests) * 0.6 + (Expert Rating / 10) * 0.4
Questions are binned into 15 money tiers. Update 1.4 reportedly reclassifies 8% of questions to smoother difficulty progression. The television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
The suffix "NSP" refers to Nintendo Submission Package. It is the standard file format used by Nintendo for digital games downloaded from the Nintendo eShop. Questions are binned into 15 money tiers