Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, which will be released on July 18, is a collection that offers a series of speed-based challenges. Challenges that take segments from legendary games like Metroid, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Super Mario Bros....
A grand release
The game will offer more than 150 speed challenges and will allow you to play alone or with friends, whether on the same couch (up to eight participants) or online. In addition to these features, Nintendo will implement global leaderboards and offer weekly challenges, transforming the title into an ongoing global competition. A special feature of the game is the auto-return function (well known to emulator users) that allows players to go back in time to perfect their performance.
This new title draws on Nintendo's tradition of competitions, in particular the "Nintendo World Championships", an e-sports tournament that has been held periodically since 1990. The name of the game is reminiscent of the national tournaments that, at the time, gave rise to an extremely rare NES cartridge, now sold for a high price on resale platforms.
Nintendo World Championships is part of the lineage of the famous NES Remix compilations, which were released on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in 2013. These compilations brought together mini-games based on speed and thinking challenges, taken from dozens of iconic NES games.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition will be available digitally on the eShop for 30 euros. A physical Deluxe version is also planned, which includes illustrated cards, pins and a gold NES cartridge (non-functional). The price of this version has not yet been revealed, but it is expected to be around 60 euros. In Japan, the "Famicom" special edition will include wireless NES controllers, which Switch Online subscribers will be familiar with. They will soon be released to the general public as solo games, but apparently still in Japan.
This release is a clever way for Nintendo to reuse classics that continue to excite players, without requiring major development investments. However, some fans would have preferred this game to be offered to Switch Online subscribers, especially since retro controllers are compatible with this title.
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