Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Switch) News Articles
Tuesday31st Dec 2024
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Final Competition Of 2024 Now Live
Bring in the New Year with some speedrunning
If you're looking for a way to fill in the hours between now and the New Year, why not jump on Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. Nintendo has just sent its final competition (and first one of 2025) live. The current challenges will test your skills in Kirby's Adventure, Super Mario Bros. 3,...
Wednesday16th Oct 2024
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Updated (Version 1.1.1), Here's What's Included
Download it now
The competitive retro compilation Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is still getting plenty of support from Nintendo. As part of this it's now updated the game to Version 1.1.1. According to the official support page, this "fixes issues". Here are the specifics: Latest update: Ver. 1.1.1 (Released October 15, 2024): Fixed...
Thursday8th Aug 2024
Japanese Charts The Sky Is Blue And The Switch Continues To Dominate
Ninten-doing the business
The latest Famitsu charts are here and, we'll be honest, it's not the most noteworthy week imagineable, but its nevertheless another period that sees the Switch absolutely dominating, so we're happy regardless. Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-25 once again finds itself at the top, but One Piece Odyssey suffers a significant...
News Switch Online Adds Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Icons
Update: The final wave is available now
Update #2 [Thu 8th Aug, 2024 02:45 BST]: Nintendo has rolled out the final wave of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition icons today. They'll be availalabe to Switch Online subscribers until 14th August 2024, so get them while you can. Here's a look, courtesy of 'NSO Icons Alerts' on social media:...
Saturday3rd Aug 2024
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Player Uses Glitch To Top Donkey Kong Leaderboard
Tournament scandal
Update [Sat 3rd Aug, 2024 03:30 BST]: Nintendo recently launched a website in Japan featuring replays of the fastest times in the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition tournaments. The same 'Donkey Kong Barrel Roll' replay (which can be seen in the original story below) is notably featured on this page (thanks, OatmealDome)...
Thursday1st Aug 2024
Japanese Charts Baseball Takes The Crown In Another Switch-Filled Bonanza
So powerful
The latest Famitsu charts are in and, as expected, it's another strong week for the Switch, with only Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 representing a competing console in the software top ten. There are two newcomers this week, too, with One Piece Odyssey entering the charts at in second place - not to be sniffed at - while The Legend of...
Thursday25th Jul 2024
News Famicom Controllers For Switch Are Now Up For General Sale In Japan
Switch Online membership no longer required
Just recently, we reported on the newly announced Official Joy-Con Charging Stand for the Switch (which is totally to allow users to charge their Joy-Con when used as additional controllers with the 'Switch 2' - wait, where are our tinfoil hats?). Amid all the initial confusion, however, we happened to...
Japanese Charts Nintendo World Championships Can't Outrun The Competition
Powerful Pro Baseball knocks it out of the park
We are back with the latest look at the Japanese gaming charts thanks to Famitsu and, unusually, a new Nintendo release has not taken the top spot. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition winds up in third in its debut week, only shifting 27,391 copies. It's hardly the biggest number for a physical...
Wednesday24th Jul 2024
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Weekly Challenges #2 Now Live
Test your speedrunning skills in five different games
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition has been out for less than a week and Nintendo is already rolling out a new batch of weekly challenges. This time you'll be competing in NES classics like Metroid, Super Mario Bros., and Donkey Kong. As you can see below there are two normal and two hard...
Saturday20th Jul 2024
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Hololive VTuber Tournament Announced
A Nintendo sponsored event
As part of the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Switch launch this week, Nintendo has announced it's sponsoring a special competition featuring a bunch of Hololive VTubers. This tournament will take place on 29th July (aka next week) and is being broadcast on the official Hololive YouTube channel. The VTubers...
Friday19th Jul 2024
News Switch Online NES Controller Limited-Time Sale Now Live (North America)
Get 20% off the regular price
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition can be played with all sorts of controllers, but if you want to perfectly recreate the retro speedrunning magic, you're going to need the official wireless NES controllers. Thankfully, they're currently on sale. Switch Online members in the US and Canada can now get 20% off...
ICYMI Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Includes A Really Cool Profile Feature
"They’ve included a list of nearly every game"
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is now officially available on the Switch, and retro enthusiasts who picked up the game are now discovering all sorts of cool (and not-so-cool) things about it. In case you missed it, one thing that is pretty cool about this game is when you set up your...
Thursday18th Jul 2024
Nintendo Download 18th July (North America)
Nintendo World Championships! Ace Combat 7! Toree!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights: Nintendo World...
News NES Remix's Dev Worked On Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Update: It's officially confirmed
Update [Thu 18th Jul, 2024 04:30 BST]: Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is now available on the Switch and following last week's reports about the involvement of indieszero, Nintendo Life can confirm this developer worked alongside Nintendo as one of the "authors of this software". You can learn more...
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Receives A Launch Update
Here are the full patch notes...
Launch updates have become increasingly common with new games during the Switch generation, and the latest game to receive a patch like this is Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. Nintendo has just rolled out Version 1.1.0 which adds in Survival Mode to the game and also fixes multiple issues. Here are the...
Wednesday17th Jul 2024
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Remixing the Remix
And just like that, Nintendo's next major release of 2024 is right around the corner. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition lands on Switch on 18th July (that's tomorrow!) and the reviews are here to give us an idea of what to expect. Before we dive into the round-up, let's first provide a brief refresher of what we had to...
Tuesday16th Jul 2024
Poll So, Will You Be Getting Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition?
Go on, tell us
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition still feels like a relatively new announcement and now here we are at the week of its official release! Yes, after a reveal in May, we've we're at the launch week of this retro collection featuring over 150 challenges across 13 different NES titles. Ahead of the launch, tt's now time to tell...
Thursday11th Jul 2024
Video Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Gets A New Overview Trailer
Update: Now available in English
Update [Thu 11th Jul, 2024 14:30 BST]: Nintendo has now revealed an English-language version of the overview trailer for Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition. Original Article [Fri 28th Jun, 2024 03:35 BST]: The Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition arrives on the Switch next month and to help promote this...
Wednesday3rd Jul 2024
Video Nintendo Treehouse Plays Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Out this month!
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition will be arriving later this month on the Switch, and ahead of its launch, Nintendo Treehouse has released a 30-minute video showing off the different games, challenges, and modes. This is perhaps the most detailed look at the game yet, so if you're still not sure whether you would be...
Monday1st Jul 2024
Video 10 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In July 2024
Nintendo World Championships, TMNT, One Piece and more!
Can you believe that we are officially into the second half of the year? We can't. It's a good job that we have a month to sit back and catch up on all the games we've missed so far, right? Wrong! July is here and it is packed with interesting releases. The wonderful Felix has put together the...
Wednesday19th Jun 2024
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Shows Off Survival Mode And Legend Challenge
Out next month
The latest Nintendo Direct broadcast was packed with all sorts of Switch-related goodness, and early on in the show, NES fans were treated to another look at the upcoming release Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. This title will be arriving next month on 18th July 2024, with a collector's edition also on the way, and as part...
Thursday13th Jun 2024
News Unofficial 'Nintendo World Championships' Cart Smashes Kickstarter Goal
Though we doubt The Big N will be happy
Update: And it seems the legal eagles have swooped. Read the original story below. An unofficial reproduction of the NES Nintendo World Championships cartridge has been successfully backed via Kickstarter, raising a total of £16,593 at the time of writing with an initial goal of £8,452.
Monday3rd Jun 2024
News Retailer 'GAME' Is Ending Its Reward Programme And Elite Membership
Gosh, what next?
Retailer GAME has announced that it will be ending its GAME 'Reward' programme along with the GAME 'Elite' Membership scheme (which is essentially a paid tier of the former) on 31st July 2024. Essentially, then, following this date, customers will no longer be able to redeem any points accumulated on in-store and online purchases...
Thursday16th May 2024
Poll Will You Be Getting The Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition - Deluxe Set?
Go on, tell us
The Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition was recently announced for the Switch and as part of this there will be a special 'Deluxe Set' released, containing a physical game card, a set of five pins, 13 art cards, and a gold coloured replica NES cartridge. Nintendo has now released a new trailer showing off this 'Deluxe Set' and...
Monday13th May 2024
Video Nintendo World Championships Japanese Gameplay Officially Revealed
The Famicom 'Special Edition' comes with NSO controllers
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is on its way to the Switch this July and if you're eager to see more, you might want to take a look at the final episode of "Famicom Talk Shop: Kobayashi-Toy Store" starring comedian and actor Kendo Koybayashi and featuring other Japanese talent. The...
Sunday12th May 2024
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Estimated Switch File Size Revealed
You won't need much space for this one
Following a classification, the Switch game Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition was officially announced this week. If you're planning to download the title or are just curious to know how big the file size of this classic speed run compilation is, read on. According to Nintendo's official listings, the...
Thursday9th May 2024
News Nintendo World Championships: Famicom Special Edition Includes NSO Controllers
Switch Famicom controllers will also be sold to the "general public"
Japan often gets different game bundles, and it seems this trend is set to continue with the upcoming Switch release, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. It's been revealed the 'special' Famicom Edition actually comes packaged with two Famicom wireless controllers. These...
Wednesday8th May 2024
News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Launches On Switch In July
Play it like it's 1990!
Nintendo has confirmed Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for the Switch following a rating from the ESRB. Launching on 18th July 2024, the game will include over 150 challenges across 13 NES titles, drawing inspiration from the original Championship tournament back in 1990. You'll be tasked with completing challenges...
Friday3rd May 2024
News 'Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition' For Switch Rated By ESRB
NES Remix, but not NES Remix
Following a rather blatant tease from reliable leaker Pyoro, a rating has appeared via the ESRB for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for the Nintendo Switch (thanks, Stealth). Described as "a collection of 2D challenges and platformer games", it's also noted that the game will likely contai
