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 of the latest trailer, Nintendo teased some of the speedrunning challenges, the online leaderboards, the Legend challenges - like completing Super Mario Bros. in one go, and a survival mode.
"Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition: Bring the thrill of the Nintendo World Championships home. Tackle over 150 speedrunning challenges from across 13 NES games, test your skills with Legend Challenges – like completing Super Mario Bros. from World 1-1 to World 8-4 the short way (with Warp Zones) – or race against the ghost data of players worldwide in Survival Mode. Stuck on one of the Legend Challenges? Check out Classified Information for tips and tricks to help you improve. Play solo, post your best time on the online leaderboards*1, or invite friends and family for local*2 gameplay of up to eight players on a single console."
Once again, pre-orders for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition are now live and it will launch on the Switch next month. You can learn more (and check out the collector's edition of the game which comes with a replica gold cartridge) in our previous coverage here on Nintendo Life. Japan's bundle also swaps out this item for two Switch Online Famicom controllers.
Will you be adding this game to your Switch library? Let us know in the comments.
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Still not super hyped for this one, but an official Super Mario Bros. Any% leaderboard is kinda awesome to see
@Nontendo_4DS - There’s an ointment for that, I think
I think it's really cool that some of the challenges (legend challenges?) are like "beat Super Mario Bros." and "beat Super Mario Bros. without warping".
I thought they were only going to be little bite-sized ones. These long ones are essentially the trophies/achievements I've been clamouring for, for the NSO!
Had no doubt there would be more to this game that they hadn't shown yet and yep, here it is!
Will still miss the remix challenges from the NES Remix games, but other than that it looks pretty good to me even though I don't care about speedrunning, leaderboards etc. that much so I'll eventually get it (could've got it even day one if it had a regular retail physical release also here in Europe but oh well) and really hope this time we'll eventually get at least an SNES one, too!
curious if niftski uploads vids on this game.
I preordered the physical edition as soon as it was possible, but I'm not as hyped as then. I really wish they let you play at your own pace, not constantly comparing your stats with people online, ghost or otherwise.
If it had remixes of any kind in addition to this...even if they were ports of previous remixes added as a bonus I'd be pumped, but this still feels kind of boring. Or if there were live competitive stuff like a Mario 35 style mode I'd be pumped. Interested to hear about other legend challenges tho.
I'm assuming they will reset the leaderboards after so many days, weeks, etc. Otherwise some records are going to be solved and no one will be able to top things after a while. That's not a giant concern but it is one of my questions I still have about this game.
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