Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition

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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
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Developer	indieszero
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release date	Template:Release
Language(s)	English (United States) French (France) French (Canada) German Spanish (Spain) Spanish (Latin America) Italian Dutch Portuguese (Brazil) Japanese Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean
Genre	Compilation
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Everyone PEGI: - Seven years and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - General USK: - Six years and older ClassInd: - General audience SMECCV: - All ages GRAC: - All ages GSRR: - Six years and older
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Format	Nintendo Switch: Game Card Digital download
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller NES Controller

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is an upcoming game for the Nintendo Switch based on the Nintendo World Championships competitions, set to be released on July 18, 2024. Similar to the NES Remix series, the game revolves around completing challenges based on various first-party Nintendo Entertainment System titles, including games from the Super Mario franchise such as Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, and Super Mario Bros. 3. The game was revealed on May 8, 2024, in a trailer that featured past winners and participants of the Nintendo World Championships.

Gameplay

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition features three single-player modes — Speedrun Mode, World Championships, and Survival Mode — as well as a multiplayer Party Mode.

In Speedrun Mode, players compete in over 150 challenges that entail completing a specific action in an NES game in the fastest amount of time possible, such as reaching a goal, collecting an item, or defeating a boss or group of enemies. Each challenge has a difficulty level rated on a scale of one to five stars, and the player is assigned a letter rank based on how fast they completed the challenge. While a challenge is being played, a timer is displayed at the bottom-left corner of the screen; the player's personal best time and button inputs are also displayed on the left, and their profile (which displays their set name, icon, and favorite NES game) on the right. If the player loses, the game automatically rewinds to before they lost, though the timer will continue counting up. Before a challenge, the player can view a demo video that shows how the challenge is played or a replay of their personal best run; for five star-difficulty challenges, the player can also view "classified information", which contains a visual guide showing how the player can complete them.

Coins are awarded for completing challenges, which are used to unlock more challenges. The number of coins earned depends on the challenge's difficulty and the player's rank. Extra coins are also awarded for clearing certain objectives, such as achieving a new personal best time or participating in the World Championships.

In World Championships, players with a Nintendo Switch Online membership compete in a weekly set of five challenges and have their scores ranked on a global leaderboard.

Survival Mode is another online mode in which the player competes against ghost data of other players around the world in an elimination tournament consisting of three rounds: the first with the starting eight players, the second with the top four players, and the third with the top two players. The tournament has two divisions: a Silver Division and a more challenging Gold Division with higher-ranking players.

In Party Mode, up to eight players race against each other locally in challenges. They can choose to play a series of challenges in themed challenge packs or individual challenges.

The player can also earn pins when completing challenges with an A rank or higher or winning in the Survival Mode divisions for the first time, which can be equipped to their profile and displayed under the game screen during challenges.

Featured games

Thirteen NES games are featured, five of which are from the Super Mario franchise.

• Donkey Kong
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• The Legend of Zelda
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
• Metroid
• Kid Icarus
• Kirby's Adventure
• Ice Climber
• Excitebike
• Balloon Fight

Super Mario-themed challenges

Estimated play times are displayed in Party Mode.

Super Mario Bros.

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Estimated play time
Mushzoom	Get the Super Mushroom.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	5 secs.
Loose Change		Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1 (sub-area)	5 secs.
Step It Up		Normal ★☆☆☆☆		5 secs.
One on 1-1		Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1	30 secs.
Hit the Bricks		Hard ★★☆☆☆		20 secs.
Shoo, Lakitu!		Hard ★★☆☆☆	World 4-1
In the Zone		Master ★★★★☆
Sink or Swim		Master ★★★★☆	World 2-2
Mario Master	Use Warp Zones to clear World 8.	Legend ★★★★★	Entire game	10 mins.

Donkey Kong

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Estimated play time
Bottom Rung		Normal ★☆☆☆☆	25m
Hammer Hustle		Normal ★☆☆☆☆		15 secs.
Barrel Roll		Hard ★★★☆☆	25m	30 secs.
Jumping Jacks		Master ★★★★☆	75m
Construction Destruction	Pull out all the bolts.	Master ★★★★☆	100m	50 secs.

Super Mario Bros. 2

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Estimated play time
Door to Door	Enter the door.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	5 secs.
Veggie Plucking		Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	5 secs.
Leap to the Peak	Reach the mountain summit.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1	15 secs.
Desert Dash	Enter the pyramid.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 2-1
Destroyer of Dreams		Master ★★★★☆	World 1-3

Super Mario Bros. 3

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Estimated play time
Mushzoom 2	Get the Super Mushroom.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1
Coin Collector		Normal ★☆☆☆☆		5 secs.
Super Leaf in the Wind	Get the Super Leaf.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-2	5 secs.
Hammer Bro KO	Defeat the enemy, and get the treasure chest.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	Grass Land Enemy Course	5 secs.
Lookie, Tanooki!		Normal ★☆☆☆☆		5 secs.
1-1 of a Kind		Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1	30 secs.
Curtain Call: Larry		Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-Airship
Beat the Heat		Hard ★★★☆☆	World 2-Desert
Rotary Rush		Master ★★★★☆	World 5-4
Hammer It Out	Defeat the boss, and get a magic ball.	Master ★★★★☆	World 6-Fortress 2
Curtain Call: Lemmy		Master ★★★★☆	World 6-Airship

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Estimated play time
Not Lichen It		Normal ★☆☆☆☆
Paratroopa Toppling		Normal ★☆☆☆☆
Divemaster		Master ★★★★☆	World 9-1

Release

The Special Edition bundle in Japan, with the Famicom Controller Joy-Con included

The game is set to be released on the Nintendo eShop worldwide as well as physically in Japan, the Americas, Europe, and Australia as part of a Deluxe Set (known as the Special Edition in Japan) that contains a golden NES cartridge replica similar to the Nintendo World Championships 1990 cartridge, 13 cards depicting the cover art of the featured NES/Famicom games, five pins (depicting Mario, Link, Samus, Donkey Kong, and the game's logo), and, in the Japanese Special Edition, two Famicom Controller Joy-Con.

Gallery

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  Japanese logo

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  Mario in Donkey Kong

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  Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 2

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  Princess Peach in Super Mario Bros. 2

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  Mario in Super Mario Bros. 3

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  Raccoon Mario in Super Mario Bros. 3

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  Japanese box art

• NWCNESE My Nintendo July 2024 desktop.jpg

  July 2024 desktop calendar from My Nintendo

• NWCNESE My Nintendo July 2024 smartphone.jpg

  July 2024 smartphone calendar from My Nintendo

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ニンテンドー ワールドチャンピオンシップス ファミコン世界大会[?] Nintendō Wārudo Chanpionshippusu Famikon Sekai Taikai	Nintendo World Championships Famicom Tournament
Chinese (traditional)	Nintendo World Championships Famicom世界大會[?] Nintendo World Championships Famicom Shìjiè Dàhuì	Nintendo World Championships Famicom Tournament
Korean	닌텐도 월드 챔피언십 NES 에디션[?] Nintendo Weoldeu Chaempionsip NES Edisyeon	Nintendo World Championship NES Edition

External links

• Official Japanese website
• Official United States game page
• Official UK & Ireland game page
• Official Mexico game page
• Official Brazil game page
• Official South Korean website