Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
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| Developer | indieszero[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Nintendo Switch:  Game Card Digital download | ||||||||||||||||||
| Input | Nintendo Switch:
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- Everyone
- Seven years and older
- All ages
- General
- Six years and older
- General audience
- All ages
- All ages
- Six years and older
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is a game for Nintendo Switch based on the Nintendo World Championships competitions, 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6][2]
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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[3]
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.[3]
Featured games
Thirteen NES games are featured, five of which are from the Super Mario franchise.[6]
Super Mario-themed challenges
Estimated play times are displayed in Party Mode.[3]
Super Mario Bros.
| Title | Objective | Difficulty | Setting | Estimated play time |
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| Mushzoom[2] | Get the Super Mushroom.[3] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
World 1-1 | 5 secs. |
| Loose Change[6] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
World 1-1 (sub-area) | 5 secs. | |
| Step It Up[6] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
5 secs. | ||
| One on 1-1[2] | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
World 1-1 | 30 secs. | |
| Hit the Bricks[3] | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
20 secs. | ||
| Axe to Grind[7] | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
World 1-4 | ||
| Shoo, Lakitu![4] | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
World 4-1 | ||
| In the Zone[6] | Master ★★★★☆ |
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| Sink or Swim[2] | Master ★★★★☆ |
World 2-2 | ||
| Mario Master[5] | Use Warp Zones to clear World 8. | Legend ★★★★★ |
Entire game | 10 mins. |
Donkey Kong
| Title | Objective | Difficulty | Setting | Estimated play time |
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| Bottom Rung[3] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
25m | ||
| Hammer Hustle[6] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
15 secs. | ||
| Barrel Roll[2] | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
25m | 30 secs. | |
| Jumping Jacks[4] | Master ★★★★☆ |
75m | ||
| Construction Destruction[3] | Pull out all the bolts. | Master ★★★★☆ |
100m | 50 secs. |
Super Mario Bros. 2
| Title | Objective | Difficulty | Setting | Estimated play time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door to Door[2] | Enter the door.[3] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
World 1-1 | 5 secs. |
| Veggie Plucking[3] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
World 1-1[4] | 5 secs. | |
| Leap to the Peak[5] | Reach the mountain summit.[3] | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
World 1-1 | 15 secs. |
| Desert Dash[4] | Enter the pyramid. | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
World 2-1 | |
| Destroyer of Dreams[4] | Master ★★★★☆ |
World 1-3 |
Super Mario Bros. 3
| Title | Objective | Difficulty | Setting | Estimated play time |
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| Mushzoom 2[2] | Get the Super Mushroom.[6] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
World 1-1 | |
| Coin Collector[3] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
5 secs. | ||
| Super Leaf in the Wind[2] | Get the Super Leaf.[3] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
World 1-2 | 5 secs. |
| Hammer Bro KO[2] | Defeat the enemy, and get the treasure chest.[3] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
Grass Land Enemy Course | 5 secs. |
| Lookie, Tanooki![3] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
5 secs. | ||
| 1-1 of a Kind[2] | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
World 1-1 | 30 secs. | |
| Curtain Call: Larry[2] | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
World 1- Airship
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| Beat the Heat[4] | Hard ★★★☆☆ |
World 2- Desert
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| Rotary Rush[4] | Master ★★★★☆ |
World 5-4 | ||
| Hammer It Out[8] | Defeat the boss, and get a magic ball. | Master ★★★★☆ |
World 6- Fortress 2
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| Curtain Call: Lemmy[4] | Master ★★★★☆ |
World 6-Airship
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Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
| Title | Objective | Difficulty | Setting | Estimated play time |
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| Not Lichen It[2] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
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| Paratroopa Toppling[3] | Normal ★☆☆☆☆ |
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| Divemaster[4] | Master ★★★★☆ |
World 9-1 |
Prohibited glitches
If the player performs any of the following glitches, the game displays a message that says the strategy is unavailable. The game is then rewound to before the glitch takes effect or restarts the challenge from the beginning. During this, the player's timer is not affected and still increments up.
- Accessing the Warp Pipes to the Minus World in World 1-2 from Super Mario Bros.[9]
- The wrong warp in World 8-4 from Super Mario Bros.[10]
- The ladder glitch on 25m from Donkey Kong.[11]
Release
The game was 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),[2][12][13] and, in the Japanese Special Edition, two Famicom Controller Joy-Con.[14]
Gallery
Logos
International logo
Japanese logo
Simplified Chinese logo
Traditional Chinese logo
Artwork
Key artwork
Mario in Donkey Kong
Princess Peach in Super Mario Bros. 2
Mario in Super Mario Bros. 3
Raccoon Mario in Super Mario Bros. 3
Box art
Japanese box art
Korean box art
Other
- 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 |
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| 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
References
- ^ @NE_Brian (July 11, 2024). indieszero is the developer behind Nintendo World Championships NES Edition. Nintendo Everything (American English). Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Nintendo of America (May 8, 2024). Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition — Announcement Trailer — Nintendo Switch. YouTube (American English). Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Nintendo of America (July 3, 2024). Nintendo Treehouse Plays Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition — Nintendo Switch. YouTube (American English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nintendo of America (July 11, 2024). Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition — Overview Trailer — Nintendo Switch. YouTube (American English). Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ a b c Nintendo of America (June 18, 2024). Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition – Survival Mode & Legend Challenge – Nintendo Switch. YouTube (American English). Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Nintendo World Championships: NES™ Edition. Nintendo of America (American English). Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ @NintendoUK (July 12, 2024). "Thank you Mario! But our princess is in ano– #NintendoWorldChampionshipsNES". X. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ Nintendo of America (June 27, 2024). #NintendoWorldChampionshipsNES Edition - Hotline Hints 1 - Super Mario Bros. 3. YouTube (American English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ @TAKTAK7095110 (July 17, 2024). Nintendo World Championships ファミコン世界大会での「スーパーマリオブラザーズ」にて-1面を検証したところこの様になりました… #ファミコン世界大会 #スーパーマリオブラザーズ. X. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ @yaamaamooto (July 17, 2024). まさかの禁止プレイｗｗｗ 今回はやってないけど4-2のwrong warpも無理なのかな？パイプジャンプはやった、FPGとかBBGはできるのだろうか？#ファミコン世界大会. X. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
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