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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Speedrun Challenge Game Announced for Switch
posted on by Alex Mateo
Nintendo announced on Wednesday the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition game for Nintendo Switch, scheduled for release on July 18. The company unveiled a trailer that features contestants from past Nintendo World Championships events:
The release features over 150 speedrun challenges for the following 13 NES games:
- Balloon Fight
- Donkey Kong
- Excitebike
- Ice Climber
- Kid Icarus
- Kirby's Adventure
- Metroid
- Super Mario Bros.
- Super Mario Bros. 2
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
- The Legend of Zelda
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
There is a Speedrun Mode for a single player and a Party Mode for to eight players locally. The World Championships Mode allows players to submit their best times in five rotating challenges.
The game is getting a Deluxe Set, which includes the physical game, five pins, 13 art cards, and a replica of the gold-colored NES Game Pak.
Nintendo has held three in-person Nintendo World Championships events in 1990, 2015, and 2017. The first one featured a special cartridge called Nintendo World Championships 1990, which was also given to finalists. A gold cartridge of the game also existed, which is referenced in the new Switch game's Deluxe Set.
Nintendo released the NES Remix compilation game for Wii U in December 2013. NES Remix featured quick challenges for a variety of NES games. A sequel NES Remix 2 launched for Wii U in April 2014. Nintendo released a 3DS version titled Ultimate NES Remix in 2014 in the West and in 2015 in Japan.
Source: Press release
