Video: Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Gets A New Overview Trailer

Out on Switch next month

by Liam Doolan 3d ago

The Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition arrives on the Switch next month and to help promote this upcoming release a new overview trailer has been uploaded.

This trailer is only available on Nintendo's Japanese YouTube channel right now, but goes in-depth about the challenges across all of the games. It will also come with a special Survival Mode and Legend challenges - such as finishing a game in a single run. In case you missed our initial coverage, here are the titles that will be included in this new package:

If an English version of this trailer is released, we'll let you know. This title arrives on 18th July 2024 and will be available in a 'Deluxe Set' which comes with a Golden replica NES cartridge. In Japan, Switch fans will instead receive two wireless Famicom controllers designed for use with the Switch.

Are you excited about this upcoming release? Tell us in the comments.

Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. He's also got a soft spot for Sonic the Hedgehog.

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FIS-PODCAST
3d ago

Pre ordered the day it was announced. Too cool not to get.

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Lizuka
3d ago

I was kind of immediately hyped for it when it was first announced but the closer it is to release the more unsure I am on it. Looks fun but also looks like the kind of thing where I might sooner rather than later just get bored with it.

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rob7979
3d ago

One aspect I am loving are the beautifully presented hints and guides sections, laid out in a similar format to Nintendo Power. A cool idea and typical of the love and care that Nintendo put into their games.

Cannot wait for the 18th of July!

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nathatruc
2d ago

Nes remix 1 and 2 are one of the best games on wiiu. If only nintendo did a snes remix, nes remis 3 or even a nes remix 1 and 2 port on switch but they forgot about it. It looks like it's the closest thing to a nes remix we will get on switch so I preordered the deluxe version

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MontyCircus
2d ago

@Lizuka

Have you read the hands-on previews?

NintendoLife wrote:

...there’s potential for this to join the rotation of game night greats like Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Super Smash Bros.

IGN wrote:

I certainly knew what I was walking into – a collection of classic NES games from my childhood turned into competitive challenges – but I didn’t expect the format to be so much fun.

...it is a delightfully simple party game that truly anyone can pick up and play. Will it help if you already have a nostalgic connection to these games? No doubt. But is that experience required? Absolutely not; in 2024, any of these 1980’s classics can be picked up and played by anyone pretty easily, as there are only two buttons to worry about.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition might be Switch's next party game classic.

A lot of people are speculating that if this sells well, that it could be followed up with an SNES Edition, N64 Edition, GameCube edition.

But I haven't heard anyone speculate, what I hope, that it's possible they could in future expand the NES Edition to have even more games in addition to the existing 13 games. Maybe Punch-Out!!, Tetris, Dr. Mario, Mario Bros., Ice Hockey.

Or what if it expanded to 3rd party stuff?
How about a Capcom pack: Mega Man 1-6, Gargoyle's Quest II, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, DuckTales, Bionic Commando, Ghosts 'n Goblins, 1943: The Battle of Midway.
How about a Konami pack: Contra & Super C, Castlevania I-III, Jackal, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I-III, Bucky O'Hare, Blades of Steel, Gradius.

I could definitely see them adding a game or 2 every month to keep people playing. That's the Nintendo way.

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Twilite9
2d ago

Can we stop to appreciate how nice it is to see Kid Icarus getting some love and get featured among the Mario's, Zelda's, Kirby's and Metroids?

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Pillowpants
2d ago

I really hope that if this performs well, Nintendo will finally scratch the itch I have for a SNES Remix / World Championships game. The 16-bit era is where it's at for me, personally.

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hypnotoad
2d ago

It must be the Snes version next.

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JohnnyMind
2d ago

The new pieces of information should be based on what I remember of what has already been shown:

the explicit mention of the game rewinding if you fail the mission while the timer keeps on running (seen, not mentioned, during the Direct trailer);
pressing L+R to immediately retry from the start;
the "world[wide] ranking competition where for a limited time you compete in a set of specific challenges, kind of à la Wario Cup from Get It Together;
seeing the icons and games available for your profile mentioned in the Hands On here on Nintendo Life;
badges unlockable by clearing specific conditions so practically achievements also used for your profile;
being able to choose single challenges and groups of them based on specific themes for the local multiplayer (up to 8 players with a single copy of the game).

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JohnnyMind
2d ago

You know what? After seeing that the special edition is finally available again on the Japanese Amazon, the price of its equivalent here in Italy (€59,99) which doesn't include the controllers other than me preferring the Japanese box art for the included games and the price of the NES controllers on their own (also €59,99, not to mention that they are currently unavailable) I ended up preordering it (￥9,878, ￥14,981 with shipping so €88,64)!

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carlos82
2d ago

I've preordered the Japanese version of this as it was just £15 more and if rather have a pair of the Famicom controllers than an empty gold cartridge

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hypnotoad
2d ago

Just managed to pre-order this from the Nintendo UK site.
Roll on...

@carlos82 I’ve been looking around for the JP version with no success (except EBay). Where did you manage to preorder yours?

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carlos82
2d ago

@RobotReptile it's on Amazon Japan https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B0D3Q69V5V/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1&th=1

This must be a ton of fun!!!

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Spider-Kev
2d ago

@carlos82
Thank you!
Order came to $73 usd

@carlos82 thanks!

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Spider-Kev
2d ago

I doubt this will be as much fun as NES Remix 1 or 2!

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Deljo
2d ago

Hang on, this isn't free??

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Spider-Kev
2d ago

@Deljo
Nope.
The initial announcement did make it seem like it was though.

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Spider-Kev
2d ago

Why aren't controllers included in other regions?

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Spider-Kev
2d ago

Almost the same games that are in the GBA Reader Cards.
Also, the same games that were GBA NES Classics
Also, also, the same games with the 3DS NES Ambassador Program

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