Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition?

I preordered the physical one but decided I didnt want all that tat so I cancelled my order but nintendo being nintendo, they charged me anyway, so it’s on its way. I’ll trade it in to cex and just grab a digital one tbh.

I'm not at all interested. I could see it being a fun party game once in a blue moon, but I'll leave that to whoever hosts the party.

Still on the fence about grabbing the Japanese special edition as the premium isn't too high considering that you get two controllers with it.

But I really don't need extra controllers that I'll seldom use anyway, so I'll probably just spring for the standard local release.

And I'm mostly keen only because of the 8 player couch multiplayer, without which, this looks like nothing but a vastly inferior follow-up to the NES Remix games. And the fact that the original full ROMs aren't playable is a predictably pathetic showing from Nintendo.

I've been wanting more smaller releases akin to this for a while. The Wii, Wii U, and 3DS all had a lot more Nintendo digital exclusives compared to the Switch, and HAL has basically carried the Switch lineup outside of NSO and a few indie-developed games. So even though I'd be a lot more interested in a game of this sort being made for any system other than the NES (especially the SNES or GBA), and it's not quite the same because there is a cartridge release happening, I ended up getting the Deluxe Set for the novelty of having an actually somewhat rare physical Switch game from Nintendo and the golden cartridge. (Plus, Nintendo really hasn't given me much this year I've found to be worth actually picking up, so it was easier to swallow the $60 price tag for that.)

Not decided yet. Was kind of initially interested but feel like it's inevitable I'd end up just setting it aside in favor of playing the actual games themselves. Feels like it only really has any longterm value if you either have people around to play it with or do a lot of online play and in both cases I don't.

It looks like it should have been included with NSO alongside the F-Zero offering they have.

I could see it being a fun party game for people of a certain age, like me, that grew up in the NES era, but I seriously doubt young people are going to be all that interested.

I’ll wait for the reviews. Looks fun but also looks like something you’d get bored with after a day or two

Maybe not now but anything that is close to Mario 35…I miss you.

Nope. As it’s Nintendo, im not paying Nintendo premium price for a load of nes games

Not sure if this game is really for me. I'm not a big speedrunner or score-chaser kind of guy. I enjoyed the original NES Remix games, but what made those so cool were the titular "remixed" challenges. This just seems to be bite-sized segments from the original, unaltered games, which is kind of lame in comparison. I feel like this is the kind of thing I would only play a couple times then never really pick up again.

Which is why I, of course, already have the game preinstalled, being the bootlicking corporate shill that I am. I mean, c'mon, I HAD to get it so I could organize it into my 2024 software folder! It's just so satisfying to organize my virtual collection, y'know?

I... I'm a pathetic excuse for a human being, I know. 😕

Nah… this is the poor uncreative man’s NES Remix.

They should have instead ported those or give us SNES Remix

@Yoshi3 : I'm with you. I'd love to see something in the vein of "Game Boy Remix" as well.

Or even a full-fledged 8-Volt spin-off of WarioWare that focuses exclusively on classic Nintendo games/merchandise, but a project like that might steal WarioWare's thunder, which is something that I absolutely do not want.

@SillyG I agree with you … but hey, this generation we got TWO Warioware games, I can’t complain, but hey, that has never happened in any generation before.
Now, if we could only have a Rhythm Heaven for Switch ….

I feel like if on the off chance it goes on sale, then yeah. Otherwise its not a massive need or anything.

@Not_Soos Don't beat yourself up, you're just a collector, that's what it is. Who knows you might like it!

I had a good time with the NES Remix games back in the Wii U days, but there's many much better games for me to play nowadays, I'll skip.

Nope.
Not interested with 8 bit NES graphic anymore.
I prefer hunting the retro games such as PS1 / PS2 / PS3 / NDS instead.

Initially ordered the Deluxe UK set, then cancelled and gone for the Japanese version as get the famicon controllers.

I'd buy if if we get some DLC of third party NES games like Castlevania, Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden etc.

@Yoshi3 Both the GBA and DS had two WarioWare games. You count DSiWare and the DS had three of them.

@Lizuka you are right, I completely forgot about them 😟

As an old person, I have to have everything new that's NES and SNES related. And the deluxe set looks great. Looking forward to it!

I prefer physical but don't care for big collector's editions, so I pre-ordered just the game from play asia. I'm excited to try it, but wish they had moved on to SNES or something like that. Or imagine what cool stuff could be done with the N64 early-3D era (I realize this would probably be a lot more work)

I want to but I'm already playing through three other games right now so I don't have the time to squeeze it in. Which means maybe I'll be able to hold out until Saturday lol

I pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition, even if it is a bit overpriced.

Where's the option for:
"I pre-ordered the Japanese edition with Controllers but unfortunately had to cancel as life takes precedence."

@JohnnyMind
Time Extension was messed up too.
It was a coding error.
It wasn't you or me.

Oh I missed the preorder mail Dunno if I will look fot it second hand or buy digital or just don't play it at all...

"...putting your D-pad reflexes to the test with your friends."
I love reading this and then thinking about how much I play the actual NES, among other D-Pad only consoles I love to play.

also, I actually quite prefer the D-Pad over control sticks (but no D-Pad, nor control stick could compare to the sheer dominance the GameCube Controller has when it comes to control sticks).

Okay; Jokes and opinions aside: this game isn't very high on my list, so I'm not getting it anytime soon. but it does look like a fun game to play eventually.

Pre-ordered it immediately when announced. I competed in the Championships as a kid, so the nostalgia factor is too much for me to pass up. I also love the cartridge idea and look! I would have been disappointed if it cane with controllers like the Japanese version since I already own them!

Nah, I think I'm all NES-ed out, now — having already tried most of these games extensively via VC/NSO and various emulators/barcades, and seen countless retro YouTube videos about them, I don't know how much longevity my interest will can hold for them outside of dipping into the NSO occasionally.

Special edition pre ordered. I'm from that era so nostalgia got me

@FIS-PODCAST If only they had made the gold cart a switch cart holder. Would've pre ordered 2 😄

@Anti-Matter I much prefer the 8 bit visuals than the Saturn/PS1 early polygon looks. It's the gen for me that has aged the worst.

The challenges intrigue me and my younger kids seem interested in the Nintendo-brand retro games, so I pre-ordered it. I wish that they just had a cart only option but, I think the cart and pins are neat looking. The pins can hang with my circa 80s Mario and Zelda pins I bought at Kmart decades ago.

I wonder if the cart mold is the same as an NES cart on the inside? It'd be fun to get a repro board and plop it into the cart shell to make the whole thing playable.

"We think it could be a real party hit..."

(question: why the "..." in this part of this article)

I was waiting and hoping for SNES Remix with creative modifiers. What we got is a bare minimum in my opinion

I pursued and preordered the Japanese deluxe set - it’ll be nice having the Famicom controllers. I’ll try out using the microphone on the 2p controller with Kid Icarus in NSO and see if it works.

I wonder if there are any other microphone-compatible games on NSO? It’s such a forgotten curiosity.

The stuff that comes with the deluxe set got me. At $59.99 USD, I couldn't resist. I probably could've resisted if it was $10 USD or more.

I still have NES Remix 1 and 2. It looks like a fun idea, and I'm glad the digital version isn't 60 dollars, but I'd have preferred an official repro cart from the actual Nintendo World Championships for display purposes

u can already speedrun all these games w leaderboards online, ur basically paying $30 for the timer w some baby challenges. no thanks.

Game Builder Garage is the only other 1st party game that I can think of that was as low as $30 (though, that had a physical version).

And Jump Rope Challenge is free. 😉

Preordered a digital copy alongside Kunitsu Gami. Hope it’s a pretty good time at least for a little while.

@Teksetter I didn’t know about Kid Icarus. The Famicom version of The Legend of Zelda used the microphone for the dungeon enemies with the big ears (which you probably already knew).

@DwaynesGames
Oh yeah, that’s right! I remember seeing a Japanese video, I think on the Switch’s Nintendo News app, where they were playing Famicom LOZ and demonstrated how you can insta-kill those “Pols Voice” bunnies just by shouting in the built-in microphone.

Poor little critters! I’m still going to have to try that out though. 😅

Absolutely not!

Absolutely not! Paying full price for games I already own, just to log my high score online - no thanks. This should be free to Nintendo online, like tetris 99 was.

I've preordered a digital copy and will give it a go for something between now and the new Zelda game. But don't think I'll play much. These games have been done to death from a speed run point of view to the point of being pixel perfect.
They really should have done a new NES remix. Wasted opportunity IMO.

@Koda1000 @jimi_harr I agree. I wish this had been on NSO.

To be fair, though, if it was on NSO, other people would say, “I don’t want to rent it. I wish they would just let me buy it.” 😉

@DwaynesGames fair point. Either way its essentially a live service, so both are sort of rental arrangements until they shut down the server. Digital landlordism.

What a ridiculous poll. Should be a yes or no question... Way too many options. Looks like a 10 year old new to journalism on the site made the poll.