Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Updated (Version 1.1.1), Here's What's Included

I bought this game the day it came out, played it once, and then literally never touched it again lol. It really is just kinda NES Remix but with all the best parts stripped away.

I'd say like 80-85% of first-party Switch games are bangers, some of the best we've ever seen in their respective franchises. Best console generation we've ever had. But every now and then, Nintendo just has to sprinkle in a few stinkers to remind us they aren't perfect.

Never saw the appeal of this one

I played it for awhile but not touched it in like a month at this point. It kind of just gets old and the fact that most of the rest of the fanbase had tapped out on it before I did meant that the challenges were becoming less and less appealing and that's basically all there is to actually do in it.

Had fun with it for sure and can see myself coming back to it here and there when the mood hits but it's too thin on content and just feels messy in spots.

Ha! I just loaded up this game and immediately came here before downloading because I knew NL would have the patch notes. 😆 Ol’ reliable. 💪🏽

I’ve had this game since launch and this is the first update this game has gotten. I currently put in over 110 hours in this game, and I’m also currently a top 10 player in Mario Master - the challenge where you have to beat Super Mario Bros. from start to finish. My Championship Record is 5:27.51.

https://ibb.co/tLyMKFc

I’ve returned for the weekly challenges. I got A or S rank on most of the levels.

It is good, but not great. And the number of people that play weekly has dropped down to 10-15k. I think in the beginning I saw 40-50k.

Woot! recently had a physical version for sale that wasn’t the Deluxe Edition (but is now sold out). The States didn’t have that option. I think it is coming from a different region.

I was doing the weekly challenges each week but last week managed to get my final few pins and S ranked all challenges. I’m not sure I really feel there’s much to return to the weekly challenges for at this point.

I forgot this even existed. Maybe Nintendo patched it just to remind everyone. Kind of like Game Builder Garage or Arms. Yawn... moving on...

@Not_Soos : I've played it quite a bit, but it really is a poor man's NES Remix and has virtually no redeeming qualities apart from its local multiplayer mode.

I cannot understand for the life of me why Nintendo didn't just port the NES Remix games instead.

@SillyG they're testing adding something like NES world championships with Nintendo online is my guess

I have bought all games tied to Mario and Zelda, but this was 100% a skip

I still need to get that deluxe ed. with the gold cartridge.

Had my friend send me the deluxe version from the USA and I couldn't have been more happy. The pins, the posters, oh my God, it was just amazing. I wondered if it would be worth something one day? But who could actually sell it!?

It was $25 on woot recently. But I have a lot of games.

My significant other gave me the deluxe set of this game, because NEStalgia, but after playing the game and entering the weekly challenges a couple of times, I lost interest. NES Remix is so much better than this...

Did you play it with people? Or alone?

Solo it looks like it would be about as much fun as playing Mario Party by yourself.

It reminds me of people that "don't see the point" of classic arcade games (Pac-Man, Asteroids, Defender etc.). The high score was the thing. Competing with others was the whole point. Getting a couple of friends in the same room together to try and outdo each other's high scores will always be fun.

No online leaderboards swayed me from this. Looks like an incomplete game to me.

I still play this once a week for about 20 mins to complete the weekly challenges. I still find it fun to compare my scores with other players from my birth year. I think it could offer more value with a major update, but I feel that's unlikely to happen as this was clearly just a filler release.

I forgot about this. Good it’s being updated

Was really hoping to see they had added world leader boards to, you know, world championships. God damn you Nintendo.

So I was about 50 hours into Balder's Gate 3 when this came out. It's my go to game now when I need to decompress from BG3. It's a nice palette cleanser of a game. haha

God i seen this and clicked sooo fast. Man I really thought this game was going to be something special. Pre-ordered it, got it day one, played it literally 1 maybe 2 days until I 's' ranked everything. Went back in periodically for about a month for the challenges. Then gave it up completely. They could of did so much more with this. At least gave us the full games or something. I've gotten number 1 in the world 2 times and it really honestly didnt even feel like much of a feat. Well 1 percent. It didn't take long to get top 1-5 percent in just about every single thing I did on this game. A total yawn fest. Bring us a SNES version and maybe a scoreboard. Yeah I get that all the fun may be for u and friends but theres only so much fun that can be had before you stop coming back to it completely.

@rosemo That can't be right XD I've spent over 150h with ARMS, it's the most fun motion-controlled game I've ever played. The Party Crash was always so much fun too. You have to give it another try! 😋
I think I have room for another 10-15 badges and I plan to go and get me these one of these days.

I'd imagine both Game Builder Garage and NWC ... are targeting a very specific audience.

After getting all S ranks and pins, the only thing I have left to do in this game is buy all the icons and do a perfect all S ranks run in Legendary Trial... But that just involves replaying stuff I've already done, so I haven't really bothered with it. It would have been nice if Nintendo added more challenges to the game, maybe some new games as well. If they gave this game Mega Man or Castlevania DLC, I'd be there buying it on the eShop frame one!

@Yalloo Right. I had fun with Game Builder Garage and even made a Joust-like game. And like this game, it was not a full priced game ($30).

I don't been want the game just all the stuff that came with it

Am I crazy for actually really liking this game? I wish it had a bit more meat on its bones, but I'm still enjoying it and hope they roll out new editions for later systems. The reason why they didn't just port NES Remix instead is probably just for the same reason we never saw Yoshi's Woolly World hit Switch - they brought the games over to 3DS. If they do ever revisit those games, I hope they bring over the speedrun setup from this game over into its own mode. It'd be the best of both worlds.

@DwaynesGames That's another thing I forget, this is actually a half-priced game. Expectations are obviously not the same ...
Also good to hear you enjoyed GBG, I never hear anything about this game. It's not the kind of game that would keep me engaged, but I admire the potential it has.

Feels like Nintendo have abandoned this one already. They really should be adding new games/challenged every now and again. I played it fairly solidly for two weeks but have done everything now and the online element is not involving/interesting enough to bring me back to it.

@Not_Soos I miss remix..

I like this game, but quit playing it after one of the Nintendo attacks, like the indie dev who made Ryujinx, or the attack on Retro Game Corps and other Youtubers(which according to Kaze Emanuar were fake attacks done by rabbid Nintendo fans...). Anyways, I should rip my cartridge onto my laptop and steamdeck and just play it that way since it is a nice release.