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

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by Liam Doolan 2:25am

The competitive retro compilation Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is still getting plenty of support from Nintendo. As part of this it's now updated the game to Version 1.1.1.

According to the official support page, this "fixes issues". Here are the specifics:

Latest update: Ver. 1.1.1 (Released October 15, 2024)

Fixed issues

Fixed an issue where the play-screen display was misaligned in relation to the personal- and world-best replay screens.

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In some related news, Current Challenges #14 is now officially live until 21st October 2024 - the games included in the mix are Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda, Kirby's Adventure and Super Mario Bros. 2.

Have you downloaded this update yet? Notice anything else? Let us know in the comments.

[source en-americas-support.nintendo.com]

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.

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.

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rvcolem1
3:06am

Never saw the appeal of this one

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Lizuka
3:10am

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.

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KoiTenchi
4:14am

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.

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rosemo
4:40am

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

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SillyG
5:06am

@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.

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AnonyQ
5:16am

@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

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Vivianeat
6:13am

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

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Dazman
7:09am

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...

Not_Soos wrote:

I bought this game the day it came out, played it once, and then literally never touched it again

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.

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Dirty_Croc
9:04am

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

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Jack_Goetz
9:55am

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.