Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition[a] is a 2024 video game developed by Nintendo EPD (Group 4) in collaboration with indieszero[1] and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch system. It is based on the Nintendo World Championships esports competition.[2] The game was released on July 18, 2024, digitally on the Nintendo eShop and as a physical deluxe edition in stores.[3]
| Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition | |
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 Cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo EPD indieszero |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Hirotaka Watanabe |
| Producer(s) | Kouichi Kawamoto Takayuki Shimamura |
| Composer(s) | Masaru Tajima |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
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| Genre(s) | Action, party, platformer, racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gameplay
editNintendo World Championships: NES Edition focuses on players speedrunning certain objectives, known as Challenges, in NES-era Nintendo video games, aiming to complete these tasks as fast as possible. Players are given specific grades for completing these Challenges based on how fast they completed them and are given coins to spend on unlocking new Challenges. Unlike the actual Nintendo World Championships in 1990 or the Nintendo World Championships Remix mode within NES Remix, there is no mode within NES Edition that uses a points system over three games.[4]
Modes
edit- Speedrun Mode - Players have to speedrun specific Challenges as fast as possible on their own. Coins earned in the game can be used to unlock new Challenges to complete in this mode.[4]
- World Championships - Players speedrun five different Challenges consecutively, with the time spent on them being tallied and placed onto an online leaderboard. The World Championships mode consists of weekly Competitions, with the list of Challenges updated each week.[5]
- Survival Mode - In this battle royale style mode, the player faces the ghosts of players from all over the world in 3 rounds. At the end of each round, half of the players are eliminated. To qualify, the player must place in the top half of the leaderboard.[6]
- Party Mode - Up to 8 players in local multiplayer compete to see who can complete Challenges the fastest. Each player is given points after each Challenge (known in the mode as a Match) that are accumulated to determine a winner.[3]
Games
editThe following games are featured in this game:[3]
Development and release
editThe game was initially accidentally leaked early by the ESRB on May 3, 2024.[7]
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 73/100[8][b] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Game Informer | 7.75/10[9] |
On Metacritic, it has a Metacritic average score of 73 out of 100, based on 70 critics. The game has Mixed or Average reviews[8]
See also
edit- NES Remix, a video game series on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U with similar play style
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Robinson, Andy (July 11, 2024). "NES World Championships developer revealed via datamine". VGC. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Brian (May 8, 2024). "Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition officially revealed". Nintendo Everything. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c Yin-Poole, Wesley (May 8, 2024). "Nintendo Announces Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for Switch With Release Date and Debut Trailer". IGN. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Webster, Andrew (May 8, 2024). "Nintendo's new NES collection is all about speedrunning". The Verge. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ LeBlanc, Wesley (May 8, 2024). "Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition Hits Switch In July With 150 Speedrun Challenges In 13 Games". Game Informer. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ Grassl, Zion (June 26, 2024). "Hands On: Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition - All The Trappings Of A Game Night Great". Nintendo Life. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (May 3, 2024). "Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for Switch Rated by ESRB". IGN. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ a b "Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition - Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ "Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Review". Game Informer. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.