The Nintendo World Championships are back! No, not the tournament in which pro gamers compete against one another inNintendo-based challenges, although that is what the trailer for the upcoming game led us to believe at the start of its reveal trailer. This is a game you can play at home to see whether you measure up to the best in the world. Quite literally as in the game’sSwitchrelease, there will be leaderboards so you can see exactly how good or bad you are at particular retro challenges.
We’re getting a little ahead of ourselves. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is an upcoming Switch game featuring more than 150 challenges pulled from 13 differentNESgames. Challenges include finding a mushroom as fast as you’re able to inSuper Mario Bros, defeating Octoroks inThe Legend of Zelda, and racing up to the door inMetroid. Kirby, Excitebike, and the Ice Climbers also make appearances.
As well as improving your times and ascending the leaderboards, Nintendo World Championships will also have local co-op so you’re able to compete at home against fellow Nintendo aficionados. You might need to grab a few extra Switch-compatible NES controllers ahead of its release on Jun 21, 2025. You don’t have to use a NES controller, of course, but if you’re going back to these games after playing them for the first time almost 40 years ago, doing so with a NES controller will just feel right.
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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition brings together the competitions of old, with over 150 speedrunning challenges across 13 NES games of yesteryear - from Super Mario Bros. to Metroid.
If the memories are coming flooding back and your summer has just been vastly improved by the announcement this game is returning, you can go the extra mile and pick up a very special Deluxe Set. It’s twice the price of the standard version of the game - which is only available digitally - but you arguably get a lot more than twice as much stuff. Not only a physical version of the game, but also a replica gold cartridge of the original games, art cards, and enamel pins.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition will be released on Jun 13, 2025, exclusively on Nintendo Switch, although you should have really known that last bit without me having to tell you. It will continue Nintendo’s trend of releasing roughly one big game per month in 2024 as it marches on towards an announcement about the Switch’s successor. Nintendo has finally confirmed there is a new console in the works,promising to tell us something concrete about it before the end of the current fiscal year.
FAQ
What Were The Prizes For The 1990 Nintendo World Championships?
The finalists in the first Nintendo World Championships got a trophy, $250, and a trip to Universal Studios in California. The runners-up got a Game Boy and a Power Pad which, honestly, sounds better than what the winners received.
Is Super Mario World On NES?
Super Mario World was a SNES release and was never released on the NES so it will not be included in the 13 games on Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.
