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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition

Race through short challenges drawn from classic NES games, then compare each attempt with your personal best. Earn coins to unlock more tasks or compete with friends on one system.

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7.6 / 10
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About this game

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition turns moments from classic games into timed challenges. Grab a mushroom or swallow an enemy as quickly as possible, then replay the task with your personal-best run displayed beside your current attempt. Demonstration videos show the objective before you begin, and completing challenges earns coins for unlocking more. Longer Legend Challenges extend the format with more demanding tasks. Party Mode lets up to eight players compete on one system, with a compatible controller for each participant. Online World Championships offer weekly challenge sets and require a Nintendo Switch Online membership, Nintendo Account and internet access. The original NES games are not included in full.

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7.6 / 10Nintendo Switch

Best suited to players who enjoy refining a small action until it becomes faster.

Side-by-side personal-best playback gives repeated attempts a concrete point of comparison. Coin unlocks and longer challenges offer different goals, while local competition can turn the same practice into a shared contest.

Strengths

  • Demonstrations and personal-best playback provide clear reference points for learning a challenge.

Weaknesses

  • The focus on repeating short tasks may feel narrow if sustained adventures are your main interest.

Who it is for: Players who enjoy timing practice, incremental improvement and local score-chasing gatherings.

Play notes: Full NES games are not included. Online competition requires a Nintendo Switch Online membership, Nintendo Account and internet access.

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Unlockable tasks and longer Legend Challenges offer ways to move on when a short event no longer holds your attention.

Reviewed7.5 / 10Not provided
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Watching your previous best beside a new attempt can make small execution changes easier to assess.

Reviewed7.8 / 10Not provided
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The use of recognizable NES moments may appeal more to players interested in revisiting familiar actions than following a continuous story.

Reviewed7.1 / 10Not provided
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Pre-challenge demonstrations can help players understand an objective before committing to repeated attempts.

Reviewed7.7 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Developer
Nintendo
Publisher
Nintendo
Release date
Jul 18, 2024
Platforms
Nintendo Switch
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Online maximum players
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Tags
Fast-pacedReplayableShort SessionsDodgeMain Story Under 10 HoursSolo-friendlyPick-up and PlayDriving and RacingThird PersonPlayer versus Player
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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Age ratings
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Play modes
Single player
Perspectives
Side view

Release editions

Sources

  • www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
  • www.nintendo.com