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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Test your speedrunning skills across more than 150 challenging moments from 13 classic NES games! Compete against players around the world online, challenge your friends on the couch, or try to see how far you can push your personal bests. Do you have what it takes to be a champion? The tougher challenges may truly test your limits!
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Nintendo has really been doing a lot to try to tap into the nostalgia market. More and more, we’re seeing advertising and positioning for new titles that try to capture the elements of the classic 80s vibe. You’ve got extreme commercials, merchandise that I would have actually bought as a kid, and, now, the return of the Nintendo World Championship. A fierce competition of skill, accuracy, and dedication, the event has gone by the wayside in recent years with less and less fanfare than th...
It’s worth noting that there’s not a ton of content if online competition isn’t your thing. You can potentially clear most or all of the challenges with an A-rank or higher within five to ten hours, with your only non-online incentives to play further being beating your times and unlocking more player icons. Given it’s not a full-price game, this isn’t really a dealbreaker, but those who prefer to play games by themselves or who don’t especially care for leaderboards likely won’t get as many hours out of this one as others.
As an approachable, bite-sized introduction to the world of speedrunning through the lens of some bonafide classics, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is a decent enough package. It lacks a little added flavour, but the way it gently teaches you to find those perfect lines, hidden quirks and cheesy hacks makes for some very rewarding moments, and it doubles as a surprisingly good party game.
If you've ever wanted to test your speed in classic games on a global scale then here's Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.
As Pure Nintendo's resident NES fanboy, I suspected I'd be a practical choice to take a closer look at Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. The wording ma
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition lets players dip their toes into the world of speedrunning in an easy-to-digest package that celebrates one of the most iconic consoles of our time.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition gives a number of Nintendo classics a new lease on life, but the overall package is a bit light on content. Those who live and breathe the Big N will enjoy this new take on the classics, but there’s not enough for more casual fans to enter the competition.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is a nice flashback with some cool features, but still feels limited in ultimate approach and concept. You will love the nostalgia, but those who don't have a competitive itch are best to dig out their oldies.
If anyone is going to milk 30+-year-old games it's Nintendo. Maybe though, that says less about the red-hatted plumber's ever-deepening pockets and more about
The test of time.It's fitting that Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition launched just ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Both are [...]
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is an interesting idea for a compilation, but it's hard to enjoy when so much of it reveals a game that blatantly feels rushed, be it in its weak online modes or the uneven spread of challenges with little variety. There are definitely nice challenges here to tackle that put up a good fight, and hints of clever inclusions like the Classified Information guides, but there's too little here at the moment to keep anyone hooked beyond a few hours at best. Sorry Nintendo, but this won't even get you the bronze.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is a surprisingly fun collection, but it falls short of a satisfying single-player offering. This is a great tool for beginner speedrunners or those simply looking to dive back into some classic NES titles. I'm most curious to see how the game might evolve, whether through updates or with a new entry. Don't expect a groundbreaking experience that will blow you out of the water, but there's fun to be had with this package.