Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
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Developers	Nintendo EPD; indieszero
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Nintendo Switch
Release dates	July 18, 2024 July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024; July 18, 2024;
Languages	English; Japanese; Chinese (Simplified); Chinese (Traditional); Dutch; French (Canada); French (France); German; Italian; Korean; Portuguese (Brazil); Spanish (Latin America); Spanish (Spain);
Genre	Compilation
ESRB:	- Everyone
CERO:	- All ages
PEGI:	- Seven years and older
USK:	- Six years and older
ClassInd:	- General audience
SMECCV:	- All ages
GRAC:	- All ages
GSRR:	- Six years and older
MRO:	- Seven years and older
ACB:	- General
Modes	Single player, multiplayer
Format	Nintendo Switch: Game Card Digital download
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Joy-Con (horizontal) Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Famicom Controller (NSO) NES Controller (NSO)

This article is about the 2024 Nintendo Switch game. For the Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge used in the Nintendo World Championships, see Nintendo World Championships 1990.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is a game for Nintendo Switch based on the Nintendo World Championships competitions, released on July 18, 2024. Similar to the NES Remix series, the game revolves around completing challenges based on various first-party Nintendo Entertainment System titles, including games from the Super Mario franchise such as Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, and Super Mario Bros. 3. The game was revealed on May 8, 2024, in a trailer that featured past winners and participants of the Nintendo World Championships.^[22]

Gameplay[edit]

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition features three single-player modes (Speedrun Mode, World Championships, and Survival Mode), the multiplayer Party Mode, and the unlockable Legendary Trial.

In Speedrun Mode, players compete in 156 challenges (66 of which are challenges of the Super Mario franchise) that entail completing a specific action in an NES game in the fastest amount of time possible, such as reaching a goal, collecting an item, or defeating a boss or group of enemies. Each challenge has a difficulty level rated on a scale of one to five stars ("Normal" for one, "Hard" for three, "Master" for four, and "Legend" for five; no challenge exists at a two-star difficulty), and the player is assigned a letter rank based on how fast they completed the challenge. While a challenge is being played, a timer is displayed at the bottom-left corner of the screen; the player's personal best time and button inputs are also displayed on the left, and their profile on the right. If the player loses, the game automatically rewinds to before they lost, though the timer will continue counting up. Before a challenge, the player can view a demo video that shows how the challenge is played or a replay of their personal best run; for Legend-difficulty challenges, the player can also view "classified information", which contains a visual guide showing how the player can complete them.

Coins are awarded for completing challenges, which are used to unlock more challenges. The number of coins earned depends on the challenge's difficulty and the player's rank. Extra coins are also awarded for clearing certain objectives, such as achieving a new personal best time or participating in the World Championships.

In World Championships, players with a Nintendo Switch Online membership compete in a weekly set of five challenges and have their scores ranked on a global leaderboard.

Survival Mode is another online mode in which the player competes against ghost data of other players around the world in an elimination tournament consisting of three rounds: the first with the starting eight players, the second with the top four players, and the third with the top two players. The tournament has two divisions: a Silver Division and a more challenging Gold Division with higher-ranking players.

In Party Mode, up to eight players race against each other locally in challenges. They can choose to play a series of challenges in themed challenge packs or individual challenges.

In the Legendary Trial, a mode unlocked once all 156 challenges are completed, the player speedruns through all thirteen Legend-difficulty challenges to achieve the best time. The mode features speedrun splits and, on repeat playthroughs, notifies the player how much faster or slower they were on a specific challenge. To achieve an S rank, the player must have a total time of less than 28 minutes.

Pins can also be earned when completing challenges with an A rank or higher or winning in the Survival Mode divisions for the first time, which the player can equip to their profile and display under the game screen during challenges. The player can also assign a player icon, their favorite NES or Famicom game featuring 728 and 1,212 titles respectively, and a "Hype Tag" that describes themselves to their profile. Three of the Hype Tags reference the Super Mario franchise: "All About Mario", "Luigi Obsessed", and "Rescued by Peach".

Featured games[edit]

Thirteen NES/Famicom games are featured, five of which are from the Super Mario franchise. Unlike the original Nintendo World Championships 1990, Rad Racer and Tetris do not appear.

Donkey Kong (8 challenges)
Super Mario Bros. (14 challenges)
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (8 challenges)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (12 challenges)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (24 challenges)
The Legend of Zelda (15 challenges)
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (15 challenges)
Metroid (12 challenges)
Kid Icarus (9 challenges)
Kirby's Adventure (20 challenges)
Ice Climber (6 challenges)
Excitebike (6 challenges)
Balloon Fight (7 challenges)

Super Mario challenges[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3 has the most challenges in the game, with 24. Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong are the only games that feature challenges that make the player go from the beginning to the end of the game (Mario Master and Kong Crusher, respectively); the former is also the longest challenge, with an estimated play time of 10 minutes.

Estimated play times are displayed in Party Mode.

Super Mario Bros.[edit]

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Estimated play time
Mushzoom	Get the Super Mushroom.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	5 secs.
Loose Change	Collect all the coins.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1 (sub-area)	5 secs.
Step It Up	Grab the Goal Pole.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	5 secs.
? Block Party	Hit 5 ? Blocks.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-2	5 secs.
Run for Your Money	Collect all the coins.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 6-2 (sub-area)	5 secs.
One on 1-1	Grab the Goal Pole.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1	30 secs.
Hit the Bricks	Break 20 blocks.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-2	20 secs.
Axe to Grind	Touch the axe at the goal.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-4	30 secs.
Shoo, Lakitu	Grab the Goal Pole.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 4-1	30 secs.
Cash Grab	Collect 30 coins.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1 World 1-2	1 min.
In the Zone	Enter pipe 4 in the Warp Zone.	Master ★★★★☆	World 1-2	40 secs.
Sink or Swim	Enter the pipe at the end.	Master ★★★★☆	World 2-2	40 secs.
Cheep Cheep Chase	Grab the Goal Pole.	Master ★★★★☆	World 7-3	40 secs.
Mario Master	Use Warp Zones to clear World 8.	Legend ★★★★★	Entire game	10 mins.

Donkey Kong[edit]

All challenges take place during the first loop of gameplay.

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Estimated play time
Bottom Rung	Climb a ladder.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	25m	5 secs.
Hammer Hustle	Get a hammer.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	25m	15 secs.
Barrel Roll	Reach Pauline.	Hard ★★★☆☆	25m	30 secs.
Lost & Found	Collect the parasol and purse.	Hard ★★★☆☆	75m	20 secs.
Jumping Jacks	Reach Pauline.	Master ★★★★☆	75m	40 secs.
Finders Keepers	Collect the parasols and the purse.	Master ★★★★☆	100m	30 secs.
Construction Destruction	Pull out all the bolts.	Master ★★★★☆	100m	50 secs.
Kong Crusher	Clear levels 1 through 3.	Legend ★★★★★	Entire game	2 mins.

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Character	Estimated play time
Door to Door	Enter the door.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	Mario	5 secs.
Veggie Plucking	Pull up a vegetable.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	Princess Toadstool	5 secs.
Sub-Space Exploration	Get the mushroom in Sub-Space.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	Toad	5 secs.
Leap to the Peak	Reach the mountain summit.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1	Mario	15 secs.
Egg Toss	Defeat the boss, and enter the mask gate.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1	Mario	30 secs.
Desert Dash	Enter the pyramid.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 2-1	Toad	30 secs.
Over & Out	Pull up the rocket.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 4-1	Luigi	30 secs.
Evasion Is Key	Use the key to open the door.	Master ★★★★☆	World 1-2	Luigi	30 secs.
Destroyer of Dreams	Defeat Mouser.	Master ★★★★☆	World 1-3	Mario	40 secs.
Cloudtop Climb	Reach the cloud atop the waterfall.	Master ★★★★☆	World 3-1	Princess Toadstool	30 secs.
Whale of a Time	Pull up and board the rocket.	Master ★★★★☆	World 4-2	Princess Toadstool	40 secs.
1-1 Dream Run	Clear World 1-1.	Legend ★★★★★	World 1-1	Mario	2 mins.

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Estimated play time
Mushzoom 2	Get the Super Mushroom.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	5 secs.
Coin Collector	Collect all the coins.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1 (sub-area)	5 secs.
Super Leaf in the Wind	Get the Super Leaf.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-2	5 secs.
Hammer Bro KO	Defeat the enemy, and get the treasure chest.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	Grass Land Enemy Course	5 secs.
Half-Pipe	Enter the pipe on the right side.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	Giant Land intermission	5 secs.
Lookie, Tanooki!	Get the Tanooki Suit.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 5-5 (sub-area)	5 secs.
1-1 of a Kind	Clear the course.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1	30 secs.
Check 1-2	Clear the course.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-2	30 secs.
Ka-Boom Boom	Defeat the boss, and get a magic ball.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-Fortress	15 secs.
Curtain Call: Larry	Defeat the boss, and get a magic wand.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-Airship	15 secs.
Beat the Heat	Clear the course.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 2-Desert	30 secs.
Curtain Call: Morton	Defeat the boss, and get a magic wand.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 2-Airship	15 secs.
Froggy Paddle	Clear the course as Frog Mario.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 3-5	40 secs.
Curtain Call: Wendy	Defeat the boss, and get a magic wand.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 3-Airship	15 secs.
The Big Race	Clear the course.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 4-1	30 secs.
Curtain Call: Iggy	Defeat the boss, and get a magic wand.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 4-Airship	15 secs.
Quickstep	Clear the course as Shoe Mario.	Master ★★★★☆	World 5-3	50 secs.
Rotary Rush	Clear the course.	Master ★★★★☆	World 5-4	40 secs.
Curtain Call: Roy	Defeat the boss, and get a magic wand.	Master ★★★★☆	World 5-Airship	20 secs.
Hammer It Out	Defeat the boss, and get a magic ball.	Master ★★★★☆	World 6-Fortress 2	50 secs.
Curtain Call: Lemmy	Defeat the boss, and get a magic wand.	Master ★★★★☆	World 6-Airship	20 secs.
Perilous Plants	Get the treasure chest.	Master ★★★★☆	World 7-Piranha Plant 1	20 secs.
Curtain Call: Ludwig	Defeat the boss, and get a magic wand.	Master ★★★★☆	World 7-Airship	20 secs.
World 1 Wizard	Clear World 1.	Legend ★★★★★	Grass Land	6 mins.

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels[edit]

Title	Objective	Difficulty	Setting	Character	Estimated play time
Not Lichen It	Get the Poison Mushroom.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	Mario	5 secs.
Paratroopa Toppling	Jump on the Koopa Paratroopa.	Normal ★☆☆☆☆	World 1-1	Luigi	5 secs.
Mushzoom 3	Get the Super Mushroom.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1	Mario	10 secs.
Staircase Race	Grab the Goal Pole.	Hard ★★★☆☆	World 1-1	Luigi	10 secs.
Mario vs. 1-1	Grab the Goal Pole.	Master ★★★★☆	World 1-1	Mario	40 secs.
Luigi vs. 1-1	Grab the Goal Pole.	Master ★★★★☆	World 1-1	Luigi	40 secs.
Divemaster	Grab the Goal Pole.	Master ★★★★☆	World 9-1	Mario	50 secs.
Lost Legend	Grab the Goal Pole.	Legend ★★★★★	World 8-2	Luigi	1 min.

Prohibited glitches[edit]

If the player performs any of the following glitches, the game displays a message that says the strategy is unavailable. The game is then rewound to before the glitch takes effect or restarts the challenge from the beginning. During this, the player's timer is not affected and still increments up.

The Minus World setup in World 1-2 from Super Mario Bros.^[30]
The wrong warp in World 8-4 from Super Mario Bros.^[31]
The ladder glitch on 25m from Donkey Kong, but only when going downwards.^[32]
The cave skip in World 1-1 in Super Mario Bros. 2.^[33]
The Boom Boom clip in Super Mario Bros. 3.^[33]

Super Mario player icons[edit]

The player can use the coins they earn from challenges to unlock and use various player icons, which will be displayed next to their name in all game modes. Each NES game has its own set of icons, the first four of which are unlocked from the start.

Out of the 501 icons in the game, 192 are from the featured Super Mario-franchise games: 45 for Super Mario Bros., 17 for Donkey Kong, 51 for Super Mario Bros. 2, 67 for Super Mario Bros. 3, and 12 for Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.