Speedrunning video games , and this is especially true when it comes to retro titles. Nintendo is getting in on the trend with a called Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, which drops on July 18. It’s all about speedrunning through the classics, like Legend of Zelda, Metroid and Super Mario Bros., among others.
This comes in the form of 150 speedrunning challenges pulled from 13 NES games, which seems mightily familiar to those cool . There will be global online leaderboards, to give it a tournament feel, and local 8 player co-op. The game will also include an automatic rewind feature, letting people try and try until they get it right.
If the name Nintendo World Championships sounds familiar, that’s because it’s taken from the company’s . This has been the company’s branding for , when Nintendo visited 29 cities throughout the country. That first national tournament also with minigames based on Super Mario Bros., Tetris and Rad Racer. Only a few hundred were made and they for, no joke, $175,000. The last time we covered this cartridge, it was selling for $5,000 to $10,000. Retro-flation is real, ya’ll.
Pre-orders for the digital version are available right now on the eShop, but there is a physical edition coming. This version will include 13 art cards, five pins and a physical game cart. It’ll also include a gold commemorative NES cartridge, though it’s sadly nonfunctional. Come on Nintendo! Make that thing functional so I can sell it for $175,000 in 30 years. The digital version of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition costs $30 and the deluxe physical pack costs $60.
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