Nintendo World Championships: NES™ Edition
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Bring the Nintendo World Championships to your living room!
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!
Put your skills to the test
Relive memorable moments with big and small challenges across 13 classic NES games*. You don't need to master entire games to feel like a Nintendo World Champion. And don’t worry if you’ve never played a millisecond of the original games—newcomers are welcome!
Select a challenge
There are more than 150 challenges to choose from across multiple difficulty levels. Start small by seeing how quickly you can blaze through the first level of the Super Mario Bros.™ game or how fast you can gobble up an enemy in the Kirby’s Adventure™ game. You can grow the skills you need to take on tougher challenges as you go!
See how it’s done
Before you get started, you can watch a video clip showing how to complete the challenge. Use this info as a guide for your own run.
Speedrun like the wind
Complete challenges to earn a letter ranking. If you play a challenge again, your previous best run will play side by side with your current run. See if you can set a new personal best!
Unlock more stuff
Complete challenges to earn in-game coins. Use them to unlock even more challenges to take on!
Go big with Legend Challenges
When you feel ready, take on longer and more difficult Legend Challenges! Speed your way through Super Mario Bros. using Warp Zones, the entire first dungeon of the Legend of Zelda™ game, and more in the ultimate tests. Check out the Classified Information for tips and tricks if you need a little help!
Compete against players around the world
Take your speedrunning skills to the world stage with any Nintendo Switch Online membership**!
World Championships Mode
Aim for a spot on the leaderboards in five challenges that rotate each week. Compare your personal best times with others at the end of each week. You can also watch a replay of the fastest run in the world for each challenge.
Survival Mode
Choose your division—Silver for easier, Gold for harder—and match up against ghost data of players from around the world in this elimination mode. Can you outlast all seven of your rivals in your division’s three weekly challenges?
Customize your profile
Show off your accomplishments (and gaming taste) to other players! Customize your in-game profile with unlockable icons, earnable badges, and fun Hype Tags. Make it your own!
Challenge your friends in Party Mode
Up to 8 players*** can enjoy Party Mode—all on a single system! Take on individual challenges or run through a series of moments in themed challenge packs. With an automatic rewind feature to undo mistakes, even completely new players can have fun competing.
Take on challenges from 13 classic games
Play with power
Enjoy an authentically rad way to play with Nintendo Entertainment System Controllers, exclusively available for purchase to Nintendo Switch Online members****.
Learn more*NES games are not included in their entirety.
**Any Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features. Membership auto-renews after initial term at the then-current price unless canceled. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features. Terms apply. nintendo.com/switch-online.
***Additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode. Sold separately.
****Purchase limit of four controller sets per Nintendo Account. Offer not available for trial membership. Controllers ship to US and Canada only. These controllers are optional and not required to play the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition game.
Publisher notification(s):
- Receive a Nintendo Switch Online* 14-Day Free Trial** code when you purchase this game! This offer ends January 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
*Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features. Free trial automatically converts to 1-month auto-renewing membership at the then-current price unless automatic renewal is turned off by the end of the free trial. Credit card/PayPal account required for 18+. Free trial cannot be redeemed for a Nintendo Switch Online – Expansion Pack membership nor by a Nintendo Account with an active Individual Membership or Family Membership. Persistent Internet, compatible smartphone and Nintendo Account age 13+ required to access some online features on the app, including voice chat. Data charges may apply. Online features, Save Data Cloud and Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app features available in compatible games. Not available in all countries. The Nintendo Account User Agreement, including the Purchase and Subscription terms, apply. nintendo.com/switch-online
**The code will expire on March 31st, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
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Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online play. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features. Terms apply. nintendo.com/switch-online
*NES games are not included in their entirety. **Any Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features. Membership auto-renews after initial term at the then-current price unless canceled. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features. Terms apply. nintendo.com/switch-online. ***Additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode. Sold separately. ****Limit four per Nintendo Account with paid Nintendo Switch Online membership. Offer not available for trial membership. Controllers ship to US and Canada only. These controllers are optional and not required to play the Nintendo World Championships: NES™ Edition game.
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