The game includes 13 NES titles launching on July 18
Nintendo announced on Wednesday the game Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for Nintendo Switch, scheduled for release on July 18. The company released a trailer featuring the contestants from previous Nintendo World Championship events:
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The release features over 150 speedrun challenges for the following 13 NES games:
Balloon Fight Donkey Kong Excitebike Ice Climber Kid Icarus Kirby's Adventure Metroid Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels The Legend of Zelda Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
There's a single-player Speedrun Mode and a Party Mode for eight local players. World Championship mode allows players to submit their best times in five rotating challenges.
The game is coming in a Deluxe Set, which includes the physical game, five pegs, 13 art cards, and a colored NES game Gold-Pak replica.
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Nintendo hosted three live Nintendo World Championship events in 1990, 2015, and 2017. The first event featured a special cartridge called Nintendo World Championship 1990, which was also awarded to those was selected to the final. A gold cartridge of the game also exists, referenced in the Deluxe Set of the new Switch game.
Nintendo released the compilation game NES Remix for Wii U in December 2013. NES Remix features quick challenges for a variety of NES games. The sequel NES Remix 2 launched for Wii U in April 2014. Nintendo released a 3DS version titled Ultimate NES Remix in 2014 in the West and in 2015 in Japan.
Source: Press release