Fast running video games , and this is especially true when it comes to retro titles. Nintendo enters the trend with a year he called Nintendo World Championship: NES Editionwill drop on July 18. It’s about speeding through the classics The Legend of Zelda, Metroid and Super Mario Bros.among others.
It comes in the form of 150 speed run challenges pulled from 13 NES games that will look very familiar to cool gamers. . There will be global online leaderboards and local 8-player co-op to give a tournament feel. The game will also include an auto-rewind feature, allowing people to keep trying until they get it right.
If the name Nintendo World Championships sounds familiar, that’s because the company . This has been the branding of the company , as Nintendo visits 29 cities across the country. That first national tournament with mini games based on it Super Mario Bros., Tetris and Rad Racer. Only a few hundred were made and they were for, no joke, $175,000. The last time we covered this cartridge, it was selling for between $5,000 and $10,000. Retro-inflation is real.
Pre-orders for the digital version are currently available on the eShop, but a physical edition is coming. This version includes 13 art cards, five pins and a physical game cart. A gold commemorative NES cartridge will also be included, albeit a non-functional one. Come to Nintendo! Make that thing work so I can sell it for $175,000 in 30 years. Digital version Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition $30 and the deluxe physical package is $60.
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