Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition has popped up on the ESRB’s website with a rating for the unannounced Switch game.
As spotted by X /Twitter user @Stealth40k, the listing (still live at the time of this article's publication) reveals a new game based on the Nintendo World Championships, a 1990 U.S. tournament that used a custom NES cartridge that includes minigames based on Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris. The Nintendo World Championships 1990 Game Pak is now considered the most valuable NES cartridge ever released.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition was rated by the ESRB.
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Here’s the ESRB description for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, which appears to also include in-game purchases:
"This is a collection of 2D challenges and platformer games in which players traverse through various modes (e.g., speedrun, survival). Several challenges involve reaching specific points, while others prompt players to defeat small enemies or survive brief battles. Some games depict pixelated characters using small swords or arrows to strike at enemies; enemies typically get stunned or disappear in a flash."
According to Nintendo Life, this description likens the game to NES Remix, as opposed to the original Nintendo World Championships cart. NES Remix released on Wii U and 3DS back in 2013, and includes challenges across a number of NES games.
Nintendo has yet to make an announcement about Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, but this one looks like a case of sooner rather than later. It may join the lineup of Switch games still to come out in 2024 and into 2025, ahead of what is expected to be a March release for the Switch 2.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
