I've been waiting 10 years for this Wii U hidden gem to make a comeback, and an ESRB Switch leak says Nintendo's heard my prayers
May. 3, 2024Finally, the spirit of NES Remix lives
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A new first-party Switch game just leaked thanks to an ESRB rating, and it sounds like a spiritual successor to one of the best hidden gems Nintendo built for the sadly deceased Wii U.
The name ‘Nintendo World Championships’ goes all the way back to a very early esports event the publisher held in 1990, where players would compete on custom cartridges featuring versions of Super Mario Bros, Rad Racer, and Tetris that had been modified for competition. The original Nintendo World Championships cartridges are among the rarest video games ever manufactured.
NES Remix remains one of my favorite first-party Nintendo oddities - it’s one of the best hidden gems the publisher has ever put out, and it was a particular highlight in the otherwise thin Wii U library. It’s also one of the few great Wii U games that never got a sequel or port on Switch, and if Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is indeed the follow-up it seems to be, I’m thrilled that the concept is getting a second chance.
Hopefully we’ll see a fair few of thebest NES gamesas part of this new release.
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