The Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition Deluxe Bundle is available now (July 18) at select major retailers. This nostalgic ode to the NES and the real-world Nintendo World Championship of 1990 is available at Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and GameStop for $60. If you regularly buy first-party Nintendo Switch games, you might be surprised to see that Walmart carries the Nintendo World Championship. Over the past few months, neither Walmart nor Amazon has offered pre-orders for most upcoming Switch games, including Nintendo World Championship. Amazon still hasn’t released a retro mini-game collection, but it’s nice to see the new Switch version available online and in Walmart stores.
Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition, Deluxe Bundle – $60
- Buy at Walmart – Free Shipping (July 20) | Order online and pick up today
- Shop at Best Buy—Free Shipping (July 20) | Order online and pick up today
- Shop at Target – Free Shipping (July 21) | Order online and pick up today
- Buy at GameStop – $7 shipping unless order total exceeds $79 | Order online, pick up today
Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition includes over 150 mini-games from 13 NES games. This includes seeing how fast you can complete the first level of Super Mario Bros., how quickly you can eat enemies in Kirby Adventure, and how fast you can eat enemies in The Legend of Zelda Defeat as many octopuses as possible. If you have a Nintendo Switch Online membership, you can compare your score with players around the world. A big selling point of this deluxe set is its line-up of collectibles, you’ll get a gold NES game cartridge replica, 13 art cards, and a set of pins.
If you don’t have an NSO membership, you can still enjoy local multiplayer with up to 8 players. After each round, you’ll receive a letter grade letting you know how you performed. You’ll earn in-game coins based on your performance, which can then be used to unlock additional challenges.
If you don’t care about the extra content, you can purchase the digital version through the Switch eShop for $30.
Here are introductions to all 13 games in the series:
- Balloon fight
- Donkey Kong
- excitement bike
- ice climber
- boy icarus
- Kirby’s Adventure
- metroid vanguard
- super mario bros.
- super mario bros 2
- super mario bros 3
- super mario bros lost level
- The Legend of Zelda
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
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The series is designed to be played with an NES controller, but in addition to the $60 controller only available to Switch Online members, there are some great alternatives, including a classic gray controller 8Bitdo SN30 Pro Wireless Controller is on sale for $40.49 (originally $45). If you like translucent controllers you can Get the SN30 Pro in translucent green for $40 (regularly $45). You can also receive 8BitDo Pro 2 for only $50. The Pro 2 retains the retro look of the SN30 Pro but adds a modern controller similar to the DualSense controller.
