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NES Remix Pack & Ultimate NES Remix
Another double feature has arrived! This week’s topic is NES Remix Pack for Wii U and Ultimate NES Remix for 3DS! This is a physical copy version of NES Remix for those who have yet to buy NES Remix and for those who want to buy NES Remix on the go. For those who are interested after reading this article, NES Remix 1 & 2 are already available on the Wii U eShop in both regions.
Ultimate NES Remix for 3DS contains mash-ups from 16 of Nintendo’s favorite games, meaning that while it’s portable, not all of the games from NES Remix are included.
NES Remix Pack is both NES Remix 1 & 2 on the Wii U combined into one package. Not only is it in disc form, but changing apps isn’t needed for NES Remix 1 & 2.
Bowser's quite large and wait... Something looks different here.
Premise / Gameplay
Most of the challenges are from vintage games in short second bursts, containing such tasks as speedrunning, clearing an area of a game without dying, or defeating a certain number of enemies. The remix part actually adds in more – Playing a Donkey Kong stage as Link instead of Mario, for one example.
The gameplay adds much more than meets the eye, still. With addictive challenges (based usually on time), the challenges add a lot to the gam for completionists and for true retro gamers. Fret not still; it’s an easy game to jump into, but it takes skill to master!
Games included
NES Remix includes challenges from Balloon Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, Excitebike, Golf, Ice Climber, Mario Bros, Pinball, Super Mario Bros., Tennis, The Legend of Zelda, Urban Champion, and Wrecking Crew.
NES Remix 2 includes challenges from Dr. Mario, Ice Hockey, Kid Icarus, Kirby’s Adventure, Metroid, NES Open Tournament Golf, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Wario’s Woods, and Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
NES Ultimate Remix has not had its entire line-up of game chunks revealed, but some of the ones revealed are the following: Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Excitebike, and Donkey Kong from the first NES Remix with Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, Metroid, Kid Icarus, and Kirby’s Adventure from the second NES Remix.
Features
Nintendo World Championships Remix – For those with both NES Remix 1 & 2, this mode pushes players through three challenges in a row from Dr. Mario, Super Mario Bros. 1, and Super Mario Bros. 3
Competitive Multiplayer – Alternating multiplayer is available through challenges; can you and a friend take on all of them?
Video Recording – NES Remix 2 and NES Remix Pack have support for video recording gameplay!
About the Team(s)
NES Remix was mostly developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo, located in Tokyo Japan. Software Development Group No. 2 worked on it; this group is particularly notable for making the Mario 3D Land/World games, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Flipnote Studio, and Super Mario Galaxy 2. More information about Nintendo EAD Tokyo can be found here.
Indieszero Corporation, Ltd. In Tokyo Japan also had some involvement with both NES Remix & and 2. They’ve helped with over a dozen games that can be all found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indieszero]here[/url] but to name a few, Electroplankton, Retro Game Challenge 1 & 2, and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. With 32 employees, it’s quite impressive!
Music
Now that NES Remix is available both on portables and on the Wii U, there’s no reason to not at least consider picking a copy up. NES Remix Pack will be released in North America on December 5th and is already available in Japan; no word on a Europe release. Ultimate NES Remix (3DS) will be released on Europe on November 7th, Australia the day after, and North America on December 5th; no release date has been announced yet for Japan. Both will have a retail price of $29.99
Did you already play NES Remix? Will you be picking this up? Ready to grind through the challenges, or just going to use this as a time killer? We would love to hear in the comments below!
Thethirdkoopa is a Game Producer, Gamer, and Collector who loves Smash and composing Music! He loves making these articles even more. He’d love to talk about any and all Retro games and his need to own physical copies of games on Twitter. @Thirdkoopa
NES Remix Pack & Ultimate NES Remix
Another double feature has arrived! This week’s topic is NES Remix Pack for Wii U and Ultimate NES Remix for 3DS! This is a physical copy version of NES Remix for those who have yet to buy NES Remix and for those who want to buy NES Remix on the go. For those who are interested after reading this article, NES Remix 1 & 2 are already available on the Wii U eShop in both regions.
Ultimate NES Remix for 3DS contains mash-ups from 16 of Nintendo’s favorite games, meaning that while it’s portable, not all of the games from NES Remix are included.
NES Remix Pack is both NES Remix 1 & 2 on the Wii U combined into one package. Not only is it in disc form, but changing apps isn’t needed for NES Remix 1 & 2.
Bowser's quite large and wait... Something looks different here.
Premise / Gameplay
Most of the challenges are from vintage games in short second bursts, containing such tasks as speedrunning, clearing an area of a game without dying, or defeating a certain number of enemies. The remix part actually adds in more – Playing a Donkey Kong stage as Link instead of Mario, for one example.
The gameplay adds much more than meets the eye, still. With addictive challenges (based usually on time), the challenges add a lot to the gam for completionists and for true retro gamers. Fret not still; it’s an easy game to jump into, but it takes skill to master!
Games included
NES Remix includes challenges from Balloon Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, Excitebike, Golf, Ice Climber, Mario Bros, Pinball, Super Mario Bros., Tennis, The Legend of Zelda, Urban Champion, and Wrecking Crew.
NES Remix 2 includes challenges from Dr. Mario, Ice Hockey, Kid Icarus, Kirby’s Adventure, Metroid, NES Open Tournament Golf, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Wario’s Woods, and Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
NES Ultimate Remix has not had its entire line-up of game chunks revealed, but some of the ones revealed are the following: Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Excitebike, and Donkey Kong from the first NES Remix with Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, Metroid, Kid Icarus, and Kirby’s Adventure from the second NES Remix.
Features
Nintendo World Championships Remix – For those with both NES Remix 1 & 2, this mode pushes players through three challenges in a row from Dr. Mario, Super Mario Bros. 1, and Super Mario Bros. 3
Competitive Multiplayer – Alternating multiplayer is available through challenges; can you and a friend take on all of them?
Video Recording – NES Remix 2 and NES Remix Pack have support for video recording gameplay!
About the Team(s)
NES Remix was mostly developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo, located in Tokyo Japan. Software Development Group No. 2 worked on it; this group is particularly notable for making the Mario 3D Land/World games, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Flipnote Studio, and Super Mario Galaxy 2. More information about Nintendo EAD Tokyo can be found here.
Indieszero Corporation, Ltd. In Tokyo Japan also had some involvement with both NES Remix & and 2. They’ve helped with over a dozen games that can be all found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indieszero]here[/url] but to name a few, Electroplankton, Retro Game Challenge 1 & 2, and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. With 32 employees, it’s quite impressive!
Music
Now that NES Remix is available both on portables and on the Wii U, there’s no reason to not at least consider picking a copy up. NES Remix Pack will be released in North America on December 5th and is already available in Japan; no word on a Europe release. Ultimate NES Remix (3DS) will be released on Europe on November 7th, Australia the day after, and North America on December 5th; no release date has been announced yet for Japan. Both will have a retail price of $29.99
Did you already play NES Remix? Will you be picking this up? Ready to grind through the challenges, or just going to use this as a time killer? We would love to hear in the comments below!
Thethirdkoopa is a Game Producer, Gamer, and Collector who loves Smash and composing Music! He loves making these articles even more. He’d love to talk about any and all Retro games and his need to own physical copies of games on Twitter. @Thirdkoopa
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