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A dataminer has uncovered that the developer of the upcomingNintendo World Championships: NES Editionis indieszero, a small studio that has worked with the Big N in the past. The latestNintendoDirect livestream was filled with plenty of fun retro announcements, from the long-awaitedMarvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classicsto the Nintendo Switch Online’s ‘Mature Collection’ of M-rated N64 titles likeTurok: Dinosaur HunterandPerfect Dark.
The June 2024 Nintendo Direct featured yet another blast from the past in the form ofNintendo World Championships: NES Edition, a collection of150 special challenges across 13 classic NES titleslike the originalSuper Mario Bros.andThe Legend of Zelda. Inspired by the Nintendo World Championships event of 1990,Nintendo World Championships: NES Editionallows players to test their retro gaming skills with speedrunning challenges, compete against other players to see who can earn a higher score inDonkey KongorIce Climbers, and attempt ultra-difficult Legend Challenges.
Thanks to a dataminer by the handle of Yakumono, fans now know who isdevelopingNintendo World Championships: NES Editionahead of its launch on July 18. In a recent Twitter post, Yakumono revealed that they uncovered the name of the developer within the files for the game’s Nintendo eShop pre-load, and that it is none other than the Tokyo-based indieszero. The dataminer also claims thatNintendo World Championships: NES Editionutilizes the same emulation software as Switch Online and the NES Classic Edition mini console.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Is Being Developed By Indieszero
Indieszero’s history stretches way back to the mid-90s, when the studio developed titlesfor classic Nintendo systemslike the Super NES, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Wii U. Some of its more recent Nintendo games include educational titles likeDr Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo SwitchandBig Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain, as well as theNES Remixgames.
Given its experience recreating older Nintendo games on current hardware, indieszero is a fitting studio to work onNintendo World Championships: NES Edition. It seems like Nintendo has been keeping many outside developers for its new titles under wraps, withPrincess Peach: Showtimestudio Good-Feelnot being revealed until the day before the game’s launch. Likewise, Nintendo declined to reveal that last November’sSuper Mario RPGremake was being developed by ArtePiazza until players uncovered the truth a few days before release.
