The developer behind Nintendo’s upcoming Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition has been revealed.
As uncovered by dataminer Yakumono, the files for the game’sNintendoeShop preload confirm that Nintendo created the game in collaboration with Indieszero.
Indieszero is a small, Tokyo-based studio which has collaborated with Nintendo frequently in the past, notably on the NES Remix games, Big Brain Academy, and Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training forNintendo Switch.
Yakumono also claims that World Championships uses the same emulation software as Switch Online and the NES Mini, rather than the olderWii Usoftware.
Nintendo has recently adopted a secretive approach to the developers behind its video game collaborations, frequently declining to confirm the identity of game creators until after release.
I can’t play the game but Nintendo World Championships NES Edition can be preloaded and has a 1.1.0 update already.It’s indeed developed by Nintendo and indieszero….so the codename is “Fake” (yep) and it uses NERD’s NES emulator (NES Mini, NSO).
Recently, the company was secretive about the developer behindPrincess Peach Showtime,declining to confirm if Good-Feel was working on itwhen asked. It was similarly secretive aboutthe developer of Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, and it’s currently unclearwho’s working on the new Mario & Luigi.
Previously, it was similarly secretive aroundthe developer of Switch’s Super Mario RPGuntil its identity was discovered on a store page.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Editionis a retro challenge compilation for Nintendo Switch, featuring 150 speedrunning challenges divided across 13 classic NES games.
In VGC’s recentNintendo World Championships: NES Edition preview, we wrote: “After an hour of competitive, tense, and often hilarious gameplay with Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, the speed-running classics collection feels like the Switch maker’s next multiplayer hit.”
