NES Remix is a compilation video game series for Wii U, developed by Nintendo. The first and eponymous game was simultaneously announced and released on December 18, 2013, on the Nintendo eShop following a Nintendo Direct presentation. A second game, NES Remix 2, was released on April 25, 2014. A retail edition consisting of both games, titled NES Remix Pack, was released on April 24, 2014, in Japan and December 5 in North America. Another title, Ultimate NES Remix for Nintendo 3DS, was released on November 7-8, 2014 in Europe and Australia, December 5 in North America and August 27, 2015, in Japan.
The first game in the series, NES Remix, is composed of 16 vintage Nintendo Entertainment System games with a total of 204 challenges throughout; the second game, NES Remix 2, features 12 additional NES games with a further 169 challenges. Mostly composed of vintage excerpts from games, these compilations also present special categories of stages called remixes to additionally concoct unique challenges not possible in the original games. The purchase of both NES Remix and NES Remix 2 will unlock Championship Mode in the latter, sporting a new online leaderboards system.
Gameplay
Most challenges are simply excerpts from vintage games, involving timed tasks such as speedrunning, clearing an area without dying, or defeating a certain number of enemies while utilizing a given power-up.
The remix categories are additionally based on the fundamental reshaping or combination of games, sometimes by blending in more modern graphical features of the Wii U, for a new experience that may even be technologically impossible on the vintage NES. For example: completing a darkened level which is lit only by a spotlight superimposed over the player's character; navigating upon disappearing platforms in Super Mario Bros.; or playing a Donkey Kong stage as Link instead of Mario, challenged by Link's inability to jump.
NES Remix 2 contains two particularly substantial remixes. Reminiscent of 1990's Nintendo World Championships tour across America, the Nintendo World Championships Remix is unlocked if NES Remix is also purchased and its save file is present. This remix pushes players through three successive challenges in Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Dr. Mario, in order to achieve a ranking score on its new online leaderboards. Super Luigi Bros. is a Luigi themed remix of the entire Super Mario Bros. game which is now played reverse-mirrored from right to left. It features Luigi's higher jumping ability which had not been originally introduced until the 1986 Japanese sequel Super Mario Bros. 2.
Ultimate NES Remix is a Nintendo 3DS game featuring a select compilation of games and challenges from the first two Wii U releases. It uniquely features Speed Mario Bros., which is the entirety of the original Super Mario Bros. running at a much faster speed. Ultimate NES Remix also has a new mode known as Famicom Remix, which is unlocked by getting all the stars from the original missions. It has all the missions from the original mode, but all the games featured runs on the original Famicom hardware.
Aside from Nintendo World Championships Remixs online leaderboards, a good performance will reward players with stars and points. These accumulate to unlock new challenge stages and collectible stamps. These stamped graphical icons, along with NES Remix 2s support for video recording, can add flair to Miiverse posts. Off-TV Play is supported.
Games
NES Remix
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 Wrecking Crew
NES Remix 2
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 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Ultimate NES Remix
Balloon Fight
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr. Dr. Mario Excitebike Kid Icarus Kirby's Adventure Mario Bros. Metroid Punch-Out!! Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 The Legend of Zelda Zelda II: The Adventure of Link