Nintendo World Championships NES Edition VS Famicom Remix on Wii U! With Unboxing & Personal Story!

Almost 35 years since the original event, the Nintendo World Championships are back on the Nintendo Switch! Hey, didn't they do this 11 years ago....? (Chapter Markers and more below…)

Episode information
GTV 175 “Nintendo World Championships Remixed" Season 9 Episode 15
Original Airdate: July 19, 2024
Produced July 12-19, 2024
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 14” MacBook M1 Pro! Edited and produced with Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, all paid for with Gainful Employment™ while riding the train to work and home, back and forth, day after day, and lunch breaks too!

0:00 GTV ID: The Best in the World Where Available
0:05 Act: Remembering the NWC 1990
02:57 Act 2: Famicom Remix for Wii U
08:42 Act 3: NWC 2024 Japanese Special Edition Unboxing
15:01 Act 4: The Scorecard!

Here are some other Nintendo videos from the GTV archives you’ll love!

What Was Yume Kojo?    • What Was Yume Kojo? or Not the Story ...  
Kid Icarus 30    • Kid Icarus 30: A Retrospective Gaming...  
Double Identity    • Professor Layton Voice Actor is in Ni...  
A Disney Afternoon (Let's Play Rescue Rangers in 1990)    • A Disney  Afternoon: NES Chip n Dale ...  
Justin Bailey    • The Legend of Metroid’s Justin Bailey...  
The Perils of Pauline    • The Perils of Pauline: How Did Mario'...  
Evets Kainzow    • Apple + Tetris = The Legend of Evets ...  
Famicom Wars    • Famicom Wars: Nintendo Vs. Sharp & Th...  
Zelda 2 and the 1988 Chip Shortage    • Christmas Special! Nuts FROM Nintendo...  
From B To A    • Видео  
StarTropics: The American Game    • Видео  
Where is Chris Houlihan?    • Видео  
The History of Nantendo    • The Complete History of Nintendo! (No...  
Full Color Kirby    • The Story of Kirby's Adventure: A 30t...  
The Year of Luigi    • The Year of Luigi! Remembering Ninten...  
Totaka’s Song    • The Legend of Totaka's Song: The Hist...  

Want to see me unbox and review other things? Check out Don’t Box Me In

Pico Cassette    • Failed Kickstarter! Pico Cassette Vid...  
Super Famicom 3DSLL    • The Nintendo Super Famicom Edition 3D...  
Family Computer Classic Mini    • Family Computer Classic Mini Unboxing...  
Switch On!    • Will My Predictions For Nintendo Swit...  
Pepsi Woman Toys    • Japan Always Gets The Coolest Stuff!!...  
Review Copy (AKA Mega Drive Mini)    • Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Mini Unboxi...  
PC Engine Mini    • PC Engine Mini: The Long Road From Sh...  



Here are some other great videos that are for things only in Japan

Giga Big Mac    • I Ate The First Giga Big Mac Ever!  
You Can’t Afford Her…    • You Can’t Afford Her.......  
Pikachu Outbreak    • Pikachu Outbreak: Annual Pokemon Para...  
Akihabara Streets    • Tour Akihabara Station & Surrounding ...  
Kit Kat Chocolatory    • Why Kit-Kats Are So Awesome in Japan  
Rational Ebullience    • Yatta! The Legend of Green Leaves by ...  
The Legendary Mother    • The Legendary Mother: A Live Action R...  
The Taito Trio    • Taito's Online Game & Karaoke Network...  
Yakiniku Bugyou    • Become the Master of Meat with the Ja...  
Kyoro-chan’s Nebulous Journey    • Super Mario Bros. 2 In Reverse: A Mis...  
Street Fighter Pocky Edition    • Street Fighter II Pocky Edition! The ...  
Pino Ice Cream Games    • Bomberman, Momotaro, Puyo Puyo, Pseud...  
The First Pac-Man    • The Location of Arcade Pac-Man #1 Is ...  
New Japanese Yen!    • On July 3rd 2024, the Japanese Yen Ge...  

Footage came from the NWC 90 promo tape as well as various Nintendo commercials and trailers!

Partial transcript

Debuting on July 18th, 2024 The Nintendo World Championships can be downloaded through the Nintendo e-Shop, like all Switch games, as well as a Special Edition that was announced some months before. If you were lucky enough to pre-order one of these, some goodies were included… for a price!
The NES Version, released outside of Japan, includes a replica gold cartridge, somewhat similar to the ones awarded to the winners of the 1990 Championships.
In Japan, the event from 1990 is a footnote to a footnote. The promotional campaigns say as much, ignoring the original competition and focusing on the challenges in the game, hosted by none other Arino-Kachou! The host of Game Center CX!! The original game challenge show! … And the only person I would ever concede to being better at video games than me… OK (Shin) Takahashi Meijin too!!
This campaign is running concurrently with the Family Computer 40th Anniversary celebration. That campaign features Kobayashi-san, who works in a used game store, telling stories about the glory days of the 1980s and playing old favorites with friends.

It’s a very cool idea! Having a series of YouTube videos with a bunch of old guys hanging out in an used game store “Talking About Games!” I’ve never seen that before! I can see why it’s popular!!!

In Japan, the gold cartridge… makes little sense, and is replaced with two working Family Computer wireless Switch controllers! The same ones offered to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, and are the equivalent to the grey NES controllers sold elsewhere. Do the microphones work? Well, what do you think?
Postcards are included that feature the cover art of all 13 games included, with important information on the back. A set of 5 pins are also in the box. Pins are an award system in game, so its nice to have an tangible pin to go along with that.

The Japanese special edition is actually a good value! The whole set costs 9,800 yen! You save about 600 yen and get the swag too!