Fun Games You Aren't Playing - NES Remix

If you got a WiiU this Christmas, or during the shopping season’s big sales, you've probably already driven around the courses of Mario Kart 8 and smashed enough Bros. to get your fill. 

Now what? 

Clearly the answer is “play Captain Toad” but if you’ve already finished THAT, a fast-paced challenge awaits you with NES Remix and its sequel, NES Remix 2.

It’s crunch time here at the Dungeon Dame’s non-dungeoney day job, so I rarely have time enough to cook dinner and pass out, let alone play a fully-fleshed-out game experience. 

However, I always have time to turn my gamepad on and complete a frantic thirty second or one minute level in NES Remix, where speed matters quite a bit. 

NES Remix takes old favorite games, like Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and Legend of Zelda, and gives you mini-tasks to complete for your best time. 

Think of it as a speed-run-o-matic, with goals as simple as “jump on the goomba” to nerve-wrackingly difficult gauntlets.

 There are also “remixed” levels, changing up the original to keep you on your toes (ever played Mario in the dark?). It definitely brings you back to the days where video games couldn't entertain you with thrilling narratives or delicious eye candy; all they could do was give you a challenge to complete (and, in the case of arcade games, eat your quarters).

Despite being intensely skill-based, my moments of frustration in this game were few; the challenges are usually quick enough that you don’t mind trying again and again to beat them. There aren’t a lot of super-lengthy trials where you get juuuuuust to the very end before falling and having to start all over (I’m looking at you, All the Marios). If you fall in this game, its usually within ten seconds. 

Plus, how else am I going to use all my Balloon Fight skills I cultivated in childhood? 

Heads up: if you haven’t registered for Club Nintendo yet, take all those codes from your Nintendo game cases and type ‘em up before 3/31. 

You might be able to get NES Remix for free! 

Plus, if you end up with a few extra points, you’ll also be able to snag any new favorite NES classics up for grabs.

Buy somethin’ will ya!
-The Dungeon Dame