Summary
Even though we’re midway through what is traditionally a quieter time of year for video game releases,Nintendois keeping up its pattern of releasing roughly one big first party game per month via the launch ofNintendo World Championships: NES Edition. A game that revives some of Nintendo’s original classics and tasks you with completing challenges in them as fast as you can. However, if you played these games years ago on their original platform, using a Joy-Con probably feels a little unnatural.
If the mere thought of playingNESgames with a Joy-Con sends a shiver down your spine, or you’ve already been playing World Championships and you think playing with a NES controller would shave some precious milliseconds off your times, Nintendo has a deal for you. NES controllers compatible with theNintendo Switchhave been a thing for years, and right now NSO members can pick up a pair of them for 20 percent off.
Nintendo hasn’t mentioned World Championships in the post revealing its Switch NES controllers are on sale, but the timing of the deal going live is evidence enough that the reason they’re available for less is because of the retro collection’s release. The deal on controllers went live at pretty much the exact same time the game launched. Between now and July 08, 2025, if you have an NSO subscription, you can buy a pair of NES controllers through the official Nintendo store for $47.99, 20 percent cheaper than the regular $59.99.
You’re Going To Need A NES Controller To Really Get Those Times Down
NES Controllers For Nintendo Switch
Created so NSO members can better play games included in the Nintendo Switch’s NES library, the official NES controllers for Switch come in pairs and are modeled after the controllers you need to play games on the console that truly kicked off Nintendo’s video game dominance.
The controllers won’t be left to gather dust once you’re done with them if or when you’re ever done with World Championships either. The reason Nintendo created NES controllers for the Switch was so you could use them with the NES games in its NSO library. You need an NSO subscription to play games in its NES library, so if you’re getting the controllers for less, you must already be signed up and now have two uses for the revived controllers.
Although they’re not on sale, Nintendo has also createdSNES,Nintendo 64, andSega Genesiscontrollers for the Switch since those three consoles all have libraries available through NSO too. Rumors that Nintendo is working on a Switch-compatibleGameCubecontroller have some thinking games from its library will also be coming to NSO, but nothing official has been revealed. That feels more like a Switch 2 thing if you ask me.
