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Nintendo World Championships Deluxe Set Drops To Best Price Yet

Best Buy has a handful of awesome deals on first-party Nintendo Switch games this week. Regardless of whether you prefer physical or digital games, you can take advantage of almost all of the offers. The exception is Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition - Deluxe Set, because the eShop cannot dispense collectibles through the vents on your console. On sale for a new all-time best price of $40 (was $60), the retro-fueled party game's collector's edition comes packaged in an oversized display box filled with nostalgic merch.

Inside the box, you'll find a replica gold NES cartridge with a sleeve and display stand, 13 cards featuring the box art of classic Nintendo games, and five enamel pins with 8-bit character sprites of Mario, Link, Samus, and Donkey Kong as well as the Nintendo World Championships logo.

Nintendo Switch Game Deals at Best Buy

Here's a list of the Switch exclusives on sale at Best Buy. The other one that stands out is Emio - The Smiling Man, as this is the first discount yet for the latest entry in Nintendo's Famicom Detective Club series. Walmart and Best Buy have a couple of these Switch game deals, too.

• Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition - Deluxe Set -- $40 ($60)
• Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club -- $40 ($50)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening -- $40 ($60)
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership -- $40 ($60)
• Mario Strikers: Battle League -- $40 ($60)
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door -- $40 ($60)
  • Also at Walmart
  • Also at Amazon
• Super Mario Maker 2 -- $40 ($60)
• Yoshi's Crafted World -- $40 ($60)
  • Also at Walmart

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition - Deluxe Set:

• Best Buy -- $40 ($60)
• GameStop -- $60
• Walmart -- $65 (reseller)
• Amazon -- $70 (reseller)
• Target -- Sold out

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is an ode to the original Nintendo console and the real-life 1990 Nintendo World Championships. It compiles over 150 minigames spread across 13 NES titles, such as racing through the first level of Super Mario Bros., eating enemies the fastest in Kirby's Adventure, and defeating Octoroks as possible in The Legend of Zelda. If you have a Nintendo Switch Online membership, you can compare your scores to players around the world.

If you aren't a NSO member, you can still enjoy local multiplayer for up to eight players. After each round, you'll receive a letter rating to let you know how well you've performed. You'll earn in-game coins based on your performance, which can then be used to unlock additional challenges.

Here's a look at all 13 games in the collection:

• Balloon Fight
• Donkey Kong
• Excitebike
• Ice Climber
• Kid Icarus
• Kirby’s Adventure
• Metroid
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
• The Legend of Zelda
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

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The collection is meant to be played with NES controllers, but there are some great alternatives to the $70 pair only available to Switch Online members. The 8BitDo SN30 Pro Wireless Controller is available for $40.49 (was $45). This controller is modeled after the SNES controller, but it also has thumbsticks and both triggers and bumpers, so it has the added benefit of working well with modern games, too. Alternatively, you can get the 8BitDo Pro 2 for only $42.49 (was $50). The Pro 2 is has longer handles and feels fairly similar to the DualSense controller. It also has customization options, including a pair of remappable back buttons.

8BitDo recently launched the Pro 3 Bluetooth Gamepad for $70. The price difference may sound like a lot, but we'd recommend reading our review that highlights all of the impressive upgrades and new features.

All three 8BitDo controllers mentioned above are compatible with Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.

For another rarely discounted, retro Nintendo product, check out the deal on the 1,215-piece Lego Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi building set at Walmart and Amazon. Like Nintendo World Championships, the Mario & Yoshi Lego display model has almost always sold for full price since launching last year. Plus, it'll help you pass the time until Lego's highly anticipated Game Boy building set releases October 1.