NES Remix 2
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NES Remix 2 is a arcade game released worldwide on April 25, 2014 for the Wii U. It is the sequel to NES Remix. NES Remix 2 consists of several timed challenges in Nintendo Entertainment System games, with Kid Icarus being one of them. Additionally, some challenges modify the game, introducing new elements like the camera zooming in or changing the colors displayed to the player.
NES Remix 2 was available to download from the Nintendo eShop until it was closed down on March 27, 2023.[2]
NES Remix Pack contains both NES Remix and NES Remix 2 on a single disc. Ultimate NES Remix is a Nintendo 3DS game which has select challenges from both NES Remix and NES Remix 2, including Kid Icarus challenges from NES Remix 2
Overview
NES Remix 2 has players complete challenges from NES games. Each challenge is a section from the game, which can have varying goals. The player may have to reach a goal or a specific distant area, or accomplish a specific other task. These can be collecting items or defeating enemies. To assist the player, certain visuals are seen over the gameplay or on the border of the game screen. Some earlier challenges can superimpose arrows or circles over the gameplay to guide the player, while every challenge where a number is tracked has that number displayed above the gameplay. Challenges are grouped into Stages, which may contain one or more challenges which are played in successive order. If the player fails a challenge, usually through dying in the game but possibly through failing to meet a condition of the challenge or running out of a timer for that challenge displayed on the right of the screen, they lose a life. The challenge is then reset. Different Stages have a different number of lives available, displayed on the right side of the screen. If the player loses all of their lives, they receive a Game Over and have the option to restart the Stage. They can instead choose to continue at the current challenge with a new set of lives.
Clearing a Stage bring the player to a results screen. The time it took to complete the Stage is tallied. The player earn one to three stars for that Stage based on how fast it was completed, with three stars having an additional ranking of "rainbow stars" for having a clear time that is even lower than the three star requirement. This timer is based If the player chose to continue when they ran out of lives, they only get one star regardless of the time. Additionally, the player earns Bits for various accomplishments, such as clearing a stage for the first time, getting "rainbow stars" for a stage, beating their best time, etc. These bits fill a meter, which rewards the player with a Stamp each time it fills. Stamps are black and white versions of sprites from the games, or a word balloon. Stamps could be used in Miiverse posts prior to the discontinuation of Miiverse. The player can watch a replay of the best time they achieved for each Stage.
Stars are used to unlock access to certain Stages. Having a certain number of Stars allows the player to unlock the Stages for each game, which proceed in a linear order. However the player starts with more than one Stage unlocked, and accessing the next Stage only requires beating an uncompleted Stage of that game. Generally, earlier Stages consist of simple challenges that are more of a tutorial, preparing the player for more difficult or complex challenges later on. Each day, one game is designated to have its Stages reward double the Bits compared to normal.
Two sets of Stages are different. These are REMIX I and REMIX II. Each of these Stages requires having Stars to unlock them, and the challenges for each stage may be for different games. In addition, the game is modified. This can mean the graphics are modified, the controls are modified, the rules are modified, or a new element is included. This can even involve changing the player character to that of a different game, with the player's abilities changed to match. The game's conclusion is at the end of REMIX II. Afterward, the player can unlock a BONUS set of Stages. While mostly similar to REMIX I and REMIX II, certain games only have challenges in the BONUS set, and are not modified.
NES Remix 2 includes two additional modes from the title screen: Super Luigi Bros. is a version of Super Mario Bros. but flipped horiztonally and with Luigi as the player character, while Championship Mode is a timed challenge using the games Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Dr. Mario. Championship Mode is only available if there is save data for NES Remix on the system.
Games Included
The following games have challenges in NES Remix 2.[2]
- Kid Icarus
- Super Mario Bros. 2
- Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Wario's Woods
- Dr. Mario
- NES Open Tournament Golf
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Kirby's Adventure
- Punch Out!!
- Metroid
- Ice Hockey (Only in BONUS Stages)
Kid Icarus challenges
Kid Icarus
| Stage | Instruction | Description | Setting | Inventory | Life | Time (Seconds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Collect 5 hearts by defeating enemies! | Pit must defeat Shemum and collect five Hearts. | Underworld | 000 Hearts One health bar |
3 | 30 |
| 2 | Collect the harp, then gather 5 mallets! | Pit must use a Harp to convert Monoeye into Mallets, then collect five Mallets before the effect ends. | 003 Hearts One health bar |
30 | |||
| 3 | Get to the exit! | Pit must enter a door in the Underworld, with a Reaper and multiple Nettlers and McGoo in the way. The challenge ends in the middle of a transitory cutscene. | Underworld | 026 Hearts One health bar |
90 | ||
| 2 | Defeat all the enemies! | Pit must defeat eight Specknoses in an Enemy Lair. | Enemy Lair | 006 Hearts One health bar |
3 | N/A | |
| 3 | 1 | Fall victim to the eggplant curse! | Pit must be cursed by one of two Eggplant Wizards. Both Eggplant Wizards are performing a high throw. Defeating both Eggplant Wizards fails the challenge. | Stage 1-4 | 430 Hearts Two health bars |
3 | N/A |
| 2 | Reach the hospital and have the curse lifted! | Pit is cursed by an Eggplant Wizard, and must enter a hospital for the nurse to cure him. There are blade obstacles in the way | Stage 2-4 | 970 Hearts Four health bars (1 hit left) 8 Centurions | |||
| 3 | Defeat the enemies without getting cursed! | Pit must defeat two Eggplant Wizards without being cursed. | Stage 2-4 | 469 Hearts Four health bars (1 hit left) 13 Centurions | |||
| 4 | Collect hearts and purchase the Water of Life! | Pit must leave the store, earn 30 hearts, then return to purchase a chalice of Water of Life. The dialogue must finish to conclude the Stage. The obvious solution is to go through the left door and defeat Tamambo, but Pit is allowed to access many rooms in the fortress. | Stage 2-4 | 180 Hearts Four health bars (limited health remaining) 0 Centurions |
3 | 150 | |
| 5 | 1 | Get past the Reapers without being spotted! | Pit must evade the notice of two Reapers and reach the right side of the screen. The challenge is failed after the Reapettes begin to appear. If Pit reaches the goal area after he has been spotted, the challenge will not be cleared. | Underworld | 017 Hearts One health bar |
3 | 60 |
| 2 | Defeat the Reaper without taking damage!! | Pit must climb upward, passing by a Collin and EelEyes. Then he must defeat a Reaper. He cannot take damage at any point. | 480 Hearts Five health bars Protective Crystal Sacred Bow Fire Arrow |
60 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Hit the statue with (B) to save the centurion! | Pit must use Mallets to free a Centurion. Three Kobil are in the room. Pit is equipped with the Mallet. | Stage 1-4 | 166 Hearts Three health bars (limited health) 13 Mallets 0 Centurions |
3 | N/A |
| 2 | Save the centurion! | Pit must use Mallets to free a Centurion. Two pots spawn in Shemum, and there are blade obstacles. Pit is equipped with the Mallet. If Pit runs out of Mallets, the challenge is failed. | Stage 1-4 | 189 Hearts Three health bars (limited health) 14 Mallets 0 Centurions | |||
| 3 | Save 2 centurions! | Pit must use Mallets to free two Centurions. Two pots spawn in Shemum, and there are four Kobil. Pit is equipped with the Mallet. If Pit runs out of Mallets, the challenge is failed. | Stage 1-4 | 200 Hearts Three health bars (limited health) 14 Mallets 0 Centurions | |||
| 7 | 1 | Defeat Twinbellows! | Pit must defeat Twinbellows. Twinbellows has 30 health left. Three Centurions are already on screen. | Stage 1-4 | 424 Hearts Three health bars (limited health) 4 Centurions |
3 | N/A |
| 2 | Defeat Hewdraw! | Pit must defeat Hewdraw. Hewdraw has 40 health left. Three Centurions are already on screen. | Stage 2-4 | 469 Hearts Five health bars (limited health) 4 Centurions | |||
| 3 | Defeat Pandora! | Pit must defeat Pandora. Pandora has 30 health left. Three Centurions are already on screen. | Stage 3-4 | 238 Hearts Five health bars (limited health) 4 Centurions | |||
| 8 | Defeat Medusa! | Pit must defeat Medusa. The challenge starts a screen prior to the battle, with a single Zuree present. The challenge ends after the ending cutscene with Palutena. | Palace in the Sky | 264 Hearts Five health bars (Only three are full) Three Sacred Treasures |
3 | N/A | |
Kid Icarus Stamps
Gallery
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Title Screen
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Stage 8 of the Kid Icarus challenges, showing the Medusa boss battle
References