{"id":137505,"date":"2026-06-08T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-202303"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:30:00","slug":"select-nintendo-classics-games-might-be-getting-special-challenges-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/08\/select-nintendo-classics-games-might-be-getting-special-challenges-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Select Nintendo Classics Games Might Be Getting Special Challenges Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/484c1c5e9d006\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/484c1c5e9d006\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"484c1c5e9d006\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Switch 2 SNES NSO\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/484c1c5e9d006\/switch-2-snes-nso.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/484c1c5e9d006\/switch-2-snes-nso.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Switch 2 SNES NSO\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/06\/nintendo-direct-announced-for-tomorrow-9th-june-2026\">Nintendo Direct<\/a> right around the corner, it was only a matter of time before the speculation began about its contents. It&#8217;s been ticking away for a few weeks now with all of those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time\">Ocarina of Time<\/a> rumours, and today, an NSO theory has entered the fray.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted on Bluesky by dataminer <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/luigiblood.bsky.social\">@luigiblood<\/a>, the NES, SNES and Game Boy &#8216;Nintendo Classics&#8217; libraries have recently been updated with what is apparently a &#8216;challenge mode&#8217;, though it remains inaccessible for the time being. <em>Hmm<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>By the sounds of it, we should think of these challenges as something akin to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu-eshop\/nes_remix\">NES Remix<\/a>, only&#8230; not remixed. Luigiblood states that the challenges start from a specific point in select games, and each comes with its own unique success and fail states. It apparently all hinges on the NSO home menu to see and access the missions themselves.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-bsky-post\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/luigiblood.bsky.social\/post\/3mnr4xhpypc2w @ 2026-06-08T16:50:37+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:yxiitmraor6vordeoxbtiw5p\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mnr4xhpypc2w\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreih456zjzt2mo4p2y67aknm553rmmla6z2i5xei7yr5j5rq3xfaaze\">\n<p lang=\"en\">They have implemented challenges. Stuff akin to NES Remix (not the Remix kind, from what I can tell though). You cannot access them yet, you have to wait until the NSO app updates.<br \/>\nI will not reveal the games, y&#8217;all will probably find out soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:yxiitmraor6vordeoxbtiw5p?ref_src=embed\">Yakumono (@luigiblood.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:yxiitmraor6vordeoxbtiw5p\/post\/3mnr4xhpypc2w?ref_src=embed\">2026-06-08T07:12:14.266Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Naturally, we&#8217;re taking all of the above with a pinch of salt until Nintendo announces anything official. That said, the currently inaccessible challenges certainly sound like they <em>could<\/em> be an announcement for tomorrow&#8217;s Direct \u2014 something to break up what we&#8217;re hoping will be a jam-packed show.<\/p>\n<p>So, will we all be firing up NSO next weekend to speed through some SNES Zelda and Mario? We&#8217;ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/related-articles:202130,168441 @ 1780943424 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Would you be keen for some NSO challenges? Do you think this theory will manifest into reality tomorrow? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life With a Nintendo Direct right around the corner, it was only a matter of time before the speculation began about its contents. It&#8217;s been ticking away for a few weeks now with all of those Ocarina of Time rumours, and today, an NSO theory has entered the fray. 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