News Rumours Nintendo Nintendo Switch Online Select Nintendo Classics Games Might Be Getting Special Challenges Soon Direct Remix by Jim Norman Mon 8th Jun 2026 Share: 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'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. As spotted on Bluesky by dataminer @luigiblood , the NES, SNES and Game Boy 'Nintendo Classics' libraries have recently been updated with what is apparently a 'challenge mode', though it remains inaccessible for the time being. Hmm . By the sounds of it, we should think of these challenges as something akin to NES Remix , only... 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. Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube 848k They have implemented challenges. Stuff akin to NES Remix (not the Remix kind, from what I can tell though).
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/select-nintendo-classics-games-might-be-getting-special-challenges-soon
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. Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube 848k They have implemented challenges. Stuff akin to NES Remix (not the Remix kind, from what I can tell though).
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/select-nintendo-classics-games-might-be-getting-special-challenges-soon