NES Remix 2

NES Remix 2 is a Nintendo eShop exclusive game on the Wii U. It is the direct sequel to NES Remix, and was included with it in the compilation disc release NES Remix Pack.

Focusing on games released later in the NES's lifespan than its predecessor, it follows the same formula by taking portions from classic NES games, "remixing" them to provide a new challenge to players.

Originally, the game offered Miiverse integration, allowing players to share their level clear times with others and add stamps to their posts, but this was discontinued with the closure of the Miiverse service on November 7, 2017. The game was not updated to remove the prompts and references to Miiverse and was later removed from the Wii U eShop after its discontinuation on March 27, 2023.

Gameplay
Players must complete stages, split across one to eight challenges, based on excepted or "remixed" areas from various games. In doing this, they can earn up to three stars per challenge, which unlock further games and stages with which to earn more stars. "Bits" are also awarded based on success, which unlock Miiverse stamps.

Stars are awarded based on completion time; while a particularly quick time earns a further bonus, represented as the stars being outlined with an iridescent "rainbow" border and a larger bit award. Each stage gives a player one to eight lives to complete it - the player can continue mid-stage after a game over, but is capped at a maximum of one star if they do so and must complete it again in one set of lives to increase the award.

Games
NES Remix 2 contains content from the following remixed NES games:
 * Dr. Mario
 *  ("Bonus" stages only)
 * Kid Icarus
 * Kirby's Adventure
 * Metroid
 * NES Open Tournament Golf
 * Punch-Out!!
 * Super Mario Bros. 2
 * Super Mario Bros. 3
 * Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
 * Wario's Woods
 * Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Other
Mario (as the referee) cameos in several of the Punch-Out!! levels.

Super Luigi Bros.
Much like the inclusion of Luigi Bros. (a port of Mario Bros.) in Super Mario 3D World, a port of the original Super Mario Bros. is included in NES Remix 2 (and NES Remix Pack) titled Super Luigi Bros., albeit with some changes. In this version, Luigi is the main playable character instead of Mario, functioning as he does in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (excluding the low traction), and all of the game's levels are mirrored (i.e. the player moves through levels from right to left). In addition, the game's ending is altered: upon saving Princess Peach, Luigi finds that Mario has already saved her first. It is possible to execute the Minus World glitch in this version, but due to Luigi's higher jumps, it is harder to do so than in the original game.

The game is based on Remix I's sixteenth stage, which is a challenge featuring Luigi going through World 1-2 backwards, in the original NES Remix. It marks the sixth and final game to celebrate the Year of Luigi and the only such game to be released in 2014.

Championship Mode
There is a third game mode called Championship Mode, which can only be played after the first game has been downloaded to the console. The mode uses a scoring system for three different games (Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3 and Dr. Mario) inspired by the 1990 Nintendo World Championships, which covered 29 cities in the United States of America and had players competing for the best total score on a special NES cartridge that combined gameplay from Super Mario Bros., ', and '.

The player is given 6 minutes and 21 seconds at the very start. The first challenge is Super Mario Bros., in which the player must collect 50 coins. After doing this the second challenge involves collecting 25 coins in Super Mario Bros. 3. Finally, the player must earn as high a score as possible with their remaining time or until they lose in Dr. Mario.

Luigi sightings


Similar to New Super Luigi U and Super Mario 3D World, an 8-bit Luigi can appear for a short time in some stages. However, most of his appearances are not consistent and may require multiple plays of stages to see him. If Luigi appears in a player's fastest clear time of a stage, he appears in the recording as well.

Pre-release and unused content
In addition to the 100 used stamps, there are more stamps that are present in the game data.

Trivia

 * If a player holds, , , and on the game select screen, all categories are unlocked except for Remix II and Bonus.
 * Most remix stages involving Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels uses the ground tiles from Super Mario Bros. instead.