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Nintendo Switch Online boosts its retro library to more than 100 games

Nintendo has added five more retro games to its Nintendo Switch Online service. This latest batch of games means the service now offers players access to more than 100 retro Nintendo games on the Nintendo Switch.

jznrpg1164d ago

I’ll play Metroid for sure . Love the r music in that game

Inverno1164d ago

In over 4 years! That's impressively unimpressive. On virtual console the list is at 300 plus. Imagine where it would be at now had they brought it over to the Switch instead of abandoning it for a mediocre subscription service.

Outlawzz1164d ago

The catalog sucks tbh lol it's really not anything to celebrate about.

CrimsonWing691164d ago

It’s pretty sh*tty to be honest. I remember loving the VC on the Wii. Like I was happy to buy these retro games. I come on the Switch and barely touch the retro library.

galgor1164d ago

A whole five more games?! Wow! Nintendo, you are really spoiling us. Not.

jamesclark19911163d ago

Forever waiting for Majora's Mask to re-appear :-(

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Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES Library With Seven More Games

Nintendo continues to bolster its Switch Online + Expansion Pack service with new game releases. Today, the focus is on the base tier, with a whopping seven games added to the NES library.

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OtterX22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

Pretty lousy lineup, considering how long we've waited since the last NES update.

Do we really need Golf when we already had NES Open Tournament Golf, which is almost identical in graphics and gameplay?

OtterX22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

Very interesting tidbit I read in the Youtube comments. I've yet to fact check it, but if true, I guess Golf's inclusion is pretty awesome in honor of Iwata's life.

Here's the tidbit:

"Golf was originally hidden in the Switch's system and you could access it by holding the joy-cons and performing the gesture Satoru Iwata used to make in directs. NES Golf was one of his favorite games, and Nintendo added it in as an easter-egg to honor his life.

Nintendo unfortunately patched this secret out. This was because in Japan, it was tradition to place a recently deceased’s person’s favorite things in a special box that is not allowed to open. The hidden game was essentially a digital version of this ritual, and it’s clear that Nintendo wanted Iwata’s life to be honored in a special way by giving the switch a secret game that only they knew about."

jznrpg22d ago

I played a lot of Golf when I was a young kid

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Nintendo's Switch Online App Updated With "Newly Designed Home Section"

Nintendo's Direct broadcast airs later today.

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OtterX38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

Pretty lame actually. I checked it outand the only difference I see are 3 boxes to scroll through.

There's probably something more going on in the backend prepping for something in the future if they gave it a 3.0.0

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Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Five More Classics

Mega Man's Game Boy series slides onto Nintendo Switch Online today!.

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OtterX49d ago (Edited 49d ago )

This makes me really happy because I own all of the Mega Man collections on Switch, but it always bothered me that they excluded these OG Gameboy titles.

Hopefully they'll add Mega Man Xtreme 1&2 for GBC later on, bc those were also missing from the collections.

H949d ago

5 MegaMan titles at once, now that's some good update, it's time for me to bring out the hopium for a new MegaMan

Sgt_Slaughter49d ago

Maybe this means Mega Man 64 is around the corner, too. Would be a fun addition on top of these.