Game Boy Nintendo Switch Additions Unlikely to Placate Public Opinion

GameBoy games are set to come to NSO, but they will not be enough to fix a long standing issue with the Switch's retro offerings.

[Knightofelemia]

Nintendo should add the Gameboy, Gameboy Colour, Gameboy Advance, N64, GameCube to the roster of retro ware for the Switch. The handheld market has also helped Nintendo everybody else has tried to dethrone Nintendo in the hand held market but Nintendo remains king. And neglecting that part of your history and not adding it to the Switch is a let down to fans. There are fans who have games on these older systems they love to death me I wish Playstation had away to play Vita and PSP games on a Playstation console.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I would love to have the majority of Nintendo's retro games on the Switch, I would even buy some of those games again, I wish most of the PSX library had been available on modern PS consoles.

[Inverno]

No duh. The Switch has been out for 4 years, and all through that time they've put in the minimum of minimal effort into growing the NES/SNES collection, and that's after taking a whole year after release to even begin. Look at how often they add games, and then look at the games they add. Seeing people excited for this confuses me, do y'all honestly think they'll put any effort into GB/GBA games?
The dang thing should have had GB/GBA games 3 years ago followed by N64, and GC by now since we know it can emulate GC games just fine. Y'all somehow convinced yourself that paying, even if it's 20 dollars, for their service is totally worth it.

It's not.

[LWOGaming]

Yes, I think you have hit the nail on the head really. Even the games that have come to NSO have been bang average for the most part. It's shameful but it's something that Nintendo have always done especially when a console does well. The problem with the Switch now is that it is still selling but Nintendo are showing zero intent to make it better in the future and if they are not careful they will go for an entirely new console which, if they follow history will probably be a dud. I would expect they have learnt from past experiences but this is Nintendo.

[DEKUX12]

Playstation onlinr is what 70? For a toxic community, spam botsi n your dms, for 90% games u ready played

[princejb134]

Are people even going to play these old outdated games?

[Teflon02]

Imagine Nintendo actually putting the same efforts into the switch as they did the WiiU. I wouldn't even have any issues with switch if they did that. Virtual Console alone would make switch worth it. But NOPE, extremely limited Nes and SNES libraries under a rip off of a paid service. So sad smh

[jjb1981]

I want them to start adding N64 games but
I feel like Nintendo is holding back on adding N64 titles because they:
Take more work for emulation or
they might be releasing an N64 mini or
they are planning on re-releasing them in collections or remasters on Switch.
Once the Nostalgia kicks in, they know they will sell like hotcakes. I personally don't care about Gameboy games.

[LWOGaming]

I suspect it will be a mini N64 sadly. All well and good but they have fans crying out for those games but they just ignore them.

[Smellsforfree]

Considering NSO is required to play online on all retail games that cost money, if that is what you want to do then you really have no other options. Them adding these old games is a nicety -- I just have a hard time believing that it is what is driving people to sign up for NSO.

[Elronza]

Sigh Nintendo yet again offering sub-par to the Switch. Why do they refuse to give fans what they want?