Announced during a Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase on Wednesday, the games are RC Pro-AM (NES), Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll (NES), Killer Instinct (SNES), Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES), and Blast Corps (N64).
Starfy dives onto Nintendo Switch.
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.
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?
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."
Multiple members have reported receiving one of these surveys, which asks players to share their experience with the higher tier so far and takes about five minutes to complete.
I would have liked the original NES Battletoads too, but at least there's hope that it will come! This is nice that Rare has opened up more of their classics to NSO, so there's hope of Diddy Kong Racing and Conker's Bad Fur day in the future now too!
this is awesome, Blast Corps is an underrated gem and I can't wait to play it again.
RC Pro AM... that was my jam. Curious as to why the SNES version of KI though and not the N64 Gold edition. Ehh... it will prob come later.
RC PRO AM ONLINE! I don't have a switch, but i want one now
Where they rightfully belong.