Nintendo has today released a brand new update for its Switch Online Game Boy Advance library. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones has been added for Expansion Pack subscribers.
"Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones should certainly be on the download shortlist for fans of the franchise or strategy games in general. Its predecessor — the first entry released internationally — is a thoroughly worthwhile introduction to some iconic characters in the series, but Sacred Stones holds its own in setting and plot, while featuring some feature advances. Another terrific GBA title worth catching up with." 9/10 - Thomas Whitehead | NintendoLife
Nintendo has wrapped up this week by adding three more Sega Genesis / Mega Drive classics to the Switch Online Expansion Pack. These titles include the original Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, and ESWAT: City Under Siege.
It's not just GameCube.
This has been my biggest complaint about the N64 games on NSO to date, and I honestly never thought that we would get this. I want to experience these games like I originally experienced them. N64 games gave the illusion of more rounded, robust polygon characters and environments because of the blur/bleed that these screens gave. They just don't look right on modern, crisp screens, more like paper maché. Not everything looks better in HD!
There's nothing like playing them on a CRT, which they were designed for and nothing will give you exactly that experience. There was some box that claimed to give an equivalent experience to playing on a CRT but it's around $1000 IIRC, and I do not remember the name.
Sweet! The first GBA Fire Emblem game is my most played GBA title on NSO to date, which I finished. I never played this one before. I'll be jumping into this today!