Nintendo Switch Online Reportedly to Add Game Boy Games 'Really Soon' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2021 / 1,831 Views
Nintendo is reportedly working to add Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to its Nintendo Switch Online service "really soon," according to sources and insider NateDrake who spoke with NintendoLife.
Nintendo Switch Online released in September 2018 and included 20 NES games at launch. Since its launch Nintendo has continued to add more NES games, as well as several SNES games starting in September 2019. There are now 88 NES and 56 SNES games playable on Nintendo Switch Online.
The insider is less optimistic Nintendo would add Game Boy Advance to Nintendo Switch Online in the near future. Several companies are working on re-releasing games for the Switch, including the upcoming Advance Wars remaster.
Nintendo Switch owners have been asking Nintendo to add games from more platforms like the Nintendo 64 and GameCube.
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That's cool and all, but you know what. I would really like it more if they put Gameboy Advance games on the service.
Gameboy advance support incoming in 10yrs time at this rate.
Still waiting on GBA support as well.
I hope so. Let's get GBA and N64 on there. Don't think we'll finally get ahead of the Wii U legacy content offerings and finally get GameCube titles, though.
An area of opportunity that Nintendo hasn't exploited well, but on the other hand we could "drown" with too many games.
I would prefer N64, I could never have it and I have a lot of games waiting. However, any console would be welcome.
Too bad about GBA. Would have been nice to see a new generation of kids discover Golden Sun 1&2.
I just read that if pokemon red, blue, yellow as well as the get 2 sequels were to be re-release going forward all those games would receive an 18+ rating in the EU due to the inclusion of the game corner (gambling)
So I wonder, if game boy emulation is true, how nintendo and the pokemon company will handle that...
Just what Switch owner have been asking for on the Nintendo online service slow spoon feeding of out dated content (GB was discontinued 18 years ago). I don't care about Nintendo Online but they should at least open up a virtual store that gave access to all Nintendo content for a price.
I'll believe it when I see it
I wish we could get some GameCube games. Most of the GB games I would be interested in revisiting are already on Switch, though I would definitely enjoy Kid Icarus.
Super Mario Sunshine...
I never said anything about emulation. Either way it is a fact that Super Mario 3D All-Stars is fully emulated except for the audio of Super Mario Galaxy.
Stop talking nonsense.
... the games on 3D All-Stars are emulated, so not only can it emulate Gamecube games, but it could emulate the slightly more powerful Wii as well. Got 120 Stars in Sunshine and experienced no major issues.
You're contradicting yourself, as usual.
Except that they were emulated. This was confirmed by data mining. There are plenty of sources confirming this, so just google it since posting links in article comments is wonky.
The only changes made aside from audio and controls is in textures, which can be swapped in via emulation by porting the code and changing some of the files.
Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy say otherwise. It runs those games fine.
Do you know what you're talking about?
I've played Super Mario Sunshine over a dozen times on the Gamecube and Wii through BC and played through the Switch version twice. It's one the most unpolished Nintendo games ever and every single bug and glitch that was in the original is in the
Switch version. It's obviously emulated and dataminers confirm that.
Just turned off my automatic renewal the other day. If this does get announced I might jump back in, but would be more inclined to do so if it was N64 online.
So 2-3 pretty cool games, 17 most of us have never heard of, and then 2-3 games added a year that most haven't heard of from then on.
Probably best that you don't download this then.
