Nintendo Switch Online to Add SNES and NES Games - Fighter's History, Kirby's Avalanche, and Daiva Story 6 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 July 2022 / 2,924 Views

Nintendo announced it will be adding three games to Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo Entertainment System apps for the Nintendo Switch Online. The SNES games are Fighter's History and Kirby's Avalanche, and the NES game is Daiva Story 6: Imperial of Nirsartia.

In Japan, instead of Kirby’s Avalanche the third game is Kirby’s Super Star Stacker.

View a trailer of the three games below:

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

10 Comments

2zosteven (on 22 July 2022)

HEXEN!!!!

SanAndreasX (on 21 July 2022)

Wish they'd get Ultima: Exodus and Faxanadu on there. I know Ultima is unlikely because that IP is owned by EA, but Faxanadu was on Virtual Console on Wii and I don't see Konami or Falcom giving Nintendo much grief about it.

Jumpin (on 23 July 2022)

Also, Faxanadu might have been an inspiration for the original Xenoblade because it was in the wake of that game’s creation that Tetsuya Takahashi got into the industry working with the same dev team. Faxanadu and Xenoblade both experiment with vertical level design andnRPG mechanics, on one side the biological people (Bionis and Elven World Tree) and the other the mechanical people (Mechonis and the Dwarven mountain). The story is a bit different, but in both games some external force was influencing the mechanical side—The Evil One in Faxanadu.

Just a bit of trivia, many people call it Fax-Anna-du, but it’s actually pronounced more like Fa-Zanadu (you know, like the Olivia Newton John song).

Kakadu18 (on 22 July 2022)

Would've been great if they translated all first five Fire Emblems and released them on the service worldwide. Instead they only translated the first one and only sold it separately for a limited time.

JWeinCom (on 22 July 2022)

FFS just add a new console.

Ljink96 JWeinCom (on 22 July 2022)

I guess they feel they need to be strategic about it. September/October is when a lot of people's subs are going to expire so they'll probably use GBC/GB and GBA for Expansion pass to reel people back in.

But it sucks they have to think this way. If it's a good service and we want to play certain games, we'll keep our sub. You shouldn't have to dangle carrots in front of us to make us resub. But if they're doing this, they must have data that shows what is more reliable/profitable.

Pemalite Ljink96 (on 22 July 2022)

For me the Switch is going to be one of those consoles I -will- pick up in 10 years time and play some classics.

But having them locked behind an online service is a detriment for me where I just don't find value in a subscription, especially once they close the online store.

Still, I am building a significant amount of 5th, 6th and 7th-gen era titles where the Switch is an amazing place to play those titles.

At the moment I am thinking about buying Ocarina of time on WiiU as it's technically a superior experience than Switch.