Update [Wed 26th May, 2021 10:00 BST]: The five new titles are now available in their respective Nintendo Switch Online apps. You'll need to download the latest updates to access them. There's also one bonus game - Super Mario Kart SP. Enjoy!
Original article [Wed 19th May, 2021 02:15 BST]: The month of May is well underway and Nintendo has just announced five games for the SNES and NES Switch Online service. All of these games will arrive next week, on 26th May.
On the SNES front we've got Caveman Ninja (otherwise known as Joe & Mac) from 1991, another Data East title Magical Drop II from 1996 (previously Japan-only), and they're joined by Spanky's Quest (Natsume, 1991) and Culture Brain's 1991 release, Super Baseball Simulator 1.000.
The sole NES offering for this month is Jaleco's 1985 title, Ninja JaJaMaru-kun. Check out our review of that one (from the Virtual Console days) here.
Below is the full rundown about each game, courtesy of the official Nintendo press release:
Super NES
Caveman Ninja (also known as Joe & Mac) – Can cave-dudes Joe and Mac rescue the lost cave-dudettes? In this action game from 1991, life was pretty cool for Joe and Mac until a bunch of Neanderthal nerds crashed their village. The dudes will have to leap to the rescue and jump, dash and use roll attacks to get past the stone-age obstacles in their way. Just make sure to pick the best weapon for the situation, and the boys are sure to make it through!
Magical Drop 2 – This puzzle game launched on the Super Famicom™ system in 1996, but it never saw an English release. But even if you've never played, the rules are simple to learn. Catch and throw the drops that descend from overhead. Create vertical lines of three drops of the same color to clear all the connected drops. Enjoy four playable modes, including a mode that assigns you a rank when the game ends, as well as a story mode with 10 characters to play!
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 – Get ready for high intensity, superhuman baseball spectacles! Use Ultra Plays like Phantom Ball, which will make the ball vanish mid-pitch, or Meteor Hit, which will knock out fielders who make contact with the ball before it bounces. With multiplayer options, a grand total of 18 baseball teams and the ability to create your own original team, this is the wacky baseball simulation dreams are made of!
Spanky’s Quest – Spanky was on his way to a picnic when the witch Morticia began dropping bricks from the sky. Trapped, with six towers now built across the land, Spanky must clear each before the witch’s evil pet crow catches him. He’ll have to use his magic ball to stun enemies, bounce it off his head to power it up and pop it to attack – and try on some hats along the way.
NES
Ninja JaJaMaru-kun – Take on the role of a ninja and rescue the captured Princess Sakura in this action-packed game, originally released only in Japan. JaJaMaru must use his throwing stars to defeat lurking monsters. Keep an eye out for the ultimate power-up – a ride on Gamapa-kun, the giant frog!
In the place of Spanky's Quest and Super Baseball Simulator 1,000, Japan's Super Famicom and Famicom service has received Telenet's 1992/93 SNES release Doomsday Warrior and Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. You can read more about these games in our other post.
This month also marks a milestone for the Switch Online service here in the west - with Nintendo announcing these five new (but old) releases now means the SNES and NES services have reached a combined total of 104 games.
"On May 26, the Nintendo Switch Online service passes a milestone. Five additional titles are being added, which will bring the number of classic games available to all Nintendo Switch Online members to a grand total of 104!"
You can check out the complete list of games available on Nintendo Switch Online here. What do you think of this latest batch of SNES and NES Switch Online offerings? Leave a comment down below.
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Really truly utterly pathetic.
Nothing notable
Yep, haven't heard of a single one of these. The last batch was a letdown, and the wait between this and the last update has felt exceptionally long. Was really expecting more than this. Still no Super Mario RPG, no EarthBound... Mario Paint would at least be something, or how about the Japanese-exclusive Mario and Wario?
Man. Really hope we hear about a new platform at E3. N64 Online would be so good right around now.
I'm just disappointed Spanky's Quest has nothing to do with the Little Rascals character.
...Actually, with how licensed games are usually handled, that might be a good thing.
That Zelda Loftwing amiibo though...
Look, I actually think NES/SNES online is cool despite owning almost every one of these titles already...but come ON whoever picks these titles must have never picked up a nes or snes in their life. I could name a LOTTA good titles this service needs and would be praised for adding but noooooo... I get that obtaining the license for everything is a huge hassle and as a result not every good game is going to be there, but... you can't just spit in our faces like this man.
Never heard of any of these. Might be willing to give Spanky's Quest a try. They are really adamant about not putting RPGs on here for some reason.
At this point, Nintendo's just screwing with us. They're like, here's some SNES shovelware titles that only 19 people have ever played. Have fun!
@Not_Soos I think it’ll be Game Boy first. Although I’d kill for Donkey Kong GB, love that game.
My subscription can comfortably stay lapsed. See you next time ✌️
@Not_Soos I feel like Mario Paint would end up with a sequel or something, that'd be interesting. But yeah, apparently the Switch can support USB mice, so Mario Paint in general could/should work.
...Anyways, yeah...NSO is still a joke.
Yo Magical Drop 2 is my jam, that alone makes me happy. The other games look decent so I'll give them a shot, I'm always up for games I haven't heard of since it gives me something I might have otherwise ignored.
Wake me when there's Mario Kart 64 and Gamecube titles. My money is ready.
Yawn.
Hey Nintendo, how about some love for the GB/GBA/N64/Gamecube? Those of use who grew up playing those systems are largely young adults or adults now. Our money is good too.
I'm honestly really tired of the favoritism that the NES/SNES generation gets. Yes there's a lot of good games in that era, but it's not like the only people with nostalgia are the people who grew up with those titles. No games have seen more re-releases, ports, emulation etc than NES/SNES.
Yes, NSO is dirt cheap. 20 dollars a year is almost nothing in terms of game services.
But I would be willing to pay MORE for better and more content!
We already have individual and family plans. Why not have a premium plan with more content and features?
Start adding games from GB/GBA/N64/GC and I'd pay 50-75 dollars a year for that happily! Maybe more, depending on the selection of games and other features the service might provide.
There's a strong possibility that getting 3rd party IPs aint what it used to be compared to back on the Wii and Wii U. Especially as so many publishers are pushing their back catalogue themselves.
I still feel that this approach has better value compared to having to spend $5-$8 on separate games, but I cant blame folks for feeling like Nintendo's coasting with their offerings... Like, how is there still no Earthbound or Mario RPG on the SNES NSO app?
Hmm well not exactly blockbuster titles, but I guess I’ll try Magical Drop.
We continue to get what we pay for with NSO, so I can’t complain.
Just checked out the Japan region NSO announcement and they’re getting Fire Emblem: Geneaology of the Holy War (SNES, 1996) so there’s going to be some jealousy.
Ninja Jajamaru kun is suprisingly fun when I first played it in the ninja jajamaru collection.
Pretty bad, just wow
Most people: (Sarcastically) Yay. More games we've never played or heard of.
Me: (Unsarcastically) Yay! More games I've never played or heard of!
@Slowdive I have to admit, that playthrough gameplay of Spanky's Quest looks interesting.
I'd argue Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 is the best baseball game on the SNES, tbh. It's got a lot of personality and **mario sports style special moves**. Give it a chance! The original for the NES is hands-down the best NES baseball game.
You guys who say this update is a bunch of nothing have clearly never played Spanky's Quest. It's a lot of fun.
Yay, people will trash a bunch of games just because they aren't Earthbound or Super Mario RPG.
We get it, you all want those games. But did you know the SNES had more then those two games, and these games in this group are pretty good?
Why not try them out? If you don't like them, what did you lose, a few moments? Or maybe you'll discover a fun game you never played before.
Must be a lot of people that live under rocks here, if they've managed to never hear of Joe & Mac or the Magical Drop franchise.
I like how Nintendo occasionally remembers they're supposed to be supporting these apps and scrape the deepest recesses of the ROM barrel to dredge out these thoroughly forgotten games.
@Pak-Man
You know, that’s quite a refreshing, positive attitude you have there! Trying out games for the first time can actually be pretty fun.
Thank you for the reminder! 😁👍🏼
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000! used to play that for hours as a kid, I can not wait to play it again.
I wonder what Japan is getting on their versions??
I really enjoyed Joe & Mac 2, which I played for the first time on Nintendo Switch Online, and I like the arcade original, so I'm happy to see Joe & Mac for SNES on the list.
Everything else smacks of Nintendo getting the cheapest-available licenses. Data East and Jaleco, as usual. Looking forward to the inevitable releases of Congo's Caper and Pro Sport Hockey.
@Chibi_Manny Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War plus all the same games we got.
Just the level of mediocrity I've come to expect from Switch online.
As always when Nintendo updates the SNES app, there's always a couple of games that seem to catch my interest. In this case, those games are Joe & Mac and Magical Drop 2. Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics is already on the app and I liked it well enough, that I'm all for playing the first game.
Shovelware Online.
@Pak-Man agreed.
I'm looking forward to trying a couple of these games out myself.
@Ralizah Japan are getting Genealogy of the Holy War. I was just talking about it as well! I really wish Nintendo would just use the fan translation if an official translation was off the cards for these things.
Now if only my Switch wasn't stolen.
@ObeseChihuahua2 Joe and Mac while not the biggest franchise was a popular Arcade game back in the early 90's and Magical Drop was a fairly popular Puzzle game series.
But this argument makes no sense. Just because a game might not be well-known, it's automatically shovelware and unworthy of people taking a look at the game?
Imagine if people had your mind set regarding Earthbound. Yes, there was a time where it was a forgotten game tossed in clearence bins in Wal-Mart's all over the country, that where my brother got his copy.
Now what if people had this mindset that Earthbound was not popular and was shovelware that should be ignored?
Would it have grown in popularity over the years?
Not all games can be Mario. Slamming Joe and Mac as shovelware just because it's not as well known today is a bad way to judge things.
Remember, there was a time where hardly anyone outside Japan played or even gave a damn about Earthbound.
If people had your mindset, then it would still be a forgotten relic of Nintendo's history rather then a series with a following that eclipses the reception it got in 1995.
Never played any of these, but after playing the Joe & Mac that's currently available on the NSO, I wanted to play more.
Nice that they also managed to get Ninja JaJaMaru-kun. That was the last Wii Virtual Console game I bought before the Wii Shop Channel's closure. I don't regret getting it, unlike a certain blue hedgehog game I got on WiiWare.
Just because we have never heard of some games doesn't mean they're automatically bad. If I wanted to play EarthBound or Super Mario RPG, I'd boot up my SNES Classic or my (still connected to the TV) Wii U.
Baseball Sim is a great game. Didn't expect to see that one.
@Caryslan
I didn't read up on it enough. I saw the games and some other commenter's reactions and automatically assumed that these games were terrible shovelware titles. That's my mistake, and I apologize. I might try these games out, actually.
@Tasuki Bloody hell, a fire and a stolen Switch? You’re surely due some good karma right about now.
I know I might be in the unpopular opinion range, but this lineup is pretty good.
Baseball Simulator is seriously underrated as a franchise. Joe & Mac and Magical Drop II are dang good. And you can't be mad at Genealogy of the Holy War showing up, maybe it's even foreshadowing something...
@Slowdive Something in the back of my mind was tickled when I saw that game, like I'd heard before it was a good one.
@JusticeColde "If it isn't one of ten games I've heard of before, it must be crap." - The Internet
Nintendo Switch = the ultimate in Telenet/Jaleco/Data East emulation
Lol
Glad I've been sharing the $35 NSO family plan with 4 other people for the last 3 years - it amounts to each of us paying $7 annually for this service.
Won't be willing to pay $20 annually for NSO until additional legacy platforms are added to NSO. Until then, everyone is content with the family plan
I doubt that anyone on here making a comment doesn't reliaze that Nintendo wants to put their best game on here but can't because of licensing lol outside of first party games
@WaluigiNumberOne
Ironically that game was pretty good s**t lol
But with so many classics out there the picks are pathetic.
Baseball Simulator 1000 is in the top 5 sports games ever made. People saying there is nothing good in this update clearly haven 't, and absolutely need to, play it.
@WaluigiNumberOne
Showing my age!
The only thing I got out of the trailer was the Metroid icon.
I think this Switch Online update looks good and I'm somewhat excited to check out the new games, but Nintendo's really gotta do better with third-party support. Jaleco already has 10 games plus JaJaMaru coming soon, meanwhile there's only 4 games published by Konami! Sure, Konami barely re-releases stuff as of recent, but surely it wouldn't hurt to at least add something like Axelay... right?
@robr Nothing wrong with that, those three made some solid games that just aren't as well known as Capcom and Konami's games.
Wish I could just buy the ones I want and forget the rest honestly. Like the good ol Wii days.
@Caryslan Yeah, there's some genuinely good stuff on here. I'm looking forward to trying out Magical Drop 2 as I've never played it but have long known about it.
Sure, there's still no SMRPG or Earthbound (why?) but you know what? The SNES had more than two good games.
The first thing that came to mind when I saw Spanky’s Quest was The Completionist:
https://youtu.be/13NudWFlqIY
Holy crap, Super Baseball Sim 1.000! Loved this as a kid! Way over the top baseball fun, like Phantom pitches and Iron baseballs that would break bats.
You could create your own teams with your own players and adjust their stats which were rpg like, allowing for faster runners or heavy hitters. Truly the only baseball game I’ve ever loved.
And of course Joe and Mac are epic, use to play that with my mom near nightly alongside Simcity, Robowarrior and Bubble Bobble.
Edit - @HeadPirate SBS1.000 was so awesome! I concur, everyone needs to try it. I don’t even like baseball or follow it anymore (haven’t since the mid 90s), but I still love this game.
Who.
Is.
This.
FOR?!?!
Actually pretty happy about Joe and Mac--it was in my collection growing up, and I was about to hunt the game down again on ebay. I feel like I've at least heard of Spanky's Quest. I'm unfamiliar with the others.
I always get a kick out of the “I haven’t heard of it, so it must suck” crowd.
@WaluigiNumberOne I think the Wii U eshop is still open.
Aside from Joe and Mac, I've never heard of these.
Ok Nintendo...defecating in a bag and lighting it ablaze on my porch would be a better stunt than this over and over.
I actually didn’t know a Magical Drop game was on SNES. I have the 3rd game as part of the ACA Neo Geo. Fun puzzle game but I prefer Puyo Puyo. Joe and Mac... is ok. Not familiar with the other games but the one with monkey seems a little interesting. Honestly I’m still good with just having the SNES Mini.
Joy&Mac was good back in it's days, but I won't bother playing
@nessisonett Don't they have the first two SMT games in Japan as well on NSO?
They get all the good stuff.
Once upon a time, as recently as the Wii, Nintendo showed us they can easily emulate NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, TG16, Arcade machines, even C64 titles. The Wii U gave us GBA and DS experiences. Now, with Nintendo's most modern console, they're mining the NES and SNES bargain basements only. The online service is a neat little perk, but it's a huge step backwards. At this point, they're not even remotely interested in emulating more than what we're seeing, a whopping 2 Nintendo consoles
It's as if Nintendo intentionally seeks to torment us by only drip-feeding games from the bottom of the barrel. They know exactly what they're doing.
You know what’s really sad is something possessed me to play Urban Champion with my nephew the other day and it’s nowhere to be found!
@Caryslan
Where’s the NES Bad Dudes port?
I try to think of these occasional releases optimistically. But these releases are pretty bad. I like Joe and Mac, but these releases are so ho-hum after months of nothing. The two-glaring absentees on SNES are Earthbound and Super Mario RPG. Meanwhile, NES can still improve with Startropics II, Mach Rider, Mysterious Murasame Castle and Earthbound Beginnings.
@nessisonett Yeah the Switch along with several other things were stolen when someone broke into the house after the fire.
Nintendo with these nes & snes games you are really spoiling us
@Slowdive @Danondorf Danondorf, it's for that guy, up there.
At least, Joe & Mac is better than the arcade version being sold on Switch.
But... Where are Actraiser, Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Earthbound and Super Mario RPG?
You guys have a point about the lack of games in this service but I'm actually happy for Joe & Mac haha.
As someone whose found maybe the worst thing about the Switch to be the embarrassing attempt at making people pay for a bad online service and using old games as an excuse to try to get around the fact that NSO is bad, it is really funny that 3rd party companies often just refuse to bother and just sell their old games on Switch in their own collections separate from it.
I feel bad for the games, but Nintendo is getting what they deserve in this case, with everyone hating these updates. I just wish they got hated for charging for bad online in the first place MORE than for putting obscure video games on their service.
Darn Nintendo, at this point I've given up the thought of ever getting to N64 or GBA. But could we please move on to at least Game Boy?
(Let's not even mention Gamecube, that feels about as likely to happen as PS5 games coming to Switch online at this point...)
Free is a good thing in general...but does anyone really want free garbage?
Data East games I want on Switch:
Override
Bloody Wolf
Silent Debuggers
Burger Time
Jaleco games I want on Switch:
That one Natsume did
Telenet games I want on Switch:
@nessisonett People were just complaining about Imagineer (I didn't even know they were still alive all these years later!) using a fan emulator for Medarots.
Though legally Nintendo COULD use fan-translations without needing credit because of how copyright law works, I don't think Nintendo would want to even acknowledge fan-produced work.
However, I'm not sure if it's the version included here, but I hear Magical Drop II SNES was the rare case of a fan translation that DID get authorized by the copyright owner. (Gideon Zhi, who released the first game's patch as usual, supposedly did contact the IP owner to make the second one official).
But as soon as I saw this thread "oh boy time for comments about people whining about games they never played".
Joe & Mac SNES was among my first games. It is actually a unique version.
Actually, most of these are good games. I don't know so much about Ninja Jajamaru-kun (which did get an international debut on the Wii Virtual Console).
Castevania 4
Mortal Kombat 1-3
Secret of Mana/Evermore
Lufia
NBA Jam
All Final Fantasies
Chrono Trigger
Smash TV
Killer Instinct
Clay Fighter
Super Star Wars 1-3
Mario RPG
I know licensing stuff is an issue but seriously...the list of stellar titles could go on and on and on and on...
Caveman Ninja is good, also Magical Drop II is a fun game to play online even though we already got the arcade perfect offline only NeoGeo version from HAMSTER four years ago.
Still no more RPGs.. the defining genre on the SNES. Nintendo got a grudge against the genre in the West or something?
@KingMike Or they could just credit the fan-translators? It’s an awful lot of work after all which they’ve done for zero financial benefit. The Jugdral games are honestly great and I’d be willing to pay, similar to what they did with the first game. I own the original SNES cart but it’s not the same as having it officially on Switch.
@Eel My comment about Hong Kong 97 was removed? It’s a SNES game 😂
And once again, people are mad that their top picks weren't chosen. As for me, I'm glad that Spanky and Caveman ninjas is coming. Like, these games aren't bad. They aren't the mainstream fan favorites or well known cult classics we know and love, but they have their fans. Like have these people played these games before?
Nintendo treats us (The fans) like Crap, they will just throw food in the cage, and know we will eat it, what else do we have?
@Slowdive
Spanky's Quest, nice! Also happy to get a Famicom game to try.
@FeverDreem You know that Nintendo didn't make those games, right? Square and Konami would have to want to strike up a licensing deal with Nintendo to put them on the service. The big companies mostly prefer to do their own retro releases now, like Square did with the Mana collection.
@Snatcher How bout give some of those games a chance before judging them as worthless.
@Ghost_of_Hasashi Look i'm not saying there pure crap, but The fact that we got this, and JP got Fire emblem, it feels kinda crappy, it I might like some of the game's here, but I never (Or a lot of people here) heard of them, i'm up for giving things a chance for sure, so I guess I should have worded my comment better LOL.
Anyone crying over this list has never experienced the absurd joy that is Baseball Simulator 1000. Seriously, play it.
While I’m still champing at the bit for game boy games, I’m glad Nintendo is giving people the chance to play some deeper cuts.
@nessisonett I think the problem with Nintendo is that they are prone to perfectionism when it comes to translation, that anything that does not match up to their translations of names and other terms that they use in Fire Emblem Heroes they will reject right away.
I have played some fan translated roms, and some of them play a guessing game with names that sometimes don't even match up with what Nintendo uses.
Plus, they are not Sega. Nintendo is not a fan of user generated content based on their games unless it's made with a Nintendo approved sandbox like the Mario Maker games
What happened to wanting to “preserve” games? Oh only the top 10%?
Anyway I’m looking forward to new stuff to (re)play.
@nessisonett it was pretty troll-y, you have to admit it.
Oh wow, a game that's already been rereleased a few times on Switch already (Caveman Ninja/Joe and Mac) and a bunch of filler garbage. Whoop-de-doo.
@Eel Well no, not at all. It’s a decently well-known ‘bad game’. Therefore making a crack about preferring that to the lineup here isn’t troll-y. Would it be different if I’d said Shaq Fu? The top comment is literally calling the lineup ‘pathetic’ which is a lot harsher than I was being, arguably fuelling the million comments from people complaining about other people complaining.
This can only mean one thing...
Square Enix is planning to remake Super Mario RPG, and Nintendo is planning to release EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings as part of an EarthBound Collection, complete with MOTHER 3!
Sprites look cool in Joe & Mac. Would've loved it as a child 'round the time Jurassic Parc came out (played Flintstones instead). The rest looks a bit underwhelming for now
Why do they give us this stuff nobody wants?? 🤨
I don't understand why so many people are actively disappointed that they're getting games they HAVEN'T already played. Playing games from older consoles can be more about discovering gems you missed rather than just reliving old favorites you already know front and backwards.
(Also, these are all fun, charming games)
@THUNDERM00SE it's actually quite a fun game, I'm a bit surprised that almost no one seems to know it here. Among one of my most rented SNES games along with Megaman X, Demon's Crest, Castlevania Rondo of Blood and others.
... I'll just wait for the N64 Mini to exist. It's pretty obvious they're keeping N64 games off there for a reason...
Playstation Plus - Battlefield 5, Stranded Deep, and Wreckfest. With more free games coming next month.
Nintendo - Here's some forgettable games from 30 years ago and maybe we'll give you some more in six months. If you're lucky.
Nintendo really should just go third party. They're beyond pathetic at this point.
@roy130390 I will give it a go!
The japanese selection is WAAAAAY better.
We're starting to see the limitations this service has with licensing issues. Mega Man, Castlevania, Contra are all on the Switch, but you have to buy the games separately. Zombies Ate My Neighbors, a great SNES game, will be available next month separately. So instead, you get Joe and Mac, a game I loved when I was eight and just a bought Super Nintendo, but have zero interest in anymore.
@nessisonett I think it kinda depends, I didn't see the comment before it went down but, the comment above is just him being angry, but if your's was phrased in a way that it looks like it was meant to trigger people, then ya it would be called troll-y but idk, I didn't see it, so I don't think me telling you this says much at all.
Obviously, the big third parties (capcom, konami, et al.) don't want their games on the service and instead want us to buy their compilations. It's not that these games are bad. But seriously?
Late to the party, but:
WHAT?! REALLY?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
Could've done better!
@Ambassador_Kong Going third party when they are outselling the competition?
Going third party just because their classic games aren't of your liking?
Going third party because....why!?
Obviously you don't like or care for Nintendo. Otherwise you wouldn't say such and idiotic thing
@EmmatheBest that will never happen.
What were they thinking???
Joe and Mac is quite cool though.
@Heavyarms55 HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.
If they go that route then make it optional, not everybody wants to pay that much a year (PS Plus is around same price nowdays and I did not renew it since few years because of that)
Don't get me wrong I like the systems you mentioned, but I prefer not forced 50/75 dollars a year, especially because most of the classics on these systems lay around here.
Actually I would prefer to do the old way above what you mentioned, in that case I would only buy the old games I really want but for those that want it all, make a optional "premium" NSO.
I wanted to comment on something, but I remember that:
>I, seeing the comments here...
>And the times I've said my opinions about it...
I better get out of here...
sigh
after those months we got this ...I am stopping the subscribtion
FOR PRESERVATION! HUZZAH!
?
(Hmm...I don't see too many people celebrating. More like complaining. Gah, I just don't get that crowd.)
Joe and Mac is awesome 😊 Rest is meh for me.
Nobody but comments sections will call them out so no wonder they keep flexing with obscure junk and games they won’t bother to localize, at this point they might as well release Mother 1 not Earthbound Beginnings I mean the untranslated original.
Bring back Wii Virtual Console!
What's a poor offering! So many quality games on Snes and Nes and this is what the choose......bafffffling
@kingbk
They have the money and leverage to solve all that but they won’t do it, this service continues the exact same problems and patterns VC became infamous for where they seemingly do everything in their power to hold it back from its true potential.
This is the only subscription content service of its type I’ve seen where the owner won’t be aggressive about adding content that’s targeting at what their audience wants, the overwhelming majority of NSO subscribers clearly don’t care about any of these upcoming games and when Nintendo won’t bother to go to the effort of translating menus for unlocalized games why should they care?
Load of cra* like usual.
Y’know I wouldn’t be surprised if we got Cool World for SNES before SMRPG at this point.
And yes, while these games being released next week may be cult classics, it still doesn’t make sense to release all these less know third party titles when there’s plenty of first party titles at Nintendo’s disposal that people would appreciate more.
When I saw the baseball game I thought “ahh, here’s the NES game”, and then the NES game came. My goodness that baseball game is awful.
As great as the Switch is, this is going to go down as the biggest disappointment in terms of legacy content for any console ever
Welp, unlike all the pseudoleaks NL adores, Nintendo Russia's tweet'n'delete session remnants ended up having been on to something. Who'd have thunk?😏 Perhaps the alleged loss of Earthworm Jim 2 is why they didn't make the equally alleged April 28 date, but while I'd have taken it over the Caveman Ninja I already have via Johnny's Turbo Arcade, the rest of the bunch we're actually getting in its stead, including yet another overdue English release (on top of Ninja Jajamaru-kun, itself a Famicom classic and a seeming inspiration for one of the affectionate parodies in Retro Game Challenge back on NDS), are far from being unwelcome.
Sure, officially getting the beginning of Jugdral saga in English would have been even neater, but it's always a taller order with JRPGs. At least I can emulate the Genealogy of the Holy War patch with a clear conscience now (after I'm done with Valentia chronicles, that is).
At this point they are just poking us with a stick.
@SalvorHardin it's interesting you say that considering Nintendo just dropped on us a ROM that's never seen the light of day until now.
Magical Drop II has a reworked title screen, reworked voice acting, and localized text, it's a fully localized version, most likely straight from the 90s!
Seriously, Nintendo, just give us Gameboy on NSO already! Puzzle Boy, Crystal Quest, Bomb Jack... I'm naming the titles I'm unironically nostalgic about, by the way (used to play a bootleg compilation cartridge on my friend's Color), but I also bet they would make a marvelous monkey paw offering for all the complainers here who couldn't tell a semantic difference between "of no interest to me" and "pathetic" to save their lives. Door's on the wall, folks- oh, RIGHT, no more save cloud and no more Animal Crossing guests then. Almost as if those were the service's primary components.😉
What? Some of you believe N64 would be NSO's only saving throw instead? Sure then, I can't wait for Asteroids 64 Hyper myself.😎😄
All new to me, so good news, through realistically I won’t even load a baseball game.
Wow what great additions! The only way I could be even more excited is if they added ET for Atari, or NES's Caveman Games or T&C Surf Design. Maybe we'll get really lucky and get Mario Is Missing. What will Nintendo shart out next???
I can't imagine playing any of these games. Same thing happened last time. Must try to include a new library of games as these drip re-release games are losing their impact. Hoping for some more exciting in the future 🤞
Good! I started to think the service was dead.
I love Ninja Jajamaru-kun, it's one of my go-to games on its MSX version. Joe & Mac is a game I also love, but got it not long ago complete in its Japanese version. Spanky's Quest is a game which box art I frequently saw on magazines back in the day and got my attention, but as I never owned a SNES back then, I'll try it now.
Magical Drop II is a good addition, although I have it on Evercade, and the baseball game... I had never heard about it. Let's see how it is.
@NeonPizza Hope it holds up for you!, I've never heard of it until now, but it looks fun and looking forward to playing it for the first time.
@Heavyarms55 Exactly what I was gonna say. Nintendo: charge me more money and give us content we actually want. That way we are happy and you get even more money - win win!
And it took Nintendo how long to add these games to the VC? At this rate, we will see N64 or GameCube games in... what? 10 years?
@Heavyarms55
Only a Nintendo fan would be given so little and yet ask to pay more.
and @Snatcher, don't let him neuter you, my friend. Criticize away unapologetically. These offerings are near the bottom of the barrel. You know it, I know it, and Nintendo knows it. How many millions of subscribers at $20 per year and this is what they offer for all the millions they're being paid. They also want $16+ more (in addition to the cost of LoZ:SS) for the privilege of saving you moments of your life with the QoL update. With all those saved minutes you bought the amiibo to gain you can spend them playing this poopsludge. Like I said before, only a Nintendo fan would think this is an adequate return on an investment or a reasonable exchange for a subscription fee. Probably about over 3000 games from NES/SNES/GB/GBC/GBA/N64/DS/GC/Wii (and even Virtual Boy for Vishnu's sake) and these are what they offer their customers. What an embarrassment.
For me its too little too late. Waited long enough to play what i thought wouldve been a certainty on switch; gamecube, n64 etc games.
Since nintendos triple A titles take eons to come out, they couldve helped a little with back compat games.
As it is, im selling my switch, my wiiu is still my fav nintendo console, have botw, mario kart 8 etc all those games, as well as many great wii games, n64, snes , gba etc, and i actually can keep them.
@TruthisRare I really wouldn't hold out for GameCube regardless. At the absolute best, we're getting N64. There's no way they'd put out a GameCube Online app, not with the money that's in it for them in selling individual remasters.
I don't think it's a bad thing that they're adding obscure titles that no one's ever heard of, but why can't we at least get one game that people are familiar with? Is that too much to ask for? On the NES, for games that were originally published by Nintendo, we're still missing:
Those are just off the top of my head for the NES, and mind you they could be at the very least adding SP versions of the games on offer, and it baffles me that they still haven't started adding SP versions of SNES games.
Okay, seriously, who is playing these games?
I had high hopes for this service when it started, but this is laughable.
Well they clearly aren't bleeding subscribers if they can continue to offer this level of rubbish. Meanwhile Sony has given away Rachet and Clank, HZD, Final Fantasy, Oddworld, Control
To be fair, Joe & Mac and Spanky's Quest were known back in the day. I remember seeing magazine ads for them and they didn't really have a bad reputation. They're kinda 'B-side' though, and Nintendo should've really included a blockbuster title with this collection.
Spanky's Quest probably holds up the most. I played it on Gameboy and it was pretty good as a casual game.
"Nintendo is expanding Its Switch Online SNES And NES Service With Five More Titles"
It hasn't happened yet
I guess everybody is still complaining about free stuff tagged onto an already very cheap online service, o.k there are not the features of Sony and Microsoft's services, but the prices are not the same.
I feel there are more than enough SNES and NES titles to say this is a great free addition to the online service.
I used to rent Caveman Ninja from the video shop when Pilotwings and Mario Kart were out so am very excited to play it again! The current Joe and Mac game on there doesn't have the same nostalgia for me.
If they included a popular 1st party games among these titles it would be a very strong and interesting selection. It's because Nintendo's purposely holding back 1st party titles and ONLY putting out these random 3rd party games people are unhappy.
@KayFiOS,
Yes why do people always want the same games that they have played over and over, sure it's good to have them but some newer content is always a nice thing too.
@Dethmunk Damn your lucky.
GB, GBA and N64 games need to come to Switch ASAP. This is getting ridiculous.
Tee hee, "Spanky's Quest."
@johnvboy And give me some credit, my list has mostly games that were only available on one system's VC, and in the case of Yoshi's Cookie, that was removed from Wii VC, and hasn't seen a re-release since. I'd personally want the NES version, but apparently there's a snazzy 16-bit version of the game that hasn't seen a release since the Super Nintendo.
@JohnnyC Spanky the Monkey.
Bummer, after such a long period without new titles they're bringing out this..
I would rather pay more for NSO and have all (or at least better) titles available than having to wait for months and get rewarded with these games.
@Dethmunk
You definitely bring up a good point about the licensing fees, but I disagree that they can't win. I was extremely satisfied with the virtual console on Wii as it started. It only took a couple years to have by far the best NES/SNES/SEGA/N64 games and the 3DS virtual console had some great GB/GBC ones, then WiiU added GBA/DS games, plus the VC on Wii had some Japan exclusives and WiiWare. All the GBA Castlevanias on WiiU, all the GB Megaman games on 3DS. You could literally download every single Zelda game (except LbW and 4S and the PCDi ones) on WiiU at the time. Can you honestly say that in the nearly 20 years since the Wii came out that Nintendo has improved upon the virtual console in a manner that you'd've expected? I can't. But they don't have to because their customers just keep paying for it all anyway. They don't even make the NES or SNES minis anymore. Honestly, Nintendo has so much contempt for their customers it's infuriating. I'd be willing to bet they short production on things like the minis and the amiibos to be able to sell them for ridiculous markups on the secondary markets.
I don't know. So many people act like no one has any right to criticize anything Nintendo does. If you are paying a company money then it is your right as a customer to voice your opinions. All these rubes complaining about people voicing their opinions about things they're PAYING for. Unbelievable. Not all of us just bend over and take it.
Japan gets Genealogy of the Holy War, the West gets, er... Super Baseball Simulator 1.000. Woo-hoo.
These should be the games added ALONGSIDE the next collection. These 5 alone just is strange. The last year has been really bad for this service where as Sony has absolutely smashed it with its Giveaway games at home....
Cmon Nintendo - sort it out
Lame, last two updates have been really lame.
Nintendo is running out of games to put on the service.
@invictus4000
I remember a time, in the not so distant past, when everyone in the comments were clamoring for Nintendo to release SNES games in addition to NES. How did that go?
Now I read that many people are clamoring for N64/GB/GBA/Gamecube.....I know that past history does not always predict future events. But......recently history suggest to me that I should have very little faith that Nintendo will do any better releasing games for those consoles.
For what this service offers, I wish the Switch would go back to the Wii/Wii U model, free online and give me the superior VC.
Thirty five dollars a year is more than enough for what I am getting. And if Nintendo increased the price, even if they offer more "free" games, I would have to seriously reconsider what I am paying for.
It is almost counter intuitive, except for rare occasions, if I get games for free, I find I play them less.
Also, if everything goes digital, as that is the direction the industry is going, I do not like that I have to start my game collection over with each new console. As a life long console guy (SEGA and Nintendo), I am sad to say that I am starting to buy more and more games for the computer. Because when I buy a new computer, I still have access to all my old games (and they often play better too). It really pains me to say this, but if Steam were to ever come out with a "console", I most likely would buy that. I would only by a Nintendo console for the few exclusives, basically Zelda.
Now if Nintendo were to do a 180 and carry over all my digital games from the Wii, Wii U, and Switch associated with my account, then I might reconsider. But this pattern of being forced to re-buy all the games again only because they released a new console is getting very, very old.
This is a two way street, if they are going to force me to buy digital games, then I want the perks associated with the digital format.
Nintendo is at their best when their backs are against the wall. When they are out in the lead....
I'll be all over FE4. Don't care if it's all in Japanese, I'll beat it anyway like I did FE3 when that was added.
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 was one of my first SNES games and I played the heck out of it. I will look forward to playing it again.
But this is what we get these days. Why cheaply license what you can resell in an expensive collection? We really only have ourselves to blame for it.
I recently picked up Namco Museum Archives 1 and 2 on sale now for €4.99 each for 11 NES games In each collection and I’m having a blast playing them.
The ports were done by M2 so they are quality. I hope more developers release their own games for cheap like this and you actually own them instead of being tied to online service.
they shouldn't of bothered, dreadful.
Wow...just wow,what a pathetic bunch of games
Actually, I’m genuinely happy with this. Joe & Mac has been on my Wish List since the very first Wii Virtual Console launch.
Yes, it’s been included in a few compilations, and the Johnny Turbo Arcade port, but I could never justify the price.
But part of the subscription I’m already paying? And landing on my 40th birthday?
Hurrah. Genuine hurrah.
Not that I have time to play it, but hurrah nonetheless.
Joe and Mac is great. A fun 2 player but very easy. One of my favourites back in the day. Will give them all a go.
@gaga64
Many happy returns (in advance), fellow Gemini ♊️
@KayFiOS,
I was agreeing with you.
Yeah not for me but I’m getting them for free I guess x
While the games released this month are not bad, there are people who like Joe & Mac, Spanky's Quest, Magical Drop II and Ninja JaJaMaru-kun, this service still sucks, there are many other more important games that should get priority, and the games are still coming too slow, giving us Super Mario RPG, Earthbound or N64 games won't solve the problem of these games coming on a dropper.
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 is actually a really great game.
@LouBlu08 False, totally false.
They have a lot of good NES and SNES games still missing on the service, even games made by Nintendo are missing.
I was so excited for NES/SNES NSO when they first came out - even bought the controllers through Nintendo.
Now, not so much. I feel like there are so many more titles out there that aren't making the cut. I am guessing the best titles are already locked up behind individual third-party developer collections for purchase.
Still, it would have been great to have a one-stop shop for all things NES/SNES.
I miss the Virtual Console days on the Wii.
love joe and Mac and cannot wait to play it again.
@Erock I would have preferred Super Batter up.
@GamingFan4Lyf I wish this were true. There are so many games (even on the Wii/Wii U) that still aren't available on the Switch be it the NSO or the eshop.
@Fandabidozi cheers!
Wtf are these games? We don't even have EarthBound yet but we get this crap?
@JohnnyC and Spanky is a monkey too.
@NinjaWaddleDee Earthbound will be saved for a special occasion. You can still play Earthbound on Wii U instead of complaining about the flaws of the Switch.
@LinkSword they were never going to give us an untranslated Japanese RPG.
For the complainers,
Why these titles? They are very cheap licenses. Almost all these games many had not played before or heard of. What’s wrong with that? Seriously.
I heard of all of these except the last one on Famicom.
Magical Drop and Joe and Mac are perennials that always show up in Data East collections. Why? They are good games. The weak one for me is Baseball Sim 1.000. Think something like Super Baseball 2020 is a better title but I bet it’s cheaper to license Sim 1.000. I am glad it’s not just first party stuff only. That gets boring after the 8th time. Yes, there is many third party stinkers but still it’s welcomed to see things that would never had got the chance of day.
Really? Why Nintendo giving us crap games.we want good classics. Mortal kombat 2,3 killer instinct,street fighter, earthworm jim,Micheal Jordan game,sonic blast man.whole lot more.please step it up Nintendo
I did pick up the Joe & Mac Arcade Archives for less than £2 — it doesn't hold up much, but it'll be interesting to finally compare it to the SNES version.
@Bass_X0 I complain because I care. I want Nintendo to be more successful, which means calling them out on things they do lazily.
Nice. This is way more appealing to me than something I've played a bunch before. I'm happy that they're steering away from games I bought on the Wii or Wii U already.
Pffft, this is just a collection of 104 roms to play for 20 a year. They don’t become real gaems until I can buy these roms individually for 1/4 to half of that 20 and then play them forever, even after I die.
The real problem with this service is that we only get 4 or 5 games every 2 or 3 months.
If they released games faster, I wouldn't mind them giving us so many games most people never heard about.
For the people who spend all their time auto-complaining whenever new titles are announced (“these games are terrible! I’ve never even heard of them.” What an asinine statement), here’s your solution:
The Switch’s unofficial Virtual Console mops the floor with what was offered on Wii and Wii U.
*deep breath
-Castlevania Anniversary Collection
-Contra anniversary
-Atari Flashback Collection
-Blizzard Arcade Collection
-Sega Genesis Collection
-SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
-Kunio Kun/Double Dragon Collection
-Collection of Mana
-Saga Collection
-Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle
-Capcom Arcadium (or whatever it’s called)
-Neo Geo Pocket Collection
-Mario 3D All Stars
-Johnny Turbo Arcade releases
-Sega Ages line
-Arcade Archives
-Hamster arcade rereleases
-oddities like Night Trap, Double Switch, Corpse Killer, Flashback, etc.
-Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
There you have it. Hundreds of old school games that you can actually own.
Oh, and:
-Doom
-Doom 2
-Doom 3
-Doom 64
-Duke Nukem
-Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance
All the big first party SNES and NES games are already available and the majority of worthwhile SNES games from 3rd parties have their own collection/games (Mega Man, Castlevania, etc.) so I'm not sure why anyone would expect any big additions at this point. I'd say we've reached a point at which adding another console's library (GBC, GBA, etc.) is the only way to give us some exciting games on NSO again.
@BanjoPickles While I certainly agree, I think the biggest issue is that everything is so spread out and some are even of questionable emulation quality.
While the Wii/Wii U VC certainly wasn't the best emulation, it was unified.
It would have been amazing if the games under those collections were handled in the same care that was used for the current NES/SNES for NSO - which is basically the same emulation used in the NES/SNES Classic.
Most are great. Like M2 does an amazing job. Hamster does an amazing job. Johnny Turbo, not so much.
It would be great to have everything under "one roof" - so to speak. Plus, having them under the same roof means they are fully optimized for the NES/SNES Controllers that we could buy - sure you can just use it to play the games, but sometimes certain features of the Collection frontend are locked out due to lack of button inputs. The NES/SNES Apps "just work" with those controllers without any "song and dance".
I mean, at the end of the day, the companies creating these collections should get their paycheck for their back catalog; but I just wish Nintendo took the same approach it did with the VC to get them all under the same banner again.
Still, the selection of classic games on Switch is gigantic!
Love these articles. I love the overuse of “we”. @BanjoPickles spot on. 👍🏻
I missed out on downloading Ninja jajamaru kun on the virtual console and now I can finally play it. Also I always wanted to try baseball simulator. I've heard good things about it.
Scraped the bottom of the barrel so much that we're now through the barrel entirely and digging up stuff best left buried.
At least with VC you could pick up the games you actually would play. I’m not saying these games are bad but none are for me and by the majority of the comments prior I’d say that’s the general consensus as well.
@TheFullAndy The NSO experience, ladies and gentlemen.
Now if only Nintendo can look at the negative feedback instead of ignoring it and give it's users something more worthwhile.
@Teksetter I have all of the fire emblem games translated into English on my snes mini downloaded to it. It's the only way you'll probably ever get to play this game outside of Japan
Really don't care about the NES/SNES anymore as I've got all I want on PC emus, 3DS, WiiU etc. etc. Don't think I've bothered to play a single NES/SNES game on the Switch. Give me GBA, N64 or GC and I'll be interested. Even GB games are more interesting to me...
@Spidertig
Don't you love how fan-translated games are available like that!
I wouldn't give up hope just yet of an official western release, though. Considering that Nintendo did a time-limited retail release of FE: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light following its free release on Japan's NSO, it seems quite possible they could now do the same with FE: Genealogy of the Holy War.
@Heavyarms55 @nhSnork We probably won't see GB/GBC games on the service until they stop selling them on the 3DS Virtual Console (and yes, I'm sure they're still getting some sales there).
@BulbasaurusRex That doesn't make sense. They have NES and SNES games on 3DS VC
@screechums "only a Nintendo fan"
Please, never waste my time again.
@Rayquaza2510 No one is making you do anything.
But having different tiered options is what I had in mind.
I'm happy with these games. I loved joe and Mac... But I'd love it more if I didn't own the arcade edition on switch.
The puzzle or non platformer games look fun. More of an on the go thing. Even if I've never heard of the games. These are games I'll actually play.
That last NES game is utter nope from me. Doesn't look good. But you pick a good game, mid tier games, and a bad game. This is what we get and I'm happy with all but one.
Guess I'm happy to be on the side to have fresh games.
Put Assault Suits Valken/Cybernator on Switch Online, cowards
And add an option to swap button placement on NES Online too, so I don't have to change universal Joy-Con mapping every single time I want to play an NES game, and then change it back when I want to play something else
Joe and Mac is the only appealing game here, and it's already been released via arcade archives.
thanks for nothing nintendo. sorry to have bothered you. you must really hate your fans to withold the quality titles while giving us token shovelware. Is this really the best you can cobble together every 3 months?
@BeefSanta
Yeah I loved this back in the day and was first console baseball game I played that saved stats.
@BeefSanta not even close to Ken Griffey, sorry.
switch users : we need better classic games on switch online
nintendo: YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!
@ghostwolves a comment only somebody who hasn't spent enough time with SBS1.000 could write
If Nintendo is adding obscure games, just add Cool Spot and that will be all.
I remember playing Baseball Simulator 1.000 on the NES. I remember the gameplay being pretty basic with some wacky trick plays added into the mix. It WAS the first baseball game to have actual seasons and stat tracking on the NES (just before baseball stars, I think). Simulating games would take awhile, and it took so long there was a play-by-play anchorman reading out score updates after they happened. I wonder how the SNES version is?
Base Wars > Baseball Simulator 1.000
Ken Griffey Jr. on SNES >>>>
**sigh** I could say a lot... but I think I'm gonna stop putting my thoughts & energy into these NES & SNES Switch Online app drops since Nintendo clearly doesn't either.
All I'll say is at this point... just sell us the MOTHER series on the Eshop and move on to a Game Boy Switch Online app please Nintie!
Super excited for Ninja JaJaMaru-kun. Will definitely be chasing high scores.
@Teksetter A Nintendo released version would be really nice for Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the holy war, Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. I have them all on snes mini but they're extremely hard. I get nowhere in them 😆. They much harder than Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
@victordamazio Yeah, I knew that already. I was just joking around.
As a baseball fan - as well as fan of baseball video games - I actually remember playing Baseball Simulator 1.000 (though I think it was the NES version, not the "Super" one). It was a really funny game - some of the unnatural abilities were hysterical.
That said, even I can admit what a pathetic group of games that is, yet again. The Switch is now over 4 years old, and they're still just drip-feeding NES and SNES games that are progressively more and more obscure and not wanted by practically anyone. Meanwhile, they have oh so many beloved games on other systems - many of which were already offered on the Wii and Wii U. But still... no sighting.
@Caryslan stop making sence my friend .. people never ever listen to sence and good arguments
Another problem I see is when we finally get Super Mario RPG and EarthBound, people then will complain they have nothing left while at the same time ignore what they have left because they've never heard of it and instead ask for N64 and other consoles so then they can complain where's Banjo-Kazooie and the rest of the Rare stuff, Mystical Ninja 64, Bomberman 64, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes,
etc. when they get most big titles at launch or close to it.
What I'm trying to convey is: It's an endless cycle. We complain when we don't get wjat we want, we complain when there's nothing else and we refuse to try what we haven't.
Where do they find these garbage bin games? The garbage man should have taken that bin out decades ago. STOP GOING THROUGH UNPICKED-UP TRASH NINTENDO!!! 😂
"expands" is not the word I would use. maybe "dilutes".
For the people who spend all their time auto-complaining whenever new titles are announced...
The Switch’s unofficial Virtual Console mops the floor with what was offered on Wii and Wii U.
@BanjoPickles Hahahhaa, well said. "Auto-complaining" indeed. May I borrow that phrase from you?
I wonder if NSO's marketing is misdirected. As a source of new (old) games, it has some value (assuming one has not played these somewhat obscure titles). I commend the broader view you're taking here; I think many of those complaining simply think of this as part of the Switch's overall offering (strictly true, but naïve).
I find many of the complaints misguided, not least because many criticizing have little interest in "retro" games, but I don't think some commentators will acquire a different perspective until long after the Switch is retired...
Spanky's Quest? Really? Joe and Mac is fun I guess, (even though we already have the superior sequel), but I can't help but feel like Nintendo is trolling with these releases. Where on god's green earth is Mario RPG??
The baseball game is the only good one in this mix. It was fantastic back in the day, and it is so utterly crazy, that it will probably be fantastic still today. I used to play the crap out of that game.
I rented Spanky’s Quest when I was a kid, and even remember it in GamePro... but I don’t remember anything about it. I’m not sure I liked it or if I beat it. Or what it even looks like anymore. But, I know I’ve played it.
This was the problem I kept thinking about when Nintendo tied a major feature of NSO to specific console platforms... They eventually run into licensing problems, and scrape through ancient no-names.
Yes, booting up a Switch app with the SNES controller front and center is nostalgic, but NSO should instead use an umbrella Virtual Console app, and slowly add all of their best first-party retro games across any platform.
Including all retro games across all platforms on one app would make organization easier as well. They could create filter/folder tools to organize your favorite games across any platform, like all the Zelda's across NES/SNES/GB/GBA in one folder, etc.
As it is, switching between NES and SNES apps for the same NSO mechanics (save/load/multiplayer/etc) seems arbitrary. And soon, hopefully... a GBA app. But we all know they'll drip feed us Game Boy games for the next 3 years first...
@Ambassador_Kong Nah, we had that deabte already
@Rygar The SNES version is an updated version of the NES game. The teams, players, stadiums & gameplay are all the same just with much better graphics. Also in regards to simulation of a season, unlike the NES version the SNES version simulated games extremely fast. It's really a great game.
Magical Drop II is the only one I'm interested in, and I already have the Neo Geo version on Switch. Being able to actually move your selected characters instead of the just having them in the background is a nice touch though.
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