As promised, five new games have arrived on Nintendo Switch Online's NES and SNES apps today. But hang on a minute... What's this bonus game we see before us?
Yes, as we shared last week, SNES titles Caveman Ninja (otherwise known as Joe & Mac), Magical Drop II, Spanky's Quest, Super Baseball Simulator 1.000, and NES' Ninja JaJaMaru-kun have all been added to service today. You can get more details on all of these right here.
Sitting nicely alongside them, though, is an 'SP' variant of Super Mario Kart. This special version of the game opens up all cups and courses from the off, and you can even jump straight into 150cc racing. If you've already mastered Super Mario Kart on your original SNES and just want to get into the good stuff without the faff, Nintendo has you covered.
Interestingly enough, this is the first SP variant to appear on the SNES app; a good handful of SP NES games made their way to the service, so perhaps more SNES games are to come, too?
Will you be diving into a round of Super Mario Kart today? Any of the other new offerings taking your fancy? Let us know with a comment.
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I’ll update and check it all out. Wish NES got a little more loving tho..
I can only wonder what the next releases will be
There aren't any unlockable racers in SMK.
Mmmh Imagine if instead of achievements Nintendo could link my save data from switch games to special features on their retro libraries.
I'm near completion on my botw master mode run, some bonus unlockable feature in link to the past would be neat.
Frankly all they need to release IMO us Battle City and Chrono Trigger, but the latter is not likely.
@Noid
No, but you have to play through the game and win gold cups in the available Mushroom, Flower, and Star cups in 100 CC in order to unlock 150 CC and Special Cup.
Not dissimilar from unlocking mirror mode in later Mario Kart games.
Good stuff with SMK. 150cc is brutal unless you're well practiced. Especially Special Cup.
SP Super Mario Kart sounds great. Exactly what I’ve been wanting for a while. As for the new games… never heard of them, might check them out one day.
The release of games is just SAD 😢. We know they can put other games on there. The slow drip 💧 is predictable. It is funny because I do not play online that often if ever. I only purchased online for the retro library. I have only played one game one since the online games came out. I have to ask myself why am I paying them? Is it because it is only $20 dollars a year? Is it because I have nostalgia? I think 🤔 it is time to ask myself is it worth it? I know it’s only $20 a year but this is monkey vomit.
Been a while since I played some SNES titles on the service; should give some I’ve never played a bash.
Looking through the lists, I wonder if there are much more games fully owned by Nintendo to add on the list? Only 2 SNES big-hitters I can think of are Earthbound & possibly Mario RPG (depends of SE holds any part of the rights).
Most other big name titles are held by 3rd parties and without the details, we can’t say why they haven’t been added or whether they even wanted to.
@Noid its for the 150cc speed
I want them to add the GBA VC so we can get Golden Sun.
In fact I want a new Golden Sun game
Nice update to the already great list of titles, nice to have some more obscure games as well.
@liljmoore I want a new Golden Sun game too.
Besides EarthBound and Square Enix games, any other noteworthy SNES games not part of the service yet?
Soooo of you already beat Mario Kart on your own then that SP version will be useless, huzzah! o/
Looking forward to Magical Drop 2, that was on my wishlist but now I won't have to buy it.
The SP version of Mario Kart is great, I always hated having to play through 50cc mode, it's so boringly slow.
I just wish Square would release the best Final Fantasy games (1-6) on either this service or in the eShop (more likely).
Can we have an SP version of Stunt Race FX too? It’s hard courses are very difficult.
You can tell someone’s age here if they have heard of Joe & Mac before; that series which already has Joe & Mac 2 on the NSO SNES channel.
thrashy games that nobody ever asked for...
@SmaggTheSmug Battle City is in the Namcot collection.
Good theyre finally doing SP versions of SNES. Now they need to do game remixes with new courses. Start with Zelda 1 for the anniversary.
Super excited that they're still just emulating a whopping two consoles
Anyone want a tougher challenge in Mario Kart? On player select screen hold Y and press A to turn player small.... it adds a further challenge if needed lol
@Bass_X0 Saw the first game on Nick Arcade.
@BlackenedHalo trash? Are you aware that the theme here is Super Mario Kart?
Wow, that NSO subscription is really becoming a bargain, isn't it? SO MANY AMAZING CLASSIC GAMES! /s
Yeah and all the games added suck! Great Job Nintendo! This is worse than the slow drip feeding we were getting with the VC on Wii and Wii U. At least then it was maybe 3 games a week. Now it's 3-5 games maybe 3 times a year.
This is supposed to be the evolution of what was the virtual console?
Oh well a full Nes and Snes library can be downloaded online in about 10 minutes. It's better than waiting years for Nintendo to add the games you want. Thank goodness for my modded Nes and Snes classic mini's!
I am really looking forward to Joe and Mac
I like this Game!
Also nice with the SP Version of Mario Kart
I played through on my SNES a couple of Months ago and i would be too lazy to do it again
@Lgndk11r
EVO
Other than Joe and Mac - zzzzzzzzz
Terrible service & even worse than Wii U was. No game purchase option still?? And oh maybe one day we will see a console more recent the snes???
😖😣😡🤬
What would be nice is if they uploaded some of the Satelleview content. I've managed the odd go of BS F-Zero over the years, but it'd be a nice addition to the Switch library, along with the Mario-themed Excitebike. Go on Nintendo, surprise us!
still no RPGs eh? Only reason I'd bother
@abdias Are you aware that Super Mario Kart has been there for like ages?
I'm all for trying out Joe & Mac, as well as Magical Drop 2.
Cool cool cool super Mario kart SP! I hope they do more of these.
I thought Super mario kart was super hard when I was little. I still remember the first time I came in fourth of a cup when my character stood beside the podium moping.
I think the game is even harder today because I’m not used to the handling anylonger. Maybe should give it some more time to get good again. Mario kart 8 is too easy.
So they will use SP versions now to delay giving any real content
Lame SP version aside, these are pretty solid games. Spanky's Quest in particular is surprisingly fun.
Im not sure if Super Baseball Sim 1.000 holds up but I loved it as a kid. That line drive super power was amazing.
be nice if they could bump up the Frame Rate of Mario Kart to a playable level.
In this day and age, this is pure laziness by Nintendo. Drip feeding decades old titles from just two systems? What are you waiting for guys, seriously?
@BlackenedHalo It's great that they keep putting out games that I never heard of, because I never played them and am not sick of them yet. The NES and SNES had tons of great games on them, and a lot of the better games, practically no one has heard of for various reasons. Not every game had an ad, or was released in my country, and Nintendo's, Capcom's, etc games overshadowed a lot of the smaller companies games, and games going for full price for each game, nobody could buy them all. Even the pirates that emulate this stuff, there's too many games for anyone to play them all.
Online for the SP Super Mario Kart would be better.
@Lgndk11r Lufia II, Mega Man X series (although it's available in other collections), Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer, Terranigma, Mario Paint, Harvest Moon, Uniracers, TMNT: Turtles in Time, Earthworm Jim 1 & 2, and Killer Instinct to name off the top of my head.
Robotrek too, but that might fall under the Square Enix category, I don't remember who made it.
I imagine some commenters also look at new album releases and say "Ugh, I've never heard of any of these. There's absolutely no Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead OR Beyonce on here. Therefore it's all trash"
They also updated the NES app to display a modified version of the Fire 'n Ice box art without the "highly addictive" label instead of that game's title screen. An improvement all around.
Thanks for nothing, Nintendo.
Wow, a savestate to unlock the highest difficulty at the start.
(the game already had a code to practice the Special cup tracks before unlocking them)
Looking forward to trying these games, I haven't played any of them before. Sure there are some old favourites I would still like to show up on here but I don't have any problems with playing games I've never played before.
I'm pumped about Joe and Mac. That's my childhood.
Perfect timing! My SNES controller arrives in the mail today!
Anyone who has completed Super Mario Kart knows how unforgiving 150cc Special Cup is.
A welcome addition indeed.
subscribers : when are we getting earthbound or mario RPG
nintendo: here's another caveman game and some imported shovelware, now shut up and leave us alone.
I am looking forward to building a Super Baseball Simulator team and simulating some seasons again. Loved that game growing up.
Hooray! Now the SNES game menu can be a giant mess too!
Sony just announced their new online service games for next month (yes, they give games every month) and have absolutely humiliated Nintendo's pathetic offerings. New releases vs 30 year old games. How can Nintendo continue to be so bad at this.
"Retro wonderland"? Agree to disagree.
@SmaggTheSmug
As my all-time favorite game, Chrono Trigger would be an oh-so-nice addition. But I agree, very unlikely.
@KevTastic84 You can always use the rewind function....
Suspend Point Super Mario Kart? Nah. I got through it all, myself, in 2nd grade when the game was new. I can do it again now, and I strongly recommend others trying. No sense in gimping a classic masterpiece.
@Angelic_Lapras_King I find arranging the titles in alphabetical order helps out a lot.
Actraiser and legend of the mystic ninja
That is NOT 5 NES and 5 SNES games...
@liljmoore the intro immediately started playing in my head! 😂🤣
At this point I would take a complete reboot! Especially after Dark Dawn showed itself as the longest tutorial level ever created! (seriously that feather quest should have been a tutorial thing, not the main macguffin!! )
It took my family literal years to unlock the special cup, so this is really appreciated! 😭🤣🤣🤣
The special, we-did-everything-for-you versions are laaaame.
@Lgndk11r Chrono Trigger, if we're talking Squeenix.
None of these games seem appealing in any way
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