The Switch Online retro library is slowly growing in size, and while a lot of the focus has been on the N64 and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis libraries, it seems Nintendo could possibly be preparing a NES and SNES update.
The Twitter account NinStatusBot - which is used to track maintenance and server outages for Nintendo's network services - has revealed that scheduled maintenance for NES and SNES will be taking place on the 27th of May (aka tomorrow). Unsurprisingly, it's already sent social media into a frenzy.
The last time we shared something like this, Nintendo ended up releasing three more games for its NES and SNES library. These titles included Earthworm Jim 2 for Super Nintendo, along with Dig Dug II and Mappy-Land for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Some other games released on these services so far this year include Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings. The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis app have also received a number of game updates this year.
Of course, this maintenance may also lead to nothing at all, so there are no guarantees here. There have been some instances where apps have undergone maintenance and there have been no new games added to the Switch Online service.
If Nintendo did release more NES and SNES games for the Switch Online subscription service in the near future, what would you like to see? Leave a comment down below.
[source twitter.com]
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Can it finally be Super Mario RPG time, please? Now that we have EarthBound, that's like the last notable first-party SNES game left.
Pocky & Rocky ahead of Reshrined would be a cool stealth drop.
Just saying whoever is in charge of that IP now...
Really hoping to get the Quintet SNES games and EVO The Search for Eden. The NES needs Gargoyle's Quest II, Isolated Warrior, Pinball Quest, and Clash at Demonhead. We have a lot of big titles covered and a lot of obscure rental only games, they really need to cover the stuff in between more.
My money's on an alternate version of Kirby's Adventure with unlimited lives, because a Kirby game can always be easier.
Not sure if there is a licensing issue with this one, but RC Pro Am was one of my faves as a kid. Would love to play that again.
Not counting certain third-party titles with potential licensing issues, I think the most noteworthy NES games missing are Startropics and its sequel.
Nes games couldnt give the slightest care. Snes games aint to bad. Hurry up and bring game boy games over already
PLEASE BE DUCKTALES PLEASE BE DUCKTALES
oh and i guess chrono trigger would be cool, lost my ds cart and dont have the willpower to play the pc verison i bought
If we're only getting obscure games from now on, GIVE US CAMELTRY (otherwise known as "on the ball") DAMMIT!!!
Can we get GB and GBA games? And gamecube would be nice as well?
@Not_Soos I 2nd this!
@Not_Soos @Coalescence @Snatcher It won't be Super Mario RPG or any of the Quintet titles. Square Enix does not support NSO remember. My hope is it's either Shadowrun, Earthworm Jim 1, or Clay Fighter. The only way Square Enix would support NSO is if Nintendo allow us to purchase these games. I know about Square Enix's greedy mind, they will not allow these games to be play for free even through a subscription service.
@Serpenterror Square Enix didn't support Wii U VC yet we still got SMRPG on that. SMRPG is first party btw. In the same way that DKC is first party despite Rare being owned by MS.
@TowaHerschel7 But that's not through a service though. Square Enix own half of the contents in that game, unless Nintendo pay for the game to be on the service I don't think we'll ever see it on NSO.
Mystical Ninja let's go!
@Serpenterror Donkey Kong Country 1-3 say hi.
@TowaHerschel7 Those are mainly Nintendo own games, Super Mario RPG is different as Square Enix own half of that which is why Smithy and Geno had a hard time appearing in Smash Bros.
@Serpenterror There was that recent datamine of GBA games though, which includes files for Kingdom Hearts and Superstar Saga. The latter of which has the Geno easter egg and includes SE in the copyright information, while the former is entirely Square-Enix and Disney. If those games make it to NSO, then I don't see what would stop Super Mario RPG.
We'll see! Some final fantasy or chrono trigger would be nice, but I doubt they'll come to the service at this point.
@Not_Soos We can't assume that any game from the GBA datamine will happen. They might have just used those roms for testing the GBA emulator.
NHL 94 let’s go
Man, they're really pumping them out now.
🙄
Yay I’m so happy.
I know this will never happen due to licensing issues, but I'd love to see NBA Jam for SNES added to the roster.
I can’t recall: was Faxanadu released on NSO yet? If not, that would be a great addition here.
Since they’ve been starting to release again as of February this year, we’ve had game updates for NES/SNES in February, March (right at the end on the 30th) and then a gap last month.
Last year there was a gap from the usual updates after July so the current pattern is unknown, but it is likely we will get an update tomorrow.
Pre-Expansion pack updates were 2-3 months apart with releases every February, May, July, September, and December. (Every month when it was NES only)
Post Expansion Pack update patterns aren’t fully known yet, but N64 is every month and both Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and NES/SNES appear to be 2-3 months.
Sega updates have been October (with the launch), December, March, and April. (So it could skip a month or two now perhaps)
NES/SNES updates returned with the Earthbound announcement in the February Direct and right at the end of March too. But while it seems likely for an update to drop, it’s a bit early to fully guess the release pattern.
With the current NES/SNES games, I am mostly pleased with the selection as there isn’t too much else I’m personally interested.
As a Fire Emblem fan, my most wanted are the Japanese releases of Gaiden and Thracia 776.
Oh and Ufouria is one of my favourite ‘hidden gems’ that I discovered on Wii U VC so I’d love to play it again on Switch!
Ready to be disappointed by lesser known titles I've never heard of before.
I still would like to see Wario's Woods SNES, Startropics 2, Super Mario RPG, Duck Hunt, and Yoshi's Safari appear on NSO.
I'm banking on it being a Genesis update
Gimme Ecco 2 thanks
I'll stick to the .rar of every game available with vast QoL improvements another mobile device called a phone offers.
@JonWilson No. Just no.
@StephenYap3 Duck Hunt and Yoshi's Safari won't work that way.
@Serpenterror 1st Earthworm Jim would be better on Genesis app. It have better music and it have extra level.
@Serpenterror Not through a service? Funny, always thought the VC was a service providing older titles to buy and download. In the vein that they aren't legitimately yours to own, rather you're leasing a download that can be terminated at any time. (Which as it turns out, is soon.)
@dustinbriggs1991 What's wrong with Duck Hunt being an option; how could it not work? Nintendo can use their modified WiiU version that gave the game pointer controls. They'd have to restrict it to Joycons.
Not much I want on SNES now other than some licensed games like Tiny Toons Buster Busts Loose, The Lawnmower Man or Krusty's Super Fun House.
Mortal Kombat would be amazing but I feel like even with the lack of blood in the SNES version it might be a bit much for Nintendo to include
This article made me go "mmmmmm."
Because "mmmmmm" is for "emmmmmmulators," so we don't have to wait for Nintendo to put a game on a machine for us.
Ahhhh....
Miyamoto's early game Devil World needs to be added on the NES app. I know NOA didn't used to like religious imagery so prevented some releases on previous eShops in that region but come on, the game is in WarioWare now and WarioWare itself also has a literal devil as one of the characters in it!
@DreamOracle
But you can back up digitally purchased games like those on VC. Vc was better in every way.
FF2, FF3, Mortal Kombat 1-3, NBA Jam, Chrono Trigger, Lufia, Illusion of Gaia...many of the best are still MIA...
@DreamOracle It was just an umbrella term for retro games on the eshop.
@GameOtaku "But you can back up digitally purchased games like those on VC. Vc was better in every way"
Not better cost wise. Having all these games we have access to now would cost an absolute fortune.
we doesnt have any castlevania game yet on nes or snes
@talllennart and there won't be probably, as they are available in the eshop in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection
❗️I hope we get the 'Super Mario Bros.' Trilogy...
@Anti-Matter your just too young 😜 I love the SNES games. Nostalgia + possibility to play games I didn’t own as a child
After trying out some new games (didn’t own one before) I really enjoyed some of them.
Wishlist:
I don’t know why other companies don’t support NSO. I don’t know how the contracts with Nintendo are, but it could be an easy way for marketing modern games/remakes. I don’t know how many players bought the ghouls and goblins remake after playing the original on NSO. This is why I think we should get at least one FF and one Megaman X. This is a great promotion for the more modern titles or the collections. They don’t need to give us all of there snes games (wouldn’t say no if they did), but at least one to tease what we could buy.
@TKundNobody
I used to be played NES and SNES games when I was kid during 90's era, but as I grew up and currently I am 37 years old, my interest in gaming also changed. For my new standard of Retro games, I have moved on from NES and SNES games even I have some nostalgic feeling when I saw some of the games but I didn't really value the worthiness to find and play very old NES and SNES games with their native machines. I have no longer interest with 8 bit / 16 bit games from NES / SNES era, too old for my new Retro standard.
My new Retro standard are PS1 games for the most Retro games that I still accept despite of terrible 3D rendering during that era.
@StephenYap3 As a HUGE Toad fan (obviously) and also a secret WArio fan...I really want to love 'Warios Woods' but I just cannot get the hang of it at all! I don't understand it at all...played it many times but always give up after 5 minutes as the controls are too fiddly for me.
Batman Returns, Sparkster, Ninja Warriors Again, Muscle Bomber, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Turtles In Time, Super Parodius and Sunset Riders all confirmed for tomorrow.
eh......it should really be all of them.
Here is how Nintendo could really get more people signed up to expansion pass….
Get sega cd games on its service. Put Snatcher, rise of the dragon, sonic cd, Road avenger at the least on there
I'd have liked Street Fighter to make it in some capacity, preferably Super SF2. The Alpha games would be nice... but the SNES really struggled with those IIRC.
On the Konami side of things, I'd love Cybernator to make it in.
@roccop people care for Sega on NSO?
@Anti-Matter fair enough. I bought all My favorites from the ps1 era on switch (Spyro, Crash, CTR). Just missing croc and klonoa (last one coming in 2 month).
In Addison NSO is the cheapest way to play those games. 2nd hand market prices are way higher. (And Wii U/3Ds shops going down - sadly)
Original Earthworm Jim for me.
They really need to start making deals with IP holders to get some actually interesting and good games on the service, beyond the obvious first party ones.
Secret of Evermore please! Square doesn’t seem to care about that game at all, so might as well throw it into NSO.
@TKundNobody Yes we do. However not with the current lineup. It’s as if Sega forgot they had the master system, game gear, sega cd, 32x ( forget the 32x) Saturn and Dreamcast.
That’s why I believe sega cd would at least improve it.
I’m a huge Sega fan from the 80s,90s and 00s. But even I’m fed up of only megadrive games being constantly pushed out again and again.
With getting previous Interplay titles such as Claymates and Earthworm Jim 2, it'd be cool to see Earthworm Jim 1 and Clayfighter.
I would love to see Super Bomberman 1 or 2 but I guess Konami wouldn't want to cannibalise Super Bomberman R with a better game
The only glaring classic NES & SNES games missing from Switch are:
NES:
SNES (all Square):
I remember the leak, PLEASE bring Mega Man or Tetris to the service, that would be incredible.
@roccop interesting. Most comments here were negative for Sega on NSO. I’m a Nintendo child (and a bit ps) so I don’t have any nostalgia for segas games. I tried some in the subscription. But didn’t get why people love sonic. Was a bit too short and hectic for my taste. But I’m happy to play the Sega retro games to see what I maybe missed.
Which Games in the cd/32x or even Saturn do you want to see on the switch?
@betterman Bomberman R online is free. So i don’t know if many buy the offline version. And the NSO bomberman could be an advertising for bomberman R. (Even if some think that super bomberman is better, there will be people who want the newer entry)
Not a rumour if maintenance is happening. Prediction, right?
@betterman I would love for Bomberman to come over. Isn't there both a NES and SNES game for them to pull from? After playing a bit of Bomberman R Online, I would love to play the originals.
@TKundNobody Snatcher and rise of the dragon on sega cd would be a definite hit. The Saturn would be harder to do but games like die hard arcade, some of the sega sports games that came out on it too plus games like virtual cop, D, Policenauts.
Though Sega ( if they actually bothered to move on from the megadrive) would probably prefer to package and sell those games as a collection
Ok for the NES, I want Bionic Commando, Clash at Demonhead & Air Fortress. SNES I want Sim City, Legend of the Mystical Ninja, EVO Search for Eden & Darius Twin - Let’s go!!!!
Lufia 1 and 2 would be fun for snes.Maybe throw us a few missing gems nes wise like Clash at Demonhead or Rad Racer.
Anything as long as it’s not NES Pac-Man because I’ll be getting my fill with the Museum+ Collection this weekend.
Even if you exclude licensed games, there’s still so many quality NES/SNES titles they could add, though mostly 3rd party.
Cybernator, Bionic Commando, Jackal, and Magic Sword are a few that come to mind.
I'm sorry but I really couldn't care less about NSO and old roms that take seconds to download elsewhere for free.
@KnightsTemplar Why would you say that? All of them are important.
I hope they add Shadow gate and some Rare NES games
Chrono Trigger. Yup I'm going there. That wold break the internet
@Moistnado Neither the National Security Office nor the National Patent Office is involved with licensing, only trademarking. I think the $20 annual pricing is not too bad, but the $50 for the additional content on Nintendo Network is obscene, particularly when most N64 games have aged terribly visually and SEGA Genesis should have been included with Super Nintendo on Nintendo Network as part of the $20 subscription.
Plok on SNES. Great platformer with colourful graphics and great music by the Follin brothers. That would be a great addition.
@Moistnado illegal
@DreamOracle Uh, VC games will still be playable indefinitely as long as your hardware still functions? Even when the eShop closes.
Bucky O’Hare please. That is all.
@TKundNobody actually, even though they are easier to get for free (illegally), I already own them on other machines legally. I'm sure I don't have certain obscure roms but I also don't want them. It's not appealing to pay to rent a collection of old roms.
@SuperToadie NSO= Nintendo Switch Online.
@Moistnado i would also prefer to buy some old games. But this renting service is the only one we got. But to be fair I think some people (me included) tried some games they would never buy because they are included.
@TKundNobody I agree that it's confusing, and very bad naming, but Super Bomberman R and Super Bomberman R Online are two completely different games. Super Bomberman R is a traditional Bomberman game, with a story mode, and classic multiplayer. Super Bomberman R Online is a free-to-play battle royale game, it doesn't have a story mode or the classic multiplayer formula.
The obvious pick they won't add: Super Mario RPG
The curveball pick they might add: Kirby's Star Stacker (the Japan-only SFC one)
The wild card they will add: Mario is Missing
@TKundNobody it's not the only way to play these games. Older consoles do not vanish when a new one is released.
@Porky I completely agree, Duck Hunt can and should happen. Better yet give us all the light gun games on NES and SNES. I can't be the only one wanting to play Battle Clash and Super Scope 6!
@Moistnado True. But second hand prices are very high for some of those games. And you need to have the older console.
To play those games on the go or at home with out the tv is very convenient.
@Not_Soos I agree where super Mario rpg at
@BrazillianCara StarTropics is on NSO already - it's sequel is still notably absent though
@BrazillianCara StarTropics 1 is released on the service but I am surprised part 2 is not by now.
I would like to see these games still:
NES
The Mysterious Murasame Castle
StarTropics 2
Faxanadu
Shatterhand
Powerblade 1 and 2
Guardian Legend
Battle of Olympus
SNES
Shadowrun
ActRaiser
SoulBlazer
Illusion of Gaia
Terranigma
Lufia I and II
crossing my fimgers for bible adventures
@BrazillianCara Actually we have StarTropics 1, but the sequel is one of the missing ones.
I hope it's something cool and not just filler. Maybe a translation of one of the SMT games for SNES? Finally Super Mario RPG? StarTropics 2? IDK, Pinball which is weirdly missing? But at least they're actively adding stuff now.
@DjinnFighter still shame, strange super mario 64 came to n64 when we got it on super mario all-stars but i know what you mean djinn lmao
@roccop true, master system and sega game gear was epic i was 8-9 years old when im tried out sega master system first time it was Wonder Boy in Monster Land it was amazing game
@MeloMan good list
@dustinbriggs1991 Lol it was just a joke
@Coalescence
I love Clash at Demonhead. Such a weird, cool game.
@shineget64 Why would it be Echo 2 when it's maintance specifically for the NES & SNES apps...?
good luck with that new games rumor 🙃
Gee, another 2-3 games.... Oh thank you kind sirs....
@Clyde_Radcliffe
It was better in the long term. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one that’s only interested in a small selection of games that we can pick and choose from and have access to at any time. I wouldn’t have to bother with the check in requirement or loosing them at the end of every year.
Well we could still use StarTropics 2 for the NES. And Mario RPG for the SNES. But in terms of an the major 1st and 2nd party games on the systems, I'm not thinking of much more.
@Not_Soos Mario RPG is not really First party….
Hope to get it soon tho
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