Nintendo has released its first Switch Online game update for 2025 and it adds three more titles to the SNES library including a Super Famicom release.
These titles include the SNK fighting game Fatal Fury 2 (1993/94), Culture Brain's action RPG Super Ninja Boy (1992), and the action-puzzle title Sutte Hakkun (1997) - a Nintendo title originally released on the Super Famicom add-on, the Satellaview.
Japan's Switch Online service has received the same three titles this week. To access these games, you'll need to download the Super Nintendo application from the Switch eShop and have an active base tier Switch Online membership.
You can see every retro game released so far for the Switch Online service in our full guide here on Nintendo Life:
Will you be checking out any of these titles on Nintendo's Switch Online service? Let us know in the comments.
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Super Ninja Boy back in the day. I'll give it a spin, but I can tell I didn't miss too much. Not a Fatal Fury player, and the other game just looks like puzzly fun, so I'll play it for a few rounds.
Fatal fury 2, oh yeah! I’m surprised SNK put this on here, but I’m pumped to play my first fatal fury
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Played the SNES version of Fatal Fury 2 many years ago. I played the Genesis version pretty often thanks to the Genesis Mini 2. And I remember playing Super Ninja Boy, I think a friend of mine had it back in the day.
Never heard of Sutte Hakkun before. Looks like a former Super Famicom exclusive?
I almost had a heart attack, because I thought we were getting a Satellaview game...
Still, I didn't know Sutte Hakkun got a cartridge release. The more you know.
@KayFiOS yeah, same. I thought it was only limited to Satelliview.
Fatal Fury 2 FTW!!!
No, I have no idea who Nihon Game Co is either, but WOOOOOOO! HAKKUN! YEAH! SATTELEVIEW REPRESENTATION!
@Tyranexx Yes it was the new IP of the Sateliview outside of the "pack in" The Town With No Name
Fun fact: this game is the result of a cintest Nintendo held for College students to submit their games through what was essentially a mail order "retail" SuperFami dev kit.
All good games!!! (Still waiting on Zoda’s Revenge… lol)
Sutte Hakkun! I love that we’re getting more of the funky extremely late Super Famicom games! From what I’ve seen and heard, this game is pretty basic, but its still neat to get another obscure Japanese Nintendo game out to the public.
the Super NES version of Fatal Fury 2 is very much okay.
but if it gets more people interested in Fatal Fury, I'm okay with it.
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I've been watching videos by Cabbusses, who does a whole bunch of content on the Satelliteview. I was pretty surprised to see Sutte Hakkun here as I've been watching videos about it. Looks like a really fun puzzle game.
Nice to see some Satellaview games for once, now I look forward to more Satellaview actions like BS F-Zero 2, Mario Excitebike, and maybe the Legend of Zelda 16-Bit remake soon. As for Fatal Fury 2, I would say just get the NeoGeo versions by HAMSTER but since this one does have online play, I guess it's worth the NSO investment.
@VR32X And DK ‘94. 😊
A Satellaview game? I was gonna just write this update off but that one seems like an interesting and rare piece of history so I'll check it out.
I mostly played the SNES version of Fatal Fury Special but 2 was solid as well. I loved Super Ninja Boy it was a quirky RPG and alot of fun with another player.
@abbyhitter You know, you could always just not care for games others might alone, right?
@DwaynesGames Oh absolutely, along with Wario Land SML3… those were my first two Gameboy games as a kid. I found the release schedule with GB bizarre, like SML1 coming after SML2, and the DKL games coming before DK94… I’d love to see Mole Mania too.
I just mention Zoda’s Revenge because we’ve had the NES app FOREVER and it was one of my favorite carts back in the day. Like, they should have dropped it YEARS ago alongside the first Startropics. It just baffles me. So anywhere I get the chance I’m the Zoda’s Revenge guy online. I’m starting to think whoever is in charge of adding games to it doesn’t even know what it is or that its a 1st party Nintendo game.
On that note we need the other Lolo games as well, including the GB one.
@joey302 “About as exciting as going to a yawning festival 🙄”
Why did you go to one of those in the first place? That’s on you
Fatal fury 2 is good, the arcade version is better but I have fun playing the snes version back then 😃
You had me at Sutte Hakkun. People dismissing it must have never played it.
Fatal Fury 2 is a nice addition. Maybe I could play this to get an idea of what I can expect on the ACA NEOGEO version.
Never heard of Super Ninja Boy, but just because I've never heard of it doesn't mean I'm gonna dismiss it and moan it's not Chrono Trigger. I'll give it it's proper chance.
@LadyCharlie It was decent though if you didn't have access to a Neo-Geo. I played this one a lot.
@KayFiOS same!
C'mon Nintendo give me Super Smash TV!!! Please!!! My brothers and I put so many gaming nights to that game alone passing the controllers around!
I was just thinking the other day that we should be due a new NSO drop. Usually, right when I start thinking that, an announcement comes a couple days later. Go figure.
Not sure I really have an interest in any of these, but a Satellaview game hitting the service is promising for the future and an important part of game preservation! Can we get BS Legend of Zelda next? Also, 64DD games that never released in the west like Mario Artist, pretty please!
@Zeebor15 Neat bit of history! Basically a Nintendo-hosted Game Jam back in the day. I might have to try this one out.
@MeloMan Suoer Ninja Boy was actually a pretty great game. Maybe rose colored glasses but I beat it as a rental with a buddy over a 2 day period and it reminded me of a Geoman rpg. I remember at some point in the game you get a mech and it changes a bunch of the mechanics.
My god so many Bitter Bettys in the comments, who I'm sure would complain about any game released.
I think it's good Nintendo releases these smaller games like Sutte Hakkun to a global audience.
This actually looks like a solid lineup!
It's a shame Fatal Fury Special isn't included since it's pretty much the Championship Edition of Fatal Fury 2, making the original pretty much redundant.
I’ll play all three. I’m always on the lookout for the next hidden gem.
Edit: Sutte Hakkun is amazing. I love the gameplay. I’ve not played a game like it before.
@-wc- Comments like those are not exactly useful. I'm cool if you don't really care for the selection (which ngl I think is harder to avoid since we've covered nearly all of the big stuff for (S)NES), but saying like "oh cool more stuff to not care about" doesn't really add anything and it's sorta just.. then why did you even need to comment in the first place?
Also that's not really what the intention is, I (for the most part) like this site generally, though I do see plenty of uninformed and overly harsh people in here from time to time... any discussions over legal topics are a complete headache.
Anyways, I'll probably try out all three. Surprised Nintendo even remotely cares about Satellaview outside of a few references here and there.
Gotta wonder, given the version numbering went from 3.10 to 4.0, did they transition the server code from NEX to NPLN with this update? Given both the Genesis and NES collections made similar version jumps when they went NPLN...
I always hope uniracers will be added just because I remember renting it back in the day. However, it seems I can give up on this hope: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/06/a-reason-to-hate-pixar-uniracers-on-the-snes-is-a-masterpiece/
It's nice to see that Fatal Fury 2's being on the eshop already doesn't preclude it from being in the SNES app, like Turok for the N64 app. There's some hope then for getting the SNES Samurai Shodown. I prefer the controller layout for it, where you hold L and R to make your attacks strong instead of pressing both light and medium slash together or light and medium kick. I think only Zangief mains in Street Fighter are accustomed to doing that.
@jon128 Yeah, how many different ways can you render a unicycle? What a ridiculous legal outcome.
Oooh nice, Fatal Fury. Gonna be my first time playing Terry in something that isn't Smash.
Meh.
I love old SNK, but playing SF/SMD versions of their games? No, it's a hard pass. Even PS1 had struggles running NEO•GEO games, lol.
That Sutte Hakkun game is kinda interesting, tho.
Hopefully this will mean they will also release the superior Fatal Fury Special in due course and other SNK SNES / mega drive releases.
Also glad to see a Satellite game being released. Wasn't there a Satellite version of Zelda 1 exclusive? That would be an awesome piece of history to see that released on here down the road.
@Dee123 It clearly shows that quite a lot of NL users don't care about FGs. I've understood that in the last year. I'm one of the few users here who play FGs on a regular basis.
Also, they even didn't list a good reason against playing SF/SNES version of Garō Densetsu 2, lol.
I've listed that myself, however. SF/SMD versions of NEO•GEO are ones of the worst ways to play SNK's games.
@rob7979 NEO•GEO versions are better way to play SNK's games, anyway.
All great games but just don’t have the time for these. My switch backlog needs my time more
Sutte Hakkun, heck yes!!
Fatal Fury 2? Yes please!!
Super Ninja Boy is an interesting game I've tried before but the one naggling thing was that it was among the very few 16-bit RPGs still using password saving.
Sutte Hakkun is actually a game Nintendo had kicking around in development since the Famicom and original Game Boy. They just couldn't get to release it until late in the Super Famicom's life. I think it was originally released through "Nintendo Power", which were official flashcarts released in Japan as the equivalent to a modern digital release. VERY late in its lifespan it got a packaged retail cartridge release.
I think the Satelleview versions were special "event" versions I presume made to promote the full game?
You can't say it's a bad day when they release Fatal fury 2, but there's nothing here for me this week!
Eh, februari is close and we'll maybe get another GBA game...I mean it's one of the most stacked libraries, what's the hold up Nintendo?! 😂😄
Why are people excited over an inferior SNES port of Fatal Fury 2 when the superior Neo Geo versions of the entire series has been on the eShop for years now?
Love to see more SNES/Super Famicom games coming to NSO and yes, even relatively obscure ones!
Fatal Fury 2 is obviously welcome, I've never heard of Super Ninja Boy but I certainly wouldn't mind giving it at least a try considering its theme while I immediately recognized Hakkun thanks to its inclusion in Smash Ultimate as a spirit and it looks like a fun puzzle game - like others here I'm pleasantly surprised that we technically got a Satellaview game (most likely this is the cartridge version, but still)!
Nice we Nintendo haven’t forgotten the NSO, when will we get more GBA games?
omg this makes NSO all worth it
@vio Because there are bunch of people who don't know what Fatal Fury, Neo Geo or SNK are and thus would never end up buying the better version from eShop but they already have access to NSO so they may try it and find it fun, leading them to discover all the other stuff. Some people also grew up with these console ports. Not everyone had access to arcades or money for Neo Geo. I, for example, played Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury 2 on Genesis when I was a kid.
Sutte Hakkun is a wonderful game and it does get deviously challenging in the later stages, especially if you're trying to solve each one as optimally as possible (the scoring system deducts points for excessive movement/actions).
Nintendo Life even has a 9/10 review of the game, and it's definitely earned.
@Ganner That would be great, but it might be one of those games trapped in licensing hell due to being a Midway/Akklaim title...even better if they got it to utilise the twin sticks...maybe Hamster will get round to it at some point, and the sequel Total Carnage. We can but hope.
@TheBigBlue Takara are listed as the publisher on the app rather than SNK, they handled the SNES port (and the Mega Drive port for that matter).
@WiltonRoots The rights to Smash TV and Total Carnage are now held by Warner Bros. following their acquisition of the Midway catalogue.
@antster1983 So there is still a glimmer of hope...
that ninja game looks interesting.. and fatal fury is a nice way to revisit the series before the beta on ps5 comes out
@squidduforeal
No biggie, the tone policing bugged me last night when I was sleepy and cranky but I do it too sometimes. "You spot it, you got it!" ✌️
"though I do see plenty of uninformed and overly harsh people in here from time to time... any discussions over legal topics are a complete headache."
this is very true, don't even get me started 😒
anyway carry on and welcome in ✌️
Haven’t really been playing the NSO online games lately, but if I ever do I’ll probably give Fatal Fury 2 a shot. Still surprised we haven’t gotten Super Smash Bros. yet.
I hope this means we will get more stellaview games in the future!
I just want super adventure island. The only version I have is tucked away in the wii menu of my wiiu.
@Antraxx777 I didn’t say I went to one but you don’t have to be a genius to understand WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE & what I was getting at?? Cmon now. And it’s just a little daytime humor Houston! I see NL removed my comment too funny and that’s fine. But CERTAINLY Nintendo can be doing WAY better than this crud!
Great to have a reason to play through super nina boy again! It's really fun and definitely worth playing if you haven't. It's not terribly difficult or grindy, and will benefit from having save states. Hopefully we get the gameboy version as well. The fighting game spin offs are amongst some of my favorites, but I don't expect to see those on NSO.
And we still have to wait for ones anyone cares about 🫤
@Vyacheslav333 that's definitely true 👍 but I do still like looking and playing other ports as I find it interesting to see the compromises that had to be made.
Sutte Hakkun looks like a lot of fun, very unique and weird concept with that injection thing making the platform move like that
@antster1983 ...So you're telling me there's a chance...
@BrianJL same. The 16 bit consoles were only approximations of what the arcades could pull off, but some of the ports really nailed the gameplay. They were basically practice for the arcade, lol. It was crazy when fighters started being as good as or better on consoles than in the arcade (Tekken and especially Soul Calibur). Glad I got to be there.
Oh man i'm not sure i can keep up with the murdering tempo Nintendo keeps pushing out these NSO games.
I've been playing virtual console on Retroid Pocket 5. I can play the games I bought and own from all the old consoles, without having to buy them again or, heaven forbid, rent them.
I so wish Nintendo would offer their classic games for sale too. Individually would be great, but I would even pay $100+ for physical collections of each console. As it stands, I've never subscribed to NSO for online play because that money would also contribute to the rental service that doesn't have an option for purchase.
Great game sutte hakkun
@BringleWorkshop its only 15$ for 1 year some of those cost like 20-300 $ each
@-wc- thats true, we shall be happy and positive nintendo gave us great game, long live nintendo <3
@Shuntaro72 It's not about the price. I would pay the $15 to play online if Nintendo wasn't pairing the rental service with it, and all NSO had was online play.
The $20-$300 prices are when buying those games used from second hand sellers. Nintendo could offer a way to purchase the same games they already have on NSO for a much more reasonable price than those sellers (ex. around what they charged for them on the Virtual Console) or in collections for a larger price per-collection (ex. NES/SNES Classic).
To me, this looks like Nintendo does not want us to own their classic games and would rather us be subscribed to NSO forever to continue to play them. They could even be testing the waters for extending this to all of their games down the road. I'm not going to support this by rewarding them with my money by paying for NSO. I'll just keep giving that money to people selling the used games instead and buying third-party collections on the Switch when they come. I'm excited about Lunar Remastered Collection!
Many of their classic games are still the best in their series and are some of the best games ever made. I think they should be treated much better than to only be available on a rental service. That the used game prices are so high even though NSO exists shows that others probably feel the same way.
@BringleWorkshop was meant to say its cheaper to have nso then buying like super mario bros 3 on nes here in denmark price for that is 2500 dkk around 220 bux then its better for me just to have nso
my budget pr.month to buy games is 30-40 bux when all my bills are paid
More filler, eh?
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