@Flangela Namco submitted these games to be included and now was when Nintendo eventually added them. Namco can release NES games if they want. The process requires publishers to want to support the service. I don’t think many are submitting their games to be added right now. And as much as I’d want them to release games every week regularly, Nintendo is staggering their own releases too as they will still want to continue adding their games throughout 2027 and beyond. I would expect another update on the 24th.
@Kiyata you can cross off the licensed games from your list. They won’t ever come to the service. Publishers don’t want to pay Disney or whoever for the rights to put games onto the service since they won’t make their money back from doing so. Quest For Camelot on GBC is a curious inclusion though as it’s based on a movie from Warner Bros.
@Uncle_Franklin Nintendo will want big name games to release throughout 2027 and 2028 too. They aren’t going to release all their big name games quickly with nothing left for later.
The next movie should be called “Mario & Wario” featuring Wario and Waluigi as the new antagonists, and Daisy as Luigi’s new love interest. The Koopa Kids would be introduced too.
I think news sites should have respected fans instead of degrading themselves to jump on spoiling fans, even if it is on the Nintendo official channel. Some people are trying to avoid spoilers. Hard to do when every leak and reveal is splashed on the front page.
@Smithicus people didn’t vote for Trump because they had faith in him. They voted for Trump to keep Kamala from getting elected. A different candidate could have won easily against Trump.
Just Coliseum and Sunshine to go before they’ve released all ten games announced at launch. And it will only take them a year to do. Likely one in April and the other in May.
I noticed they corrected the release year for Mr. Driller 2. It was released in Japan in 2001 and in America in 2005. It was showing as 2001 on NSO but has now been updated to 2005.
@Misima I play Virtual Boy on Switch looking through a magnifying glass I happened to have already. No need to buy a headset, although obviously I don’t see the games in 3D.
@Misima They want you to come back and keep using the Virtual Boy later. Plus not all VB games will return because of licensing reasons, disinterest from third party publishers and closure of old developers. Nintendo are releasing everything they are able to but aren’t able to release everything.
@DollyrotsFan1 They want big name games to release later too. They aren’t going to release their biggest games first and have nothing good to release later. That would be good for us but not for them.
@DangoTown Fifteen years from now if the NSO is not carried over to the next console. You don’t actually absolutely NEED the headset to play the games; you can still play them undocked without it.
@Markatron84 Nine further games will be added during 2026. Exact dates unknown.
@Ironcore will people even care 15 years from now? The Switch 2 has only just started and even at the end of a console’s lifespan they keep the servers active for ten years afterwards. And that’s if the NSO isn’t carried forward to the next console.
The only trouble I foresee will be when support for the NSO concludes and you are left paying for the service with no upcoming games to be added. But that’s too will be years from now and by then the NSO will have a much larger library.
@Moroboshi876 That “some day” will be another ten to fifteen years from now when the Switch 2 servers are turned off. Even longer than that if the NSO carries over to the next console. I don’t think retro games on Nintendo consoles are going to end with the Switch 2’s lifespan.
It doesn’t actually look that special for a new 2026 game. Until you compare it to the PlayStation 1 original and you can see how much of a makeover it recieved. Then it looks amazing.
I suppose a nitpick is that there isn’t that much exploring. I’m only on the Roamers island right now and it feels like I’m being shuffled from one story to the next without much in the way of wandering around and fighting, trying to get to the next story point. I’m playing on standard difficulty settings.
@The-Chosen-one They won’t do that. They will have release dates worked out for low profile games and high profile games. They will want high profile games to release in 2027, 2028 and 2029.
What I would like is to see an interview with whoever chooses the games to be released. I’d like to hear the process of third party support.
@BoFiS They have yet to release Japanese games on the Game Boy app for some reason and clearly aren’t going to start today. I think they prefer to release the original American version instead of a Japanese GB Color version. Donkey Kong Land 3 and Balloon Kid weren’t released in Japan originally, but were released in color on GBC.
There are games on Game Boy worthy of being a poor 4/10, but Balloon Kid is much better than those. Of course I am going to rate an early Game Boy game differently to a later similar game. I’d rate it 6/10 for a product of its era. “Not bad” is a fair judgement for Balloon Kid.
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Re: Surprise! Dragon Ball FighterZ Is Adding Another Fighter To The Roster In 2026
@Shiryu I don’t see a point in a sequel. There’s nothing it can do that isn’t already in FighterZ or be DLC for.
Re: The Street Fighter Movie Somehow Looks Both Terrible And Amazing
@swoose “ his hair is basically the only funny thing about him.”
I never found Guile’s hair funny in the games. It just looks dumb here like a bad cosplay.
Re: The Street Fighter Movie Somehow Looks Both Terrible And Amazing
This is a low budget high disrespect full length Saturday Night Live parody.
Re: The Legend Of Zelda Live-Action Movie Has Officially Wrapped Filming
I expect something equivalent to Rings Of Power.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES Library With Three More Games
@Flangela Namco submitted these games to be included and now was when Nintendo eventually added them. Namco can release NES games if they want. The process requires publishers to want to support the service. I don’t think many are submitting their games to be added right now. And as much as I’d want them to release games every week regularly, Nintendo is staggering their own releases too as they will still want to continue adding their games throughout 2027 and beyond. I would expect another update on the 24th.
Re: Every Nintendo Switch Online NES Game Ranked
I wouldn’t pay for Donkey Kong Jr Math, but I’d rather play it than some other NES games on the NSO.
@MontyCircus Mario themed educational games were released in the 90s though, although developed by other companies.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES Library With Three More Games
@Kiyata you can cross off the licensed games from your list. They won’t ever come to the service. Publishers don’t want to pay Disney or whoever for the rights to put games onto the service since they won’t make their money back from doing so. Quest For Camelot on GBC is a curious inclusion though as it’s based on a movie from Warner Bros.
@Uncle_Franklin Nintendo will want big name games to release throughout 2027 and 2028 too. They aren’t going to release all their big name games quickly with nothing left for later.
Re: Talking Point: Which Zelda Game Would You Most Like To See Remade?
Do a 3D remake of Spirit Tracks and Phantom Hourglass using the HD Wind Waker graphics.
Re: Random: Jack Black Jokingly Suggests A Third Mario Movie Will Arrive In 2029
The next movie should be called “Mario & Wario” featuring Wario and Waluigi as the new antagonists, and Daisy as Luigi’s new love interest. The Koopa Kids would be introduced too.
Re: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Is There A Post-Credits Scene?
Wario and Waluigi should be the next movie’s antagonists.
Re: Talking Point: Should Nintendo Have Kept The Mario Galaxy Movie Fox Reveal Under Wraps?
@Taro you should watch Galaxy next week just to make sure your belief still holds up
Re: Talking Point: Should Nintendo Have Kept The Mario Galaxy Movie Fox Reveal Under Wraps?
I think news sites should have respected fans instead of degrading themselves to jump on spoiling fans, even if it is on the Nintendo official channel. Some people are trying to avoid spoilers. Hard to do when every leak and reveal is splashed on the front page.
Re: Feature: Nintendo May Win Its Case Against The US Government, But Tariffs Are Here To Stay
@Smithicus people didn’t vote for Trump because they had faith in him. They voted for Trump to keep Kamala from getting elected. A different candidate could have won easily against Trump.
Re: Picross S Konami Antiques Edition Features Castlevania, Contra, And More
Will get in a sale.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library This Week
I’m not expecting another update this month now.
Re: Switch 2's GameCube App Has Been Updated (Version 1.6.0)
If you played GameCube when it was new, yeah you’re going to be old.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library This Week
Just Coliseum and Sunshine to go before they’ve released all ten games announced at launch. And it will only take them a year to do. Likely one in April and the other in May.
Re: Saudi Investment Firm Acquires A Significant Number Of Capcom Shares
@Tasuki “Looks like I wont be supporting them anymore I dont support terrorists.”
They also own 8% of Nintendo.
Re: Saudi Investment Firm Acquires A Significant Number Of Capcom Shares
@Sindayl Which Q characters did they replace?
Re: Saudi Investment Firm Acquires A Significant Number Of Capcom Shares
@Dee123 I doubt they will stop at 5%. That was just a foot in the door.
Re: Saudi Investment Firm Acquires A Significant Number Of Capcom Shares
seth is a cishet white male!" ect.
Seth isn’t anything like that. He’s a sentient robot in a humanoid body.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Virtual Boy And GBA Library With Three More Titles
I noticed they corrected the release year for Mr. Driller 2. It was released in Japan in 2001 and in America in 2005. It was showing as 2001 on NSO but has now been updated to 2005.
Re: Every Nintendo Switch Online Virtual Boy Game Ranked
@John_Deacon I could say the same for a lot of 1989 and 1990 Game Boy games.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Virtual Boy And GBA Library With Three More Titles
@Misima I play Virtual Boy on Switch looking through a magnifying glass I happened to have already. No need to buy a headset, although obviously I don’t see the games in 3D.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Virtual Boy And GBA Library With Three More Titles
@Misima They want you to come back and keep using the Virtual Boy later. Plus not all VB games will return because of licensing reasons, disinterest from third party publishers and closure of old developers. Nintendo are releasing everything they are able to but aren’t able to release everything.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Virtual Boy And GBA Library With Three More Titles
@DollyrotsFan1 They want big name games to release later too. They aren’t going to release their biggest games first and have nothing good to release later. That would be good for us but not for them.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Virtual Boy And GBA Library With Three More Titles
I expected Super Mario Sunshine.
Re: He-Man's Arcade-Style Retro Brawler Locks In A Release Date For Switch
If only the upcoming movie would respect the 80s as much as this game does.
Re: Feature: "Reimagining The Scenario Was Necessary" - Making Old & New Fans Happy With Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined
@Bobb I feel like I reached the end of the game too quickly. I would have welcomed the missing islands remaining in the game.
Re: Marvel Maximum Collection Revives Six Classic Superhero Titles On Switch
I’d have been interested if it had Capcom’s Super Nintendo Marvel games; X-Men Mutant Apocalypse and Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems.
Re: Every Nintendo Switch Online Virtual Boy Game Ranked
@DangoTown Fifteen years from now if the NSO is not carried over to the next console. You don’t actually absolutely NEED the headset to play the games; you can still play them undocked without it.
@Markatron84 Nine further games will be added during 2026. Exact dates unknown.
Re: Nintendo Seemingly Rules Out Virtual Console Revival, Says It Remains Focused On Offering Classics Via Switch Online
@SuperEndriu so do I, and on 3DS. I don’t play my Wii U or 3DS anymore though.
Re: Nintendo Seemingly Rules Out Virtual Console Revival, Says It Remains Focused On Offering Classics Via Switch Online
@RoboCube It’s Pokemon and Nintendo knows people will pay.
Re: PSA: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Switch Preloads Are Now Live
Added it to my Pokemon folder as soon as I saw it.
Re: "We Thought It Would Be Fun" - Nintendo Explains Why Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Aren't On Switch Online
But people wanted Virtual Console to return do they didn’t have to subscribe to NSO. This is the price of Virtual Console.
Re: "We Thought It Would Be Fun" - Nintendo Explains Why Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Aren't On Switch Online
@Kiyata but you don’t get only these Pokemon games if they were on NSO. You get all the other games too.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate The Nintendo Classics Virtual Boy Launch Games?
@Ironcore will people even care 15 years from now? The Switch 2 has only just started and even at the end of a console’s lifespan they keep the servers active for ten years afterwards. And that’s if the NSO isn’t carried forward to the next console.
The only trouble I foresee will be when support for the NSO concludes and you are left paying for the service with no upcoming games to be added. But that’s too will be years from now and by then the NSO will have a much larger library.
Re: 'Can You Use Labo VR Goggles For Virtual Boy Games On Switch?' & Other Nintendo Classics VB Questions Answered
@notreallyhere also push in the right analogue trigger during a game to bring up the option to enlarge the screen a little on Switch 2.
Re: 'Can You Use Labo VR Goggles For Virtual Boy Games On Switch?' & Other Nintendo Classics VB Questions Answered
I’ll play it without a headset until I get bored, frustrated or feel ill.
Re: Round Up: The Previews Are In For Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics
@Agent_P actually you can play without them. But it’s not ideal. The screen is too tiny.
Re: My Nintendo Store Adds A New Virtual Boy Reward (Europe)
Less desirable than a signed photo of Mr. Hankey from South Park.
Re: Round Up: The Previews Are In For Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics
@Moroboshi876 That “some day” will be another ten to fifteen years from now when the Switch 2 servers are turned off. Even longer than that if the NSO carries over to the next console. I don’t think retro games on Nintendo consoles are going to end with the Switch 2’s lifespan.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined?
It doesn’t actually look that special for a new 2026 game. Until you compare it to the PlayStation 1 original and you can see how much of a makeover it recieved. Then it looks amazing.
I suppose a nitpick is that there isn’t that much exploring. I’m only on the Roamers island right now and it feels like I’m being shuffled from one story to the next without much in the way of wandering around and fighting, trying to get to the next story point. I’m playing on standard difficulty settings.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Two More Titles
@The-Chosen-one They won’t do that. They will have release dates worked out for low profile games and high profile games. They will want high profile games to release in 2027, 2028 and 2029.
What I would like is to see an interview with whoever chooses the games to be released. I’d like to hear the process of third party support.
Re: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Announced For Tomorrow, 5th February 2026
@johnedwin that would be during the night in Japan so they won’t do that
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Two More Titles
Game Boy Yoshi looks better than NES Yoshi.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Two More Titles
@BoFiS They have yet to release Japanese games on the Game Boy app for some reason and clearly aren’t going to start today. I think they prefer to release the original American version instead of a Japanese GB Color version. Donkey Kong Land 3 and Balloon Kid weren’t released in Japan originally, but were released in color on GBC.
Re: Review: Balloon Kid (3DS eShop / GB)
There are games on Game Boy worthy of being a poor 4/10, but Balloon Kid is much better than those. Of course I am going to rate an early Game Boy game differently to a later similar game. I’d rate it 6/10 for a product of its era. “Not bad” is a fair judgement for Balloon Kid.
Re: Preview: Five Takeaways From My Time With Virtual Boy On Nintendo Switch Online
@Moroboshi876 I did just that for the N64 and GameCube controllers.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Two More Titles
I’d have preferred more than this, even if it was only GB Tennis and Golf in addition.