Nintendo announced the latest round of Switch Online games is live now, including three SNES games that never saw release outside Japan. Since the new selection of games comes from the SNES library, you don’t need the extra Switch Online Expansion Pack to play them.
First up is Kirby’s Star Stacker, a blocky puzzler that originally launched on Nintendo’s Game Boy, before Nintendo Japan repackaged it for the Super Famicom, Japan’s version of the SNES. It shares more in common with Puyo-Puyo than Tetris, as you battle against Kirby’s enemies or the computer to see who can keep their puzzle field clear the longest. This is the Super Famicom version, and while that edition never released in the States, it’s basically the same as the Game Boy version.
Quest for Camelot did release in the U.S. as a video game tie-in with Warner Bros. eponymous movie. Camelot is a top-down action-adventure with shades of Zelda games, as you travel around a fantasy kingdom, bonking monsters with your sword, helping folks in need, and doing some light puzzle solving.
Four classic titles are now live for #NintendoSwitchOnline members!#SuperNES:
☑️ Kirby’s Star Stacker #NES:
☑️ Joy Mech Fight
☑️ Downtown Nekketsu March Super-Awesome Field Day! #GameBoy Color:
☑️ Quest for Camelot pic.twitter.com/IvHbe5W283— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 6, 2023
Then there’s Joy Mech Fight, a robot fighting game where your feisty little mech saves the world by beating up a bunch of other robots. It’s a bit basic by modern standards, but it comes with multiplayer and a fairly decent roster of playable robots.
Finally is the impressively named Downtown Nekketsu March Super-Awesome Field Day! It’s a popular entry in the Japan-only Kurio Kun series that sees several players compete in a suite of mini-games and feats of athleticism. Think of it as a rudimentary Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, only without the actual Olympics. Or… Mario and Sonic.
Speaking of SNES games, Nintendo is gearing up to launch a Super Mario RPG remake in November 2023, so don’t expect to see the original on Switch Online anytime soon.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
