It’s no secret that Nintendo’s vast later catalog is among the most unexplored finds in modern gaming. But soon, it’s about to be a little less leveraged, as the Game Boy and Game Boy Color library games are slated to join Nintendo Switch Online, Eurogamer reports.
Nintendo Switch online—Or, as it is known by its scientific term, Game Pass For Really Old Games (GPFROG) – allows players to access more than 100 NES and SNES games, including Super Metroid, Super Mario World, i The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. You also need to sign up for the service if you want to play a more modern online game. A subscription costs $ 4 a month or $ 20 a year.
Whispers about the addition of Game Boy games began swirling earlier this week in a episodes from Nate the Hate podcast. On Tuesday, Nintendo Life, citing their own sources, corroborated the podcast report. And then this morning, Eurogamer corroborated Nintendo Lifecorroboration of the report. So yes, it seems very likely that we will be playing some sort of original Game Boy games via Switch as early as this month.
That said, the exact date is unclear. Nintendo did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Nintendo Kotaku.
Adding original Game Boy games to the Switch Online catalog is the next natural step in the service. Originally, it started with just a handful of NES games. Over the years, he added more games from this platform and then in 2019, added a gang of the SNES. The service turns three on September 18th.
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So, according to my data, if Nintendo continues to lower the line of its hardware chronologically, it will only take another 76 years before it can play Kirby Air Walk to my Switch. Hey, who knows! Then maybe I’ll play it the 4K switch.