Nintendo Switch Online expands its catalog with four Game Boy classics

During the last few days, The Nintendo Switch Online service has updated its Game Boy app catalog again., adding four additional titles to all its subscribers. This move reinforces the company's commitment to keep interest in your online service alive, allowing players to relive classic adventures and discover lesser-known gems from Nintendo's portable repertoire. The selection combines several genres to appeal to a wide range of users.

In the new batch of additions, Switch Online users can play Survival Kids, Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, Kirby's Star Stacker, and The Sword of Hope at no extra cost.. These games, originally released during the 90s on Game Boy, are an opportunity to enjoy very different experiences within the same platform, from survival challenges to puzzles and role-playing adventures.

Details of the new titles included

• Survival Kids (known in Europe as Stranded Kids): This Konami offering combines exploration, resource management, and survival on a deserted island. Players choose between a boy or a girl and must battle nature using items, combinations, and strategies to stay alive.
• Gradius: The Interstellar Assault: Second portable installment in the veteran side-scrolling shooter series. Also known in Europe as Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero, it puts players in control of the Vic Viper to defeat space-based threats in a series of action-packed levels.
• Kirby's Star Stacker: A puzzle game starring Kirby, in which the objective is to align blocks and score as many points as possible. This installment marked Kirby's debut in the puzzle genre on Game Boy.
• The Sword of Hope: It's a turn-based RPG where the player takes on the role of a young prince who must confront monsters and solve mysteries to restore peace to his kingdom. It stands out for its atmosphere and its classic development within the genre.

Opportunity for new and veterans

These additions allow today's players to discover titles that may have gone unnoticed at the time, while veterans can relive nostalgic moments in a more accessible format than ever. Survival Kids, for example, looks to be getting a new lease on life, as there's a co-op reimagining for Switch 2 coming soon, Konami has announced.

Games like Gradius or Kirby's Star Stacker demonstrate the high variety of Nintendo's portable catalog, alternating between frenetic arcades and relaxed puzzle mechanics. And the best part is that now you can do them again, or for the first time if you like retro games.

Alberto Navarro

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