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The Game Boy – Nintendo Switch Online app has added Blaster Master: Enemy Below and Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online app has added Harvest Moon, and the Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online app has added Mystery Tower, Nintendo announced.

In Japan, the June update includes the same titles, except for Harvest Moon, which is replaced by Baseball Simulator 1.000 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

Here is the full list of titles:

Game Boy

• Blaster Master: Enemy Below – Jason and his legendary battle vehicle, SOPHIA, are back again to save the world. Using the strong weapons and high jumping power of SOPHIA, Jason must head to subterranean regions and eliminate everything in his path. In narrow places, Jason can exit SOPHIA and move through catacombs on foot. In the catacombs, control Jason in top-down view and battle with guns and grenades! Swap in and out of your vehicle and adapt to the situation to succeed!
• Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble – When you move, Kirby moves! This action game was released for the Game Boy Color system in 2001 and features the ever-adorable Kirby! In this game, it’s all about how Kirby tilts and tumbles! This twist on classic Kirby gameplay adds new levels of fun. Kirby moves left, right, forward and backward based on the movement of the system you hold in your hands! This version replicates the motion controls from the original Game Boy Color version. Tilt your Nintendo Switch system or controller to play. Go, Kirby, go!

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

• Harvest Moon – Discover the roots of the farming simulator genre in Harvest Moon! Take in the natural beauty and breathe the fresh country air. Experience firsthand the down-to-earth goodness of life on a farm! Your challenge is to dig in and build your life as a farmer with old-fashioned hard work and dedication. You have a modest house, so it’s going to take a remodel to woo a farming companion. Success in this game is measured by the fruits of your labor, so remember – you always reap what you sow!

Nintendo Entertainment System

• Mystery Tower (Tower of Babel) – Use wit and skill to reach the top of the tower! This game launched for the Famicom system in Japan in 1986 and is packed with puzzles and action! Play the role of archaeologist and explorer and set your sights on the top of the tower. Clear stages by moving and rearranging mysterious stones to reach the exit and proceed to the next floor.

Watch a trailer below.

 

[CamHostage]

...Mystery Tower?

 

[AJUMP23]

Tower mystery?

 

[Spukc]

Mower Tystery?

 

[Tigerlord]

It seems no one heard of the Tower of Babel from Namco. It's a platform puzzler with obscure hints in order to clear the game.
The name change was expected. It's another game that wasn't localized and lost to obscurity.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I wish you could just buy these, when they turn the Switches online off it's gonna worthless

 

[nkarafo]

How is Nintendo expecting to compete with homebrew emulation when they release such games with an eyedropper?

There should have been hundreds of retro games to chose for each console and big bundles and everything. And be able to own them and play offline. Without reseting the lists every time they release a new console.

Like Gabe Newel said, it's a service problem. And Nintendo's service is the worst.

 

[SCB3]

If you were to give me 100 guesses I would have never picked any of these, though I will say, Kirby Tilt n Tumble was a pretty fun game on GBA

 

[stranno]

Meanwhile, on the Steam Deck.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

How is Nintendo expecting to compete with homebrew emulation when they release such games with an eyedropper?

There should have been hundreds of retro games to chose for each console and big bundles and everything. And be able to own them and play offline. Without reseting the lists every time they release a new console.

Like Gabe Newel said, it's a service problem. And Nintendo's service is the worst.

I suppose there’s rights issues with such an old catalogue.
Furthermore, for the really big games from the past, the actual rights holders prefer to sell them on their own terms these days. Castlevania, Megaman, Dragon Quest, FF, Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Ninja Turtles, the NES Rare games etc, are all sold via collections now. It’s quite incredible Nintendo still care to dig some games from the past that they didn’t make themselves, at this point.

I wish they did rerelease some old cult classics, though. Rygar, Faxanadu, Battle of Olympus, The Guardian Legend are far better games than Solomon’s Key and all those ancient arcades they still insist on having in their retro catalogue for some reason.

 

[Hayabusa83]

Imagine being excited to rent roms lol