The Latest Batch Of Switch Online GBA Games Is Just Cruel

The Game Boy Advance isn’t nan champion gaming handheld ever, but it’s surely nan 1 I’m astir nostalgic about. It fto maine return gorgeous spin-offs of my favourite 16-bit SNES games connected nan go, and astir importantly included immoderate unthinkable pixel creation gems nan likes of which we’ve ne'er seen since. So why is Nintendo wasting clip bringing GBA games to Switch Online that are conscionable worse versions of games you tin already play connected Switch Online?

The institution just announced Super Mario Advance 1, 2, and 3 would subordinate Switch Online’s costly Expansion Pack tier starting connected May 26. The first crippled is simply a remaster of Super Mario Bros. 2. The 2nd crippled is simply a larboard of Super Mario Word. And nan 3rd crippled is simply a larboard of Yoshi’s Island. These are each unthinkable games. The only problem is that you tin already play amended versions done nan SNES room successful nan overmuch cheaper guidelines level Switch Online subscription.

Super Mario All-Stars includes remasters of Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, and Lost Levels. Super Mario World and Yoshi’s Island are besides successful nan SNES library. One of nan coolest things astir nan Advance games erstwhile they first released is that it meant taking immoderate of nan awesome games of each clip connected nan go. But nan Switch is already portable. And yes, Super Mario Advance 1 and 3 do see immoderate further content—a Yoshi Challenge mode successful nan first crippled and 6 caller concealed levels successful nan third—but they’re still arguably not nan definitive versions of either game.

The GBA games Switch Online should adhd instead

Meanwhile, wherever is Fire Emblem: Sacred Stone or Golden Sun, 2 fantabulous portable role-playing games Nintendo teased successful the GBA library’s original announcement? What astir Metroid: Zero Mission, Mario Vs Donkey Kong, and Kirby And The Amazing Mirror, first-party games that don’t already beryllium elsewhere connected nan Switch? Then location are nan lesser known standouts for illustration Gunstar Future Heroes, Astro Boy: Omega Factor, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2.

This mightiness beryllium pastry successful nan skystuff but what’s nan constituent of a retro room if it doesn’t see a uncommon curio aliases two? We judge arsenic hellhole astir apt won’t beryllium getting Final Fantasy VI Advance, Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow, aliases Advance Wars, since each of those games is being sold successful a separate retro postulation connected nan eShop.