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As of today, Nintendo has added two new NES games and two new Game Boy games to Nintendo Switch Online. The NES offerings happen to contain a pair of iconic action titles in that of Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos. Both of these classic NES games are incredibly difficult, but they’ve both stood the test of time and have been hugely influential since launching in the early 1990s.
On the Game Boy front, Nintendo has then brought over Bionic Commando and Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters. Developed by Capcom, Bionic Commando is an action-platformer that adapted the NES game of the same name for Nintendo’s portable platform. Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters is then the lone first-party game from Nintendo to be added in this wave and is likely the least-known game in the Kid Icarus franchise. Still, its addition to Switch Online is great to see and helps make this series more easily accessible than before.
As mentioned, the best part of these releases is that they’re all accessible through Nintendo Switch Online at this very moment. While Nintendo will occasionally announce new titles for Switch Online in advance of their actual release dates, this isn’t true with today’s lineup. So if you want to play any of these four games, you should find them already included with your membership.
