Three more Mega Drive games added to Nintendo Switch Online

Three Mega Drive games have been added to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack library, expanding the scope of exemplary retro titles playable by subscribers.

These exemplary SEGA Mega Drive games are presently accessible for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members!

☑️ Space Harrier II
☑️ Shining Force II
☑️ Sonic The Hedgehog Spinball pic.twitter.com/rZXZI1OICG

– Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) April 22, 2022

The three extra Mega Drive games – or Genesis games, assuming you’re a North American – are:

• Space Harrier II
• Shining Force II
• Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball

It’s one more strong update, following on from Alien Soldier, Light Crusader and Super Fantasy Zone that were included March.

However, it’s peanuts contrasted with all the reputed retro gaming that it’s conjectured is on the way after breaks of pre-discharge forms of the different emulator applications on Switch. Footage has emerged of an updated NES app that highlights Castlevania, Galaga, Pac-Man and Mega Man games, demonstrating that Nintendo’s curved the arms of a few Konami and Capcom execs.

But even that isn’t anything contrasted with the leak of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulators recently, with 40 GBA jewels that incorporate the Golden Sun series, The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap, Metroid Fusion, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Mega Man Battle Network 2 and the sky is the limit from there. This will apparently support network play, with each Switch imitating two Game Boys simultaneously and recreating a Link Cable between them. This would be an inquisitive approach to supporting network, yet Nintendo has reliably added web-based usefulness to these retro games in an assortment of ways.

Nintendo Switch Online – Expansion Pack sent off toward the finish of October, featuring a higher price point than the regular Switch Online subscription however encouraging a developing library of N64 and Sega Mega Drive games. The underlying contribution included nine N64 titles, with games like Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Lylat Wars and more notwithstanding. This was then extended to incorporate Paper Mario in December, Banjo-Kazooie, and Majora’s Mask.

If and when Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulators are added to the help, almost certainly, they will be locked behind the Expansion Pack value tier.

Source: Nintendo