The Nintendo Switch 2 may be clocked higher than expected in docked mode but "crazy low" in handheld mode to achieve better battery life, according to rumors circulating online.
12.04.2024 - 10:15 / eurogamer.net / Eiji Aonuma / Rare / Nintendo
Three more SNES games have been added to the Nintendo Switch Online catalogue today, including early Mario title Wrecking Crew '98.
In Japan, a different selection of titles have been made available, meanwhile — including Marvelous: Mōhitotsu no Takarajima, the first game directed by the now-legendary Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma.
Here are all three SNES games now available via Nintendo Switch Online:
Japanese Nintendo Switch subscribers also receive:
Released, unsurprisingly, in 1998, Wrecking Crew '98 is an action puzzler previously only available in Japan. You play as Mario in a game that clearly inspired Disney film Wreck it Ralph, smashing through walls as fast as you can.
Amazing Hebereke is an arena-style brawler — think a 2D Gang Beasts — developed by Sunsoft and originally released in 1994. There's a single-player mode or multiplayer for up to four people. Finally, there's 1991 classic Super R-Type, the spaceship-based side-scrolling shooter where you blast aliens.
For a full list of everything available on Nintendo's subscription service, head over to our Nintendo Switch Online guide.
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Hearken to this, my fellow retro gaming sickos: Nintendo is finally catering to our very unusual tastes with the latest updates to the Nintendo Switch Online retro game library. This time, we've gotten a pair of N64 games that I'd wager you've either never heard of or entirely forgotten up until this moment.
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