Typically, Nintendo Switch Online game updates come in two flavors. There arethe exciting updatesthat bring all-time classic titles to the service. And then there arethe weird updatesthat add a mix of obscure titles that seem to exist as curiosities at best. This month’s updatemaybeveers closer to that second camp, but it’s such a crazy mix of games that I mostly feel confusion over any kind of disappointment.
Across the Game Boy, NES, and SNES apps, Switch Online owners can now access three Japan-exclusive titles and, weirdest of all, an obscure licensed game. Here’s the rundown:
Ireallycannot get over seeingQuest for Cameloton that list. It was one of those movies that was in the pop culture conversation so briefly that I only really rememberedits signature song. I have no idea how the game holds up, but seeingthe Titus logoon it doesn’t inspire a ton of confidence. TheWikipedia page for the gamestates under “Reception” that “Adam Cleveland of IGN summarized the game as ‘bad,’” which, hey, who am I to argue with Adam Cleveland of IGN?
A good time for Japanese games
Meanwhile, it does appear that the other titles on this list have some merit.Downtown Nekketsu Marchis part of the Kunio-kun series, best known in the United States forRiver City Ransom. Additionally,Joy Mech Fightwas famously one of the ten Nintendo titles that Destructoid’s Zoey “I’m gonna play it” Handley saidshould be localized. I can’t believe Nintendo reads Destructoid. There is literally no other explanation for this that I am willing to listen to.
You’ll probably want to look up guides to help navigate some of the menus in these titles. I mashed the A button in each to get into gameplay, but that’s not the best way to enjoy games. This fortunately isn’t a problem you’ll have withQuest for Camelotthough. You’ll only have to contend with the fact that the game is – in the word of Adam Cleveland of IGN – “bad.”
