Nintendo Direct | GameBoy and GameBoy Advance games come to Switch!

During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, among the many announcements of the evening, the arrival of GameBoy and GameBoy Advance games on Nintendo Switch was made official: here are all the details

After a slow and spiritless start, yesterday’s Nintendo Direct dropped some really interesting bombshells. We (obviously) saw The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (which yes, it has been confirmed will cost €70), but the surprises definitely didn’t end there. Between Metroid Prime Remastered (which seemed more like a Remake to us), Professor Layton’s new title and many trailers for the games arriving in the coming months, Nintendo managed to put on a great show last night too. But the news we were all waiting for wasn’t about Zelda, let alone about Layton. Come on, admit it, you were hoping for it too.

Nintendo has officially announced that will add GameBoy and GameBoy Advance titles to the Nintendo Switch Online service library. They’re actually already available since last night after the Direct, so if you’re a subscriber you can already take advantage of them. Specifically, the GameBoy games are available to all subscribers to the basic service, while for those of the Advance you will need the expansion pack. We leave you the announcement trailer right below.

All GameBoy and GameBoy Advance games already available on Nintendo Switch!

The Virtual Console del GameBoy it allows you to play both as a classic GameBoy, as a GameBoy Pocket and finally also with the GameBoy Color version. They are simple filters that you can apply to your VC. The games available at the launch of the service are as follows:

• Tetris
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
• Gargoyle’s Quest
• Game & Watch Galler 3
• Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
• Metroid II: Return of Samus
• Wario Land 3
• Kirby’s Dream Land

Games available at launch for GameBoy Advance instead they are the following:

• Super Mario Advance 4
• Super Mario Bros 3
• WarioWare Inc.
• Mega MicroGames
• Kuru Kuru Kuruin
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

We remind you that to take advantage of the GameBoy and GameBoy Advance Virtual Console on Nintendo Switch you will need to be a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber (and, in the second case, also have the expansion pack). Let us know if you’ve seen the Direct and what you think of this news below in the comments, we will continue to keep you updated with all the gaming and tech-themed news, guides and reviews! And if you are interested in game keys at advantageous prices, we suggest you take a look at the Kinguin catalogue!