There’s a possibility Game Boy and Game Boy Advance titles could make their way to Nintendo’s Switch.
According to a 4chan user (via Gematsu) that posted links to several files — two NSPs (Nintendo Submission Package) and one 7z zip archive featuring two NCA (Nintendo Content Archive Files) pulled from a Switch development kit — Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games will soon drop on the Switch.
According to the post, both emulators are signed by Nintendo Europe Research and Development, a division of the company based out of Paris that worked on DS and Wii emulators for the Wii U and the NES/SNES classic. The reported codename for the GBA emulator is ‘Sloop’ and the Game Boy emulator is called ‘Hiyoko,’ according to the leak.
And here's some screenshots of it actually working if anyone is curious lol. pic.twitter.com/RcAULaFX07
— Trash_Bandatcoot (@trashbandatcoot) April 18, 2022
Twitter user @trashBandatcoot posted screenshots and links to videos of the leak. @Mondo_Mega, another Twitter user, revealed a list of Game Boy Advance/Game Boy Colour games tested so far with the emulator, which includes the following games:
Game Boy Advance
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Car Battler Joe
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
ChuChu Rocket!
Drill Dozer
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
Game & Watch Gallery 4
Golden Sun
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Gunstar Super Heroes
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Koro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu!
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Lufia: The Ruins of Lore
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario Golf: Advance Tour Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Mario Party Advance
Mario Tennis: Power Tour
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Mega Man Battle Network 5 — Team ProtoMan
Mega Man Battle Network 2
Mega Man Zero 3
Metroid Fusion
Metroid: Zero Mission
Mr. Driller 2
Ninja Five-O
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
Wario Land 4
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!
Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Game Boy/Game Boy Color
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
Qix
Super Mario Land
Tetris
4chan isn’t exactly the most reliable source as far as rumours go. Still, it makes sense that the Game Boy and the Game Boy Advance would be the next platforms to hit Nintendo’s Switch Online/Expansion Pack subscription platform, especially since Nintendo’s Wii U Virtual Console offered both GBA/GBC games several years ago.
It’s worth noting that Eurogamer and Nintendo Life have both previously reported that Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games are coming to Switch.
Not much to talk about with GB(C) though. The build of Hiyoko we have here is in an earlier state than Sloop; each game is a seperate app and there's only four of them:
– Super Mario Land
– Link's Awakening DX
– Tetris
– Qix— MondoMega (@Mondo_Mega) April 18, 2022
Nintendo most recently added Mario Golf 64 to its lineup of Switch Expansion Pack titles.
Update 04/20/2022 3:04pm ET: A new leak points to more NES titles coming to Nintendo’s Switch Online service, including Castlevania, Pac-Man, Tetris and more.
The leaked application has a build-date of October 2019, and the games being rolled out officially have mostly lined up with what's in the leaked application, so it would appear that the plans for releases were set up far in advance, and this shows what they might release. pic.twitter.com/uXkkyjKVRz
— Kaitlyn Molinas (@orcastraw) April 18, 2022
Image credit: GameFAQs
Source: @Trash_Bandatcoot, @Mondo_Mega, @Orcastraw Via: Gematsu
