Nintendo has added two more Game Boy games to its Switch Online retro library.
Donkey Kong and Mario’s Picross have both been added to the Game Boy app, to celebrate the upcoming Mario Day on March 10.
Donkey Kong, sometimes referred to as Donkey Kong ’94, is considered by some to be one of the best games on the Game Boy.
The game initially appears to be a straight remake of the 1981 arcade game, with the first four stages replicating those of the coin-op original. When players finish the fourth stage and defeat Donkey Kong, however, he gets up again, kidnaps Pauline and runs through a door.
It then emerges that the game is actually a large puzzle platformer consisting of 101 levels spanning nine worlds, essentially acting as the precursor to the Mario vs Donkey Kong series.
Mario’s Picross was the first game in developer Jupiter’s series of Picross games for Nintendo. Like every game in the series, it presents the player with a grid that they have to colour in.
By using the numerical clues located on the rows and columns of the grids, players use logic to figure out which squares to fill in and which ones to leave blank. If they do it correctly, the filled in squares reveal a picture.
The additions of Donkey Kong and Mario’s Picross bring the total number of Game Boy and Game Boy Color games on Switch Online up to 35 titles in the West.
Other Game Boy titles on the service include Super Mario Land and its sequel, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX, Tetris, all five Mega Man games, all three Donkey Kong Land games, Metroid II and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages / Seasons.
NES, SNES, Game Boy and Game Boy Color games are available as part of the standard Switch Online subscription, which costs $19.99 / £17.99 / €19.99 for a 12-month individual membership.
Players can also gain access to further libraries containing Game Boy Advance, Mega Drive / Genesis and Nintendo 64 games, by upgrading to the Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription, which costs $49.99 / £34.99 / €39.99.
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