Summary
Nintendo Switch Onlineis adding two classic Game Boy AdvanceF-Zerogames to its library on October 11, including one previously only available in Japan. There is no shortage of older games to be discovered in theNintendo Switch Onlinecatalog, with new ones being added regularly since the service first launched in March 2017. September 2024 saw the addition of several classic Super Nintendo titles likeBattletoads/Double Dragon,Cosmo Gang The Puzzle(orPac-Attackas it was known outside Japan),Big Run, and the once Japan-exclusive Kunio-kun no Dodgeball da yo Zen’in Shūgō.
New Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy Advance Games Coming October 11
F-Zero GP Legendwas released on the Game Boy Advance in 2003 as a tie-in for theanime series of the same name, and tasked players with defeating the evil Zoda and the criminal Dark Million organization through high-octane, futuristic races. A year later, Nintendo released a sequel titledF-Zero Climax, though it was only available in Japan until this recent Nintendo Switch Online announcement. It was also the lastF-Zerogame to be produced until 2023’sF-Zero 99.
Speaking ofF-Zero 99, the retro-style battle royale racer is also getting a free update that adds five new courses based on the Japan-exclusive Satellaview version of the originalF-Zero. Fans have remained hopeful for abrand-new mainlineF-Zerogame, withF-Zero GXproducer Toshihiro Nagoshi even expressing interest in such a project. In the meantime, players can still race their way through some of the series’ memorable handheld offerings thanks toNintendo Switch Online.
F-Zero: GP Legend
The year is A.D. 2001, and you are about to enter the world of ultra-high-speed F-Zero Grand Prix races, which take place on specially-constructed circuit tracks located all over the universe. Take control of eight different characters - including the mysterious Captain Falcon, new racing star Rick Wheeler, and the evil lord Black Shadow - as you race through an action-packed story that spans multiple planets!• Defeat all challengers! Compete in the four Grand Prix cups, set records in time trials, master specific challenges in Zero Test mode, or take on up to three friends as you battle and race to be first!• The race continues! Follow the adventures of cop and racer Rick Wheeler and the other hard-driving members of the Elite Mobile Task Force as they race against time and evil in the F-Zero Grand Prix. The peace of the galaxy is at stake as Rick and the other task force racers compete to keep the prize money out of evil hands. Watch this souped-up, high-speed adventure in the U.S. only on the Fox Box!
