New NES and SNES Games Revealed for Nintendo Switch Online

Every few months, Nintendo announces new NES and SNES games for its Nintendo Switch Online service. It just recently announced the additions for February.

As part of their Nintendo Switch Online service, Nintendo gives subscribers access to a number of NES and SNES games they can play via an emulator on the system. This includes classics like Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble and Super Mario Bros 3, as well as lesser known titles like Nightshade and Wild Guns.

This month, the US and Europe are getting Fire 'n Ice for the NES as well as Doomsday Warrior, Prehistorik Man, and Psycho Dream for the SNES.

Nintendo Switch Online in Japan is getting Psycho Dream as well. But they're also getting Mario’s Picross, Solomon’s Key 2, and the classic RPG Shin Megami Tensei 2.

Many of the these titles aren't as well known or as popular as some other classic games. So their release this month is a great way to try out old games fans probably haven't played before. Even if they're not as beloved as more well known Nintendo titles, they still provide an interesting window into a unique era of game design.

On the other hand, there's a reason obscure games stay obscure. The NES and SNES had some of the greatest games of all time, like Chrono Trigger or Super Mario RPG. Even Shin Megami Tensei 2 would be amazing to see get an official release in the West. Hopefully, Nintendo releases some of these classic games soon.

Super Smash Bros. Melee is an incredibly popular game, with people playing it even to this day. So it's unsurprising that, even 20 years after it's release, new and unexpected Smash Bros. records are still being broken.

The Super Smash Bros. series is well-known in part for two things: its fun and chaotic fighting mechanics, and its interesting and clever credits sequences. And Super Smash Bros. Melee is no exception. Melee made the credits sequence a fast paced, chaotic first-person space shooter where the names of the various creators of the game fly past the screen and the player has to shoot them with a laser beam.

The minigame isn't easy though, as the credits for Super Smash Bros. Melee have 190 names, and for 20 years, no one has recorded themselves getting all 190. Until this week, when a Smash Bros. player named Martin Zarate managed to do it and put his recording up on YouTube. Which is a pretty big milestone from one of the biggest games celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

This all started when a YouTuber named Nathaniel Bandy put out the call on YouTube and Twitter on January 23rd. He'd be paying a bounty of $3000 out of his own pocket for the first person who could verifiably record themselves hitting all 190 targets in the Super Smash Bros. Melee credits minigame. According to Martin, it took him over 50 hours of practice before he was able to make the complete runthrough; it took a lot of practice and memorization.

This isn't the first time Smash fans have had more fun with Melee's minigames than with the main game. Late last year a group of fans created a randomizer for the game's famous Break the Targets minigame. It's amazing that, even 20 years later, people are not only still playing Super Smash Bros. Melee, but finding new records to break. This one in particular sounds like it took a lot of hard work and practice, and required a lot of skills not normally used in Smash play. Certainly a different set than is required to unlock every single character in Smash Bros. Melee.