The Nintendo Thread of Existential Doom

[WildcatJF]

A huge NES dump of games today:

Japan also got classic Mahjong vs Atlantis no Nazo (as it's already out there), along with Go (I think?) and Shin Onigashima instead of the Rare titles.

 

[Kazin]

The Mystery of Atlantis?! Holy shit. I thought they wanted people to actually subscribe to Switch Online!

*looks one game to the right*

URBAN CHAMPION?!

 

[Becksworth]

Honestly, I'm surprised Urban Champion wasn't on there already.

 

[RT-55J]

DK Jr. Math is where it's at

 

[LBD_Nytetrayn]

URBAN CHAMPION?!

YES! FINALLY.

Honestly, I'm surprised Urban Champion wasn't on there already.

Me, too, TBQH.

 

[Octopus Prime]

…it wasn’t?

Huh

 

[WildcatJF]

this is an update where Nintendo looked at what they had left to upload and went QUANTITY

 

[Octopus Prime]

A perfect mix of excitement and confusion

 

[WildcatJF]

I was curious what Nintendo themselves have left to bring to NES NSO (and Famicom, while we're at it), so here's a quick and dirty list of games Nintendo (or HAL Labs) published that aren't licensed (i.e. Popeye) or were ports from other companies (i.e. HAL's Joust, Defender II, and Millipede ports):

HAL:
Adventures of Lolo 2
Adventures of Lolo 3
Eggerland – Departure to Creation (JP only)
Air Fortress
Rollerball
Metal Slader Glory (JP only)
Fire Bam (JP only)
Satsui no Kaisou (JP only)
Uchuu Keibitai SDF (JP only)

Nintendo:
4 Nin Uchi Mahjong (JP only)
Shin 4-Jin Uchi Mahjong: Yakuman Tengoku (JP only)
F1 Race (JP only)
Fire Emblem Gaiden (JP only)
Barker Bill's Trick Shooting (US only, Zapper)
Gumshoe (US only, Zapper)
Gyromite (ROB)
Stack-Up (ROB)
Duck Hunt (Zapper)
Hogan's Alley (Zapper)
Wild Gunman (Zapper)
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II (US only)
Short Order / Eggsplode! (US only, Power Pad)
Backgammon (JP only)
Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race (JP only)
Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (JP only)
Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (JP only)
Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl Who Stands Behind (JP only)
Golf Japan Course (JP only)
Golf U.S. Course (JP only)
The Return of Mario Bros. (JP only)
Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de... (JP only)
Yūyūki (JP only)
NES Play Action Football (NA only)
To the Earth (Zapper, NA only)

 

[Issun]

Oh fuck put Duck Hunt on NSO and sell me a $49.99 zapper I am your depressed nostalgia-fueled mark Nintendo please don't actually listen to me.

 

[RT-55J]

Considering the fact that the movie tie-in for, uh... *checks notes* ...Quest for Camelot is somehow on the Game Boy NSO app, I wouldn't dismiss games with licenses out of hand, even if they are far less likely.

 

[MetManMas]

Put Shadowrun SNES on Switch you cowards

 

[RT-55J]

Put Shadowrun SNES with Brad Smith's mouse patch on Switch you cowards

 

[Tato]

Having fun playing Cobra Triangle, always a fan of the game except for the bosses. As long as you actually use your Life Force style power-ups the game isn't too hard, I neglected to do that as a kid.

At this point, I'm assuming Nintendo is just holding back Zoda's Revenge so they can drop it on the same date they surprise release Startropics 3 on the eShop. Thanks Nintendo, I never gave up the faith.

 

[Kirin]

Man, now I just want Air Fortress

 

[WildcatJF]

If I were to include licensed stuff, it's not a lot. Popeye is the big one.

HAL would have Jumbo Ozaki no Hole in One Professional, New Ghostbusters II, Gall Force: Eternal Story ,and Gozonji Yajikitatin Douchuu. They published Day Dreamin' Davey and Kabuki: Quantum Ninja, but they didn't develop either of those.

Nintendo, meanwhile, has the aforementioned Popeye and its educational Japan only spin-off Popeye no Eigo Asobi, Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School (Nakayama being a popular idol at the time, and was co-developed with Square for Japan), and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NOT HAPPENING).

They published a port of Enix's Ginga no Sannin (JP only), Konami's Smash Ping Pong (which is on the Japanese NSO app), Irem's Kung-Fu and 10 Yard Fight, and Tetris and Tetris 2 (along with Knight Move, another game designed by Alexey Pajitnov for Japan only). They also published several Rare games (which we're slowly seeing, but we are currently waiting on Slalom and Pin*Bot [which has its own license]), Human and Bandai's World Class Track Meet (previously known as Family Fitness Stadium Events in NA and Running Stadium in Japan) and Dance Aerobics, Square's Rad Racer (and Final Fantasy, of course), Enix's Dragon Quest (as Dragon Warrior), and Yoshi's Cookie (developed and published on the SNES by Bullet Proof Software, which might be the holdup on its rerelease. The NES version was developed by TOSE and published by Nintendo). Plus the Mario is Missing/Time Machine games, but those are very unlikely to come back.

I added a couple more to the main list too that I missed in my haste, lol.

 

[ShakeWell]

A huge NES dump

This is mostly true, yes.

Short Order / Eggsplode! (US only, Zapper)

The Return of Mario Bros. (JP only)

Short Order/Eggsplode! is a Power Pad game, not a Zapper game. Which... probably makes it more possible to show up?

Return of Mario Bros. is only *kinda* Japan-exclusive. Somewhat shockingly, Nintendo did release it in Europe as "Mario Bros.: Classic Series" which is based on the Return version, but removes a couple things.

 

[WildcatJF]

Oh, I always thought it was a Zapper game, hahaha.

 

[Daikaiju]

i cannot recommend Solar Jetman enough. Just ignore the last stage.

 

[WildcatJF]

Starfy 1 - 3 hitting NSO today

 

[Johnny Unusual]

@Issun need at least 12 more entries for a top tier Zelda themed Thunderdome. Just post 4 awesome music tracks from a Zelda game

Zelda MusicDome: A Link to the Track

Time to nominate your favorite Zelda tracks and then pit them against each other in a bloody fight for dominance! Now, we are not limiting this to in-game music. Covers are okay. Songs about the games are okay. If someone wants to nominate that one commercial, go ahead (gets out of the way of...

talking-time.net

 

[Tato]

JALECOlle Famicom Ver. Pinball Quest has a lot of cool features and good emulation for the price, I definitely plan to pick up the rest of them.

 

[Bongo]

The Nintendo Museum opens in Kyoto in October:

 

[LBD_Nytetrayn]

I'm honestly a little surprised at how internationally-minded it is.

 

[Purple]

Damn, those are almost as big as the controller for the original X-Box.

 

[RT-55J]

There better be a huge Nintendo DS.

 

[gogglebob]

Good news:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1825673099041194453

 

[RT-55J]

heck yes

 

[Kirin]

Well, that's on my bucket list now.

Man, those exhibits tracking the evolution of the same game elements over decades... they know exactly what kind of thing is honey to obsessive nerds.

 

[Kazin]

I wonder if I own more varied models of Game & Watches than the Nintendo museum. Probably not, but it'd be cool lol