Nintendo has added seven new games to their NES channel on their Nintendo Switch Online subscription. While some of these are expected first-party games, there are a few in the mix that are rather surprising.
Here’s the full list:
- Urban Champion
- Golf
- Donkey Kong Jr. Math
- Mach Rider
- The Mystery of Atlantis
- SOLAR JETMAN
- COBRA TRIANGLE
The one that stands out is Mystery of Atlantis, which was never released in North America. Mystery of Atlantis isn’t even the name on its birth certificate; it’s Atlantis no Nazo (which really does translate to Mystery of Atlantis), a questionably challenging game from Sunsoft. It features 100 levels, but they’re not sequential. Figuring out how they connect, discovering bizarre secrets to find new exits, and eventually reaching the end is where most of the fun lies. And when I say bizarre secrets, there are instances where you have to jump into what is normally a bottomless pit and another where you have to blow yourself up in a specific spot. It’s not for everyone.
On top of that, we also have the also-questionable Urban Champion, an early fighting game. There’s Donkey Kong Jr. Math if you need to brush up on your arithmetic. Mach Rider and Golf round out the first-party offerings. Then there is also Solar Jetman and Cobra Triangle from Rare’s early days.
It’s not exactly the most top-shelf selection of games from the console, but most of them are worth trying out. Maybe not Donkey Kong Jr. Math if you’re out of your grade school years.
