Switch Online: The expansion now has five new classics
There are now new Mega Drive classics on the Nintendo Switch.
With the online subscription, the Nintendo Switch not only offers the opportunity to play with others in online multiplayer, but also has retro games in the online expansion pass as a small bonus. Five new games have now joined the list.
These are the new Mega Drive games
With a short trailer, Nintendo has announced which games from the Mega Drive will now find their way to the Switch:
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Nintendo Switch Online – The expansion pass gets five new Mega Drive classics
We’ll introduce you to the new titles in a nutshell:
- Altered Beast: Sidescroller Beat’em Up in which you transform yourself into a different, divine beast in each level.
- Dynamite Headdy: Jump ‘n’ run with a main character who uses his head as a weapon.
- Sword of Vermillion: An RPG with a fantasy setting in which you move through 3D dungeons with real-time battles.
- ToeJam & Earl: Isometric adventure with cool characters and a co-op mode.
- Thunder Force 2: A shoot ’em up that lets you shoot opponents from above as well as from the side.
When will the new games be added? As the trailer reveals, the five Mega Drive titles are not long in coming. From now on you can download the update and then play the retro games.
Excitement Expansion Pass: Since the announcement that N64 and Mega Drive games will be included in the service, there have been many discussions about the Switch Online expansion. This is mainly due to the price, which has been doubled. Instead of 20 euros, you can now pay 40 euros for a single membership and get exclusive access to the two old consoles. There is also the Happy Home Paradise DLC for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which everyone gets with the expansion at no additional cost.
Nevertheless, this is simply not enough for many at the price and the whole thing is not only met with approval in the GamePro community. In a survey we asked you what you think of the expansion and almost 85 percent found the price for the subscription too high. In retrospect, there was one possible reason for the enormous increase from a well-known insider who chatted a little out of the sewing bag:
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All information about Nintendo Switch Online
But that’s by no means all of the games that you can play online with Nintendo Switch. Different options for completing a membership can make things very confusing. So that you don’t lose the overview, we have summarized everything important about the price, the advantages and more in a single article for you.
Which of the five new classics are you happy about? Is there a Mega Drive game that you are still missing from your selection?
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