Four of Sega Genesis’ Best Titles Have Hit Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack

gameranx.com:

Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack lights up once again, this time with four absolute classics on the Sega Genesis.

The Revenge of Shinobi, releasing two years before Sonic the Hedgehog, was one of the platform’s early highlights and of the key games on the platform. Set three years after the first game, Joe Musashi goes after Neo Zeed after they kill his master and kidnap his bride. Joe gains a somersault attack, which can be used to jump upwards between walls and evade attacks. This is one of the best twitch games the Genesis saw, and naturally is part of nearly every Sega Genesis game collection.

The Revenge of Shinobi is also noteworthy for the unauthorized use of characters Sega did not own or license. That made succeeding rereleases interesting as Sega would keep revising those characters. There was even a version of the game where they officially licensed Spider-Man, but that probably won’t be in this rerelease.

Ghouls N’ Ghosts is the sequel to seminal 3D Capcom platform Ghosts N’ Goblins. This time, the Ghouls take it too far, slaughtering everyone in the kingdom including Princess Prin-Prin. However, if Arthur can defeat Lucifer, he can restore all their souls.

Ghouls N’ Ghosts stands as a direct contrast to both Super Mario Bros 2 and Super Mario Bros 3, both releasing a year before. If Nintendo’s developers had explored ideas like backtracking and overpowered special abilities, Capcom doubled down on making a relentless skillcheck of a platformer. It also strongly rivals Nintendo’s games, as, at the time, it was an impressive port of an arcade game to Sega’s 16-bit machine.

Crusader of Centy is now something of a deep cut, but it’s one of those games YouTubers refer to as a ‘hidden gem’. Developed by