Nintendo Switch Online Adds Classic Game Earthworm Jim 2
The Nintendo Switch Online service has added three new games, with the headliner being Earthworm Jim 2. The titular Earthworm Jim is a nostalgic video game mascot from the era when every studio wanted its own equivalent to Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog, and Earthworm Jim managed to break free from the world of gaming, by receiving his own beloved cartoon series.
The Earthworm Jim video games were run and gun platformers with a twisted sense of humor. Earthworm Jim was a regular earthworm who was granted sentience when an alien super-suit fell from the sky, granting him super strength and a ray gun. The first two Earthworm Jim games were well-regarded at the time and are still remembered fondly by fans, even if they didn't leave as much of a mark on history as the Donkey Kong Country, Sonic the Hedgehog, or Super Mario Bros. games from the same era.
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The last major addition to the SNES app happened in February when EarthBound was added to Nintendo Switch Online. Nintendo has just added more games to the NES and SNES app without any warning. A new trailer on the official Nintendo YouTube channel has announced that Earthworm Jim 2 is now available on the SNES app and both Dig Dug 2 and Mappy-Land are available on the NES app. SP versions of Super Mario World and Super Punch-Out!! are also available, with progress saved at a late point in each game.
Dig Dug 2 is a puzzle game set on islands, where the player must use their drill to break pieces of land away, in order to deal with monsters, without falling into the water themselves. Mappy-Land is a strange platform game, where the player takes on the role of a cartoon mouse, as they collect items and avoid
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