Nintendo Update Gives Hope For Game Boy NSO Expansion
A recent interview has renewed many fans' hopes that Nintendo Switch Online could soon receive Game Boy titles. A leak earlier this year claimed that Game Boy Advance games would soon come to the service, but so far nothing of the sort has been officially confirmed. Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack subscription option was first announced in October of 2021, and has since added several new games and perks to the service.
Until late 2021, a Nintendo Switch Online subscription was primarily used for playing multiplayer games online and accessing a library of NES and SNES titles. The initial NSO Expansion Pack subscription included access to a handful of N64 and Sega Genesis games, as well as the Animal Crossing: New Horizons DLC Happy Home Paradise. Since then, new titles for each platform have made their way to the service, as has access to the Mario Kart Booster Pack DLCs and special gear for Splatoon 2. There have long been theories about what will be added next to Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack, with rumors of Game Boy titles being added first gaining traction soon after the Expansion Pack's release last year, when Nintendo stated its plans to continue expanding the service.
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Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa stated in a recent interview that Nintendo will continue to expand Nintendo Switch Online's service throughout this year, VideoGamesChronicle reports. Furukawa pointed out that although subscription numbers for the service have not been released since last year, they have been steadily growing since the release of the Expansion Pack. Retention of users is a priority for Nintendo, as is continuing to add value to the
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