These are the 40 Game Boy Advance games ‘tested for Switch’s emulator’
Nintendo has tested over 40 Game Boy Advance games for its Switch emulator, according to data pulled from a build leaked this weekend.
According to known dataminer MondoMega, more than 40 games are either included or referenced within the leaked GBA emulator files. As noted by the user, this doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll launch with any likely Game Boy Nintendo Switch Online service.
Files for the Switch emulators began circulating on social media this weekend, including a Game Boy emulator called ‘Hiyoko’ and a Game Boy Advance emulator named ‘Sloop’.
The emulators were reportedly dumped from a Switch console, suggesting that work may be underway to include the classic handheld systems as part of Nintendo Switch Online.
The leaked GBA build also reportedly includes various games, as well as references to others, including first-party titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap and Metroid Fusion, as well as third-party games including Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Mega Man Battle Network 2.
The GBA emulator games reportedly tested by Nintendo include:
According to MondoMega, the leaked GBA emulator also includes plenty of screenshots of Pokémon games Ruby, Saphire and Emerald, suggesting those titles have also been tested for the emulator.
The build for the Game Boy Color emulator is said to be a lot earlier than GBA, and only includes four games: Super Mario Land, Link’s Awakening DX, Tetris and Qix.
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It has been speculated for some time that both Game Boy consoles would join Nintendo Switch Online’s classic games offering, with multiple sources claiming last year that Game Boy and Game Boy Color games were likely to be added
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