Xbox and Nintendo are finally allowing more Rare games on Switch, but 3 obvious N64 classics are still missing
Obsidian wasn't the only first-party Xbox studio with news at today's Nintendo Partner Direct, as a selection of five Rare classics are coming to Switch - but all fans want to talk about are the three N64 classics that are still missing from the lineup.
As of today, the NES games RC Pro-Am and Snake Rattle 'n' Roll, the SNES games Killer Instinct and Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, and the N64 game Blast Corps are all available as part of the Nintendo Switch Online classics library. Some of those games genuinely are classics, too - RC Pro-Am is a beloved part of the NES library, and while the controls are a bit fiddly these days I still think Blast Corps is an all-timer.
But if you check out the comments on that YouTube trailer or hit up Twitter, you're mostly going to find people not so much excited by this lineup as they are disappointed that the names don't include some especially notable N64 Rare games. Specifically, everyone's looking for Donkey Kong 64, Diddy Kong Racing, and Banjo-Tooie.
That Rare logo in the #NintendoDirect had me hoping for Diddy Kong Racing
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