

That being said, the game's infamy is reason to believe it will never be touched by Nintendo again.Įven so it is a possibility given Nintendo published Conker's Bad Fur Day in the first place. Conker's celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, and it has become a cult-classic 3D platformer thanks to its raunchy, irreverent, and deeply British sense of humor. RELATED: Banjo-Kazooie Offers Hope That Other Xbox-Owned Nintendo 64 Games Could Come to Switch Online Killer Instinct Gold (1996)Ĭonker's Bad Fur Day is perhaps the game many fans of Rare would be most excited to see release through Nintendo Switch Online. With the exception of Banjo-Kazooie, there are 10 Rare N64 titles ripe for the Switch Online library. However, before that Rare was largely known for its Nintendo games. Microsoft purchased Rare in 2002, making it one of many first-party developers under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella. One of the most exciting things about Banjo-Kazooie coming to Nintendo Switch Online is it means Microsoft has given its blessing to include titles published by its now-subsidiary. Among the N64 games coming to Switch some time after the Expansion Pack launches in late October is Rare's classic 1998 3D platformer Banjo-Kazooie. The company has yet to announce how much this new option will cost, but the list of games being added from each console should be more than enough of a selling point for some. RELATED: Original Super Smash Bros.Nintendo is growing its Switch Online service by offering an "Expansion Pack" that includes Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games.


But here are a few more the developer should take into consideration. Most of the Nintendo 64's best titles are already making it to Nintendo Switch Online at some point, and it's likely that Nintendo will add even more games beyond those. And later on, the service will bring Paper Mario, Pokemon Snap, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, and many more. Mario 64, Super Mario 64, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. At launch, players can expect several Nintendo 64 games including, Dr.

Instead, it announced a new membership plan with a price hike called Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.Īlong with this, Nintendo is adding a catalog of Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis titles, which was an unexpected move. Prior to the September Nintendo Direct, gamers were anticipating the addition of classic Game Boy games like the first generation of Pokemon and Super Mario Land to Nintendo Switch Online, the Japanese developer's version of an online premium service.
