Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games may be on their way to the Nintendo Switch after emulators for both GBA and Game Boy/Color were leaked from a Switch development kit. The emulators appear to be officially developed by Nintendo and came with a lengthy list of games that had already been tested.
What Game Boy and GBA games could be coming to Nintendo Switch?
Only four games appear to have been tested in the Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulator, and those are Super Mario Land, Link’s Awakening DX, Tetris, and Qix. However, the list of games tested in the GBA emulator is much longer. According to Twitter user MondoMega, as spotted by Gematsu, the list of games includes several mentions of Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald as well as:
- Astro Boy: Omega Factor
- Car Battler Joe
- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
- Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
- ChuChu Rocket!
- Drill Dozer
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
- Game & Watch Gallery 4
- Golden Sun
- Golden Sun: The Lost Age
- Gunstar Super Heroes
- Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
- Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
- Koro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu!
- Kuru Kuru Kururin
- Lufia: The Ruins of Lore
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
- Mario Golf: Advance Tour Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- Mario Party Advance
- Mario Tennis: Power Tour
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong
- Mega Man Battle Network 5 – Team ProtoMan
- Mega Man Battle Network 2
- Mega Man Zero 3
- Metroid Fusion
- Metroid: Zero Mission
- Mr. Driller 2
- Ninja Five-O
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
- Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
- Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
- Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation
- Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
- Wario Land 4
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!
- Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The emulators were leaked on 4Chan after four files, two for each emulator, were dumped on the website. The GBA emulator currently appears to be codenamed Sloop while the Game Boy emulator is called Hiyoko. Both seem to be signed off by Nintendo Europe Research & Development, which is the team previously responsible for creating the DS and Wii emulators for the Wii U, as well as those used in the NES and SNES Classic Editions. Players are hoping this is a sign the rumored emulators could be added to Nintendo Switch Online soon, but as always, take these rumors with a pinch of salt until Nintendo confirms otherwise.
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