Nintendo Classics Update Adds Four Games, Remapping, and Game Boy Boot Easter Egg

Overview

• Nintendo added Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden II to the NES library, plus Bionic Commando and Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters to the Game Boy app.
• The NES and Game Boy apps are now branded Nintendo Classics, updating to Versions 8.0.0 and 3.0.0, respectively.
• Both apps now support controller button remapping through the in-game overlay menu.
• The Game Boy app includes a boot-screen Easter egg that appears when you hold the left stick at launch, with the screen reflecting the selected Game Boy, Pocket, or Color filter.
• The Game Boy app’s boot sound now uses a Super Mario Land coin block effect, and the new content is live for base-tier Switch Online members on Switch and Switch 2, with a demo video shared by Vooks.net.