Nintendo Switch will be able to play games for Game Boy and GBA

If you’re the kind of nostalgic who loves products like the Analogue Pocket, take a seat. All indications are that Nintendo is setting the stage for The Nintendo Switch, its flagship console, is capable of emulating Game Boy games.a laptop that marked an era in both the 90s and early 2000s.

Origin of information well-known 4chan forumwhere the series of files that make up the aforementioned Game Boy and GBA emulators was published. These emulators, whose codenames “Hiyoko” (play boy) and “sloop” (Gameboy Advance), were jointly developed by NERDacronyms that refer to Nintendo European Research & Development, a division of the company that also developed other emulators for the Nintendo Switch.

Twitter account @trashbandatcoot guarantees that both emulators are even functional, except for some bugs. What’s more, he posted several screenshots of various Game Boy Advance games running normally using the aforementioned Nintendo Switch emulator.

The above user also published list with games found in the emulatedr from the Game Boy Advance (Sloop), and as such it could be available as soon as Nintendo makes this new emulator official for the Switch. Also mentions four other games found on the Game Boy emulator (Hiyoko).

When will these emulators be available on Nintendo Switch?

Now, it is unknown when and how Nintendo will be able to sell these emulators. for its stellar Nintendo Switch console. However, looking at the company’s strategy, everything suggests that these products will be part of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription, just like other previous console emulators.

Nintendo Switch Online is available in two different plans: the Standard variant, which includes multiplayer in addition to some extra padding; and an expansion pack option that adds some DLC for Nintendo games (such as Animal Crossing or Mario Kart) to an online connection. This last package also offers the ability to play some N64 games through an emulator. Therefore, it would not be surprising if the Game Boy and GBA emulators follow the same path and are only available to those highest-level Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.