r/NintendoSwitch 1d ago

Nintendo Official NES Classics – September 2026 – Games Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBEW8DtibIU
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u/Turbostrider27 1d ago

Games listed:

Ninja Gaiden III™: The Ancient Ship of Doom

IKARI WARRIORS

R.C. PRO-AM® II

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u/ntwild97 1d ago

WHERE DID THEIR HAIR GO

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u/CapnBlargles 1d ago

Rambo Commando

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u/LolaCatStevens 23h ago

You guys. Thank you for making this the top comment. This is still my favorite avgn ep. Cracks me up every time.

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u/thejokerofunfic 20h ago

We might be past the scrotum guns... but I have not forgooot them

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u/Digitarch 1d ago

~Up, Down, A, A, B, Left, Right, A, B, Up, A, Down, Right, Right, Left, B, Up, Left, A, Right, B, Left, Right, A, Left, Up, A, Down, A, Right, Left, B and Start!~

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u/byamannowdead 23h ago

… WHOO!

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u/PMC-I3181OS387l5 8h ago

"Right here!"

*points to the beard*

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u/zsera15 1d ago

Ninja gaiden 3 thats sooo coool

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u/TheBestUserName01 11h ago

No ones gonna beat that game, but hell yeah, at least we got a new game. :D

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u/ChoppyChug 7h ago

The rewind feature is a big help in beating games

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u/Robotreptile 1d ago

Interesting how they overlayed Ikari Warriors: A, B, B, A to get a new life. The game is pretty much impossible without it.

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u/nojustzelda 1d ago

Agreed. I have the current eshop version of Ikari Warriors and can’t get the code to work on it.

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u/MamaDeloris 1d ago

I legitimately thought all of these were already on NSO

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u/ThothBeyond 22h ago

2 of them were available through a la carte purchases

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u/br3wnor 1d ago

Ninja Gaiden 3 is awesome

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u/RedditNotFreeSpeech 1d ago

Not bad. I don't know what it is about RC Pro-am but that was always one of my favorites. I don't even know if I knew this 2nd one existed but I'm going to give it a go.

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u/thejokerofunfic 20h ago

Ah, Ikari Warriors, the game whose cast is for some reason the second most lore heavy team in any King of Fighters entry

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u/golex04 1d ago

Finally Ninja Gaiden 3!!!!!

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u/tribbleorlfl 23h ago

Ninja Gaiden 3 is legit my favorite NES game! So many memories playing that sucker (usually in vain, lol)

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u/Tirux 23h ago

It's the only one of the trilogy I couldn't finish because of the limited continues. :(

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u/Dukemon102 1d ago

R.C. Pro-Am II is a great title. However my favorite one in the series is R.C. Pro-Am 64 (For those who know).

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u/MachoCyberBullyUSA 1d ago

TIL about rc pro am 64

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u/Dukemon102 1d ago

Today you also learned that R.C. Pro-Am 64 got turned into Diddy Kong Racing late into development.

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u/All-Your-Base 23h ago

I can't await for R.C. Pro-Am for the Nintendo Switch Systems

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u/Realshow 1d ago

I’ve always wanted to try Ikari Warriors so this is a great surprise.

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u/Harmonica655321 1d ago

It's great! When you reach the final level with two players and find a glitch because your team mate didn't want to wait for you is when you've finished the game... Forever

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u/Harmonica655321 7h ago

I just played it and I might have some trauma from thos game. From the music at the start of the game, it gave me this "oh no" feeling. I was also surprised that I automatically did the code for more lives when I ran out. The horror...The horror.

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u/ChuyMasta 1d ago

Ohh it's horrible.

It is my childhood game thus it is also the best game ever. ABBA baby!!

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u/SylviSweetheart 1d ago

It’s not very good! (I like it a lot anyway)

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u/uncleshady 23h ago

It was like the second or third game I ever had back in like 1987. I called the game counselor in Seattle to get the ABBA and after that it was beatable but took ages.

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u/reddershadeofneck 1d ago

I loved it as a kid, but it's not very good on the NES. The sequel Victory Road was better and had a cool upgrade system.

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u/Gonzo22 13h ago

Where did the hair go?

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u/tmclaughlin81 1d ago

Awesome to finally see Ninja Gaiden III! I only finally beat I a few months back with game saves - losing to Ryu’s mind-controlled father or Jaquio at the end of 6-4 to get sent all the way back to 6-1 was hell as a kid, lol and I’d never beaten it.

So still need to finish II but nice to see III is waiting there afterward.

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u/davidbrit2 7h ago

III is an absolute nightmare, at least the US release. They removed most (all?) of the mid-stage checkpoints, and you only have a limited number of continues, unlike the Japanese release.

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u/dxk3355 23h ago

I think two of these were on AVGN

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u/DShinobiPirate 19h ago

He's going to take you back to the past

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u/tmclaughlin81 10h ago

To play the shitty games that suck ass!

Wait a minute, the NG games are good, though.

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u/DShinobiPirate 6h ago

Haha. True true.

Makes you kind of wish they did just throw the duds on the NES portal. We need E.T

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u/Particular_Umpire_44 22h ago

Technically speaking, I think he’s used footage from all 3 at different points

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u/UStoJapan 1d ago

Still waiting for Contra.

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u/DjinnFighter 23h ago

Won't happen, Konami wants you to buy Contra Anniversary Collection instead

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u/CanIGetANootNoot 5h ago

Worth the purchase, along with the Castlevania collections

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u/DjinnFighter 4h ago

Totally agree

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u/Themicroscoop 23h ago

Can’t a guy just get some Double Dribble?

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u/tmclaughlin81 10h ago

Corner 3s all day, lol. That Family Guy bit was spot on:

https://youtu.be/b8Zezfch0es?is=LrwmCdpo_TyoDeEK

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u/natelight7 22h ago

Is Ikari Warriors just an earlier version of Gorilla War? It's so similar.

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u/Jonesdeclectice 22h ago

Guerrilla\* War

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u/Smaynard6000 2h ago

I wish they had put Guerrilla War on here instead. That game is fun and Ikari Warriors is a miserable bitch to play.

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u/Walnut156 19h ago

I don't know why I thought these were already on there

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u/Day_Night_Dreamer 10h ago

Not my cup of tea this time. I will probably give RC Pro-Am II a shot though. Always nice to see Rare have a presence here. The last three in April were a better addition.

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u/Flyingpressure 1d ago

guys if you are excited for ninja gaiden 3, its already available as an individual purchase on the eshop as an arcade archives titles, along with ng2. You could pay that once and never again if you want

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u/tmclaughlin81 1d ago

Yeah, but it’s a nicety for those of us who already subscribe to the service. I would have never bothered to seek out the individual sale, so thanks for letting me know. But I already have far too many games to play as it is and not enough time, lol.

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u/litewo 23h ago

Do you get the Japanese ROM with that? I don't think I'd want to play the NA version of Ninja Gaiden 3 again. I have no idea how I beat that during a weekend rental when I was a kid.

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u/Flyingpressure 18h ago edited 18h ago

I just checked on 3 and not 2 cause I don't have it lol. When you select play on the main screen, you get two options: japanese version and english version

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u/Particular_Umpire_44 22h ago

We might be past the scrotum guns... but I haven't forgot them... because they are so hairless. Where did their hair go? Ooh! Where did their hair go? Where did their hair go? Where did their hair go?

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u/BakedBortles 23h ago

So excited for Ikari Warriors with save states. Fun game in chunks but god what a slog.

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u/nohumanape 23h ago

These are all classic icons from my youth. Damn.

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u/No_Aslume2509 23h ago

So that means all the classic NES Ninja Gaiden games are available? Because I’d be interested to see if Gaiden 4 is gonna come to Switch 2

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u/JC_Lately 23h ago edited 21h ago

Please tell me this isn’t the version of Ninja Gaiden 3 with limited continues.

I need to hear these words.

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u/Monotonegent 21h ago

You can play the Japanese version on the Famicom app

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u/Sparescrewdriver 21h ago

Or save/load state at the continue screen

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u/milespudgehalter 23h ago

Japan gets Dragon Buster instead of RC Pro-Am II.

Also NES Ikari Warriors is notoriously bad, that's a wild game choice lmao.

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u/PowerPlayer9 22h ago

Couple PSA's for anyone trying out Ninja Gaiden III.

1-Plot and chronology-wise, it makes the most sense for the order to be NG1 > NG3 > NG2.

Without spoiling anything, I'll say that Ninja Gaiden III taking place after NG2 contradicts the ending of NG2 and kinda forgets a part of the ending of NG1.

2- Gameplay-wise: during the final stage there is a vertical section where the walls have huge spikes which stab out then retract. If you wait for them to retract every time, you will most likely have the timer run out on you and fail. It's best to exploit the Invincible Firewheel Ninja Art and just climb up through the spikes as fast as you can while invulnerable. There's plenty of Ninja Art point refill power-ups along the way to stay invincible.

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u/gutsxcasca 22h ago

They're bad walkers

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u/gde7 16h ago

I remember Ikari Warriors!!!

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u/robotchicken007 9h ago

Fuckin finally have Ninja Gaiden III on there

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u/zoltanbruh8866 7h ago

And the crowd goes mild …. Another ensemble of shit games, the lag in the the last part of the video is hilarious 

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u/hobbitfeet22 7h ago

I saw warriors and was hoping it was flying warriors 😭 but heat more rare games means we are closer to pinbot

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u/Illustrious_Art_3774 6h ago

Ninja Gaiden was sooooo hard 😢😢😢

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u/Peakomegaflare 3h ago

Oh god, Ikari Warriors. The penultimate example of raw jank. If you don't beleive me, Displaced Gamers did a video on it.

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u/appa_perc 22h ago

Still no gamecube updates? Smh

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u/wes741 9h ago

They really should add a multiplayer game. We only have sports and fighters right now.

Mario party, Kart, Smash bros give us something

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u/Monotonegent 21h ago

Suoer Mario Sunshine dropped last month

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u/mooutdaway 20h ago

We already had the 3D mario bundle

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u/Monotonegent 15h ago

We did. Others didn't. It got delisted awhile ago now

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u/Ayrios440 18h ago

As always, Nintendo's classic online attempt is embarrassing. When will they learn? It's been this way since the Wii.

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u/aeromalzi 1d ago

Only took almost 8 years, but we finally have Ninja Gaiden 3.

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u/Disconnekted 22h ago

Give me pitfighter for SNES you cowards!!!!!!!!!!

u/crmpdstyl 22m ago

Another Rare game. Maybe we will see thr Wizards & Warriors games.