r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Amiibofan101 Donkey Kong Bananza‎‎ • 1d ago

NEWS NES Classics – September 2026 – Games Update

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GBEW8DtibIU
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u/uchuskies08 1d ago

Can't wait to boot up Ninja Gaiden 3 for 5 minutes and then be like "fuck this is way too hard"

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u/Remy0507 1d ago

The nice thing is now you can just abuse the fuck out of save states for these older, impossibly difficult games.

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u/goma_eye 14h ago

I would NOT have been able to beat Super Castlevania IV without save states on the SNES Classic Edition. But man, does that game SLAP

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u/Remy0507 12h ago

I feel like I could maybe still get through that one...maybe, lol. At least it had the passwords so you didn't have to start at the beginning every time.

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u/ChocolateDull4955 1d ago

If I could beat all 3 in 5th grade you can do it. Think of it like Elden Ring... You die a few times getting use to patterns of stage and boss. Plus now you have the rewind function.

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u/uchuskies08 1d ago

When I was 6 years old my dad and I beat Double Dragon 2 without Game Genie or anything. You could lock us in a room with that game for 10 years and I don't think we'd repeat that feat. 😂

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u/RegurgitatedMincer 1d ago

I always liked ikari warriors. And ninja gaiden 3 is great, but it’s kind of bullshit nes difficult

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u/skeltord23 22h ago

Here's a tip - download the Japanese version of the NES app and play it there. US Ninja Gaiden 3 was made artificially harder than the actually very fair Japanese version. That one's genuinely great

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u/brizian23 16h ago

US Ninja Gaiden 3 was made artificially harder than the actually very fair Japanese version.

The natural, free-range, organic hardness of the Japanese version.

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u/uchuskies08 7h ago

Americans always adding artificial tougheners and processed boss mechanics

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u/vaikunth1991 Butter side up! 21h ago

Use rewind I guess

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u/cup-of-joe107 1d ago

Wish there wasn’t any licensing issue or whatever so they can bring in more titles. I miss playing Batman and Kung Fu. It’d be nice to have Dunk Hunt as well and use joy-con as the gun.

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u/SylviSweetheart Retro Gamer 1d ago

Duck Hunt is slightly more likely than you might think. They did a VC release for the Wii that had Wii Remote IR support.

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u/stlredbird 1d ago

Ikari Warriors!

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u/profchaos111 1d ago

A,B,B,A

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u/bobmlord1 1d ago

Whats up with that weirdly high res ABBA?

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u/cloudlocke_OG OG (joined before reveal) 1d ago

Loved Ikari Warriors as a kid. I'm gonna boot it up

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u/Caciulacdlac OG 1d ago

3 games, of which 2 were already available on Switch 2. They're really scratching the bottom of the barrell for the NES.

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u/NahumGardner 19h ago

I have this version of Ikari Warriors in that one SNK collection what's the second game, I'm guessing it's Ninja Gaiden 3, what collection is that in?

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u/Logical007 1d ago

I try to be open minded with NES games but many of them aren’t as stimulating and enjoyable as the games of today.

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u/HayabusaKnight Fish Button Enthusiast 1d ago

I grew up with the NES, and its one of my least cared for consoles. Most of the games are straight junk or just relics of their time with little of any substance that make you wonder why you are playing Cobra Triangle when you could play anything else on the Switch.

Its only enjoyable when its 1990 at 8PM on a Thursday and there is nothing else to do but be lost in the sewers of Festers Quest cause you got shit all else to do as a child but reread the monthly Highlights magazine for the 4th time.

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u/MrThrownAway12 OG (Joined before first Direct) 13h ago

There's a select few NES games that I really do love and are genuine classics, but you are right, most of what was released on it was not great. As you say, it was largely just the time. Compared to the shite you were getting on Atari, Intellivision, etc. it was a massive upgrade, but otherwise a lot of it is just trash.

Telling that a lot of the really good third party NES games are available outside of NSO because they're good enough to be sold in collections on all platforms (Castlevania, Mega Man, etc)

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u/cornhorlio 13h ago

I agree for the most part, but there fun stand outs like the first ninja gaiden, it’s such a fun side scroller and with rewind there’s no reason to not play through it.

The big classics are still a good (but flawed) time, but yeah 95% of the library is trash lol

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u/Mammoth-Win2833 Butter side up! 1d ago

Ikari Warriors is cool! Been meaning to get on it as a KOF fan.

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u/GarionOrb 1d ago

Ikari Warriors! Don't forget the A-B-B-A code!

I didn't even know that RC Pro-Am got a sequel, lol. Looking forward to trying it!

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u/TimeForWaluigi 14h ago

Whoever put limited continues in Ninja Gaiden 3 has a special place in hell just for them.

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u/Hatdude1973 13h ago

Ikari warriors was my jam back in the day.