Nintendo has added three new Game Boy Advance video games beforehand solely obtainable in Japan to the Nintendo Switch.
Tose Software’s Starfy Game Boy Advance trilogy is now a part of the Game Boy Advance – Nintendo Switch Online library, and obtainable for all Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members to play beginning at the moment.
The set contains 2002’s Densetsu no Starfy, 2003’s Densetsu no Starfy 2, and 2004’s Densetsu no Starfy 3, all colourful platformers starring star-shaped hero Starfy. Densetsu is the Japanese phrase for legend, and Starfy is, as Nintendo describes him, the “Prince of Pufftop Kingdom, golden-hearted (and barely clumsy) hero and frequent aquatic explorer.”
3 traditional video games that includes Starfy, the prince of Pufftop, are actually obtainable to play for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion members!#GameBoyAdvance:
☑️ Densetsu no Starfy 1
☑️ Densetsu no Starfy 2
☑️ Densetsu no Starfy 3 pic.twitter.com/x456oKT2OP— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 12, 2024
Nintendo offered an official description for every recreation:
Densetsu no Starfy: No sleep ’til Pufftop! A sudden storm has brought on Starfy, prince of the floating sky kingdom Pufftop, to plummet from his lofty dwelling into the ocean beneath. Luckily, he’s rescued by an outdated lobster named Lobber who units the lovely hero on a grand journey again to Pufftop. The method dwelling is filled with risks, although, and Starfy might want to make use of quite a lot of skills – together with Star Spin and Glide – and autos just like the mighty Mole Tank, to beat the challenges that await. The legend begins right here!
Densetsu no Starfy 2: Help Starfy save his mom and convey peace again to Pufftop Kingdom on this action-packed sequel! Ogura – the villain of the primary recreation – is again to hunt vengeance towards Starfy, and this time he has Mama Star in his sights. The revenge-driven ruffian ransacks Pufftop and steals away Starfy’s mom within the ensuing kerfuffle, leaving Starfy no alternative however to dive head-first into his subsequent journey. With his finest buddy Moe in tow and challenges aplenty to face, Starfy has his work minimize out for him.
Densetsu no Starfy 3: Starfy’s sister Starly joins him and Moe for his or her third journey on Game Boy Advance! Discover the reality behind the mysterious villain that’s been pulling Ogura’s strings all this time and put a cease to their nefarious plans as soon as and for all. Spin and float with the starry siblings and save the day throughout action-filled levels with the assistance of acquainted associates, together with … Wario?! You learn that proper: Wario crosses paths with Starfy and Starly to assist them by the Undersea Ruins in Stage 8 (whereas looking for treasure, after all), so make sure you test it out. Go, Starfy and Starly, go!
The arrival of the Starfly trilogy on Nintendo Switch Online follows the June addition of Game Boy classics A Link to the Past – Four Swords and Metroid: Zero Mission, the March addition of F-Zero Maximum Velocity, and the January addition of two of the Game Boy Advance’s finest RPGs: Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age. Other Game Boy Advance video games on the service embrace Mario Kart: Super Circuit, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, and Metroid Fusion.
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