It's not often that Nintendo updates the NES and SNES applications for Nintendo Switch Online, but when it does, it usually ensures that we get at least a handful of new titles to play.

And that's exactly what's happening on 26th May, 2021 because Nintendo Switch Online subscribers are being granted access to a whole five new titles, which includes four SNES games plus a lone NES title.

The NES application will be updated to the latest version, and will include the following game...

Ninja JaJaMaru-kun – Take on the role of a ninja and rescue the captured Princess Sakura in this action-packed game, originally released only in Japan. JaJaMaru must use his throwing stars to defeat lurking monsters. Keep an eye out for the ultimate power-up – a ride on Gamapa-kun, the giant frog!

While the SNES application will be updated to its latest version, and will include the following games...

Caveman Ninja (also known as Joe & Mac) – Can cave-dudes Joe and Mac rescue the lost cave-dudettes? In this action game from 1991, life was pretty cool for Joe and Mac until a bunch of Neanderthal nerds crashed their village. The dudes will have to leap to the rescue and jump, dash and use roll attacks to get past the stone-age obstacles in their way. Just make sure to pick the best weapon for the situation, and the boys are sure to make it through!

Magical Drop 2 – This puzzle game launched on the Super Famicom™ system in 1996, but it never saw an English release. But even if you’ve never played, the rules are simple to learn. Catch and throw the drops that descend from overhead. Create vertical lines of three drops of the same color to clear all the connected drops. Enjoy four playable modes, including a mode that assigns you a rank when the game ends, as well as a story mode with 10 characters to play!

Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 – Get ready for high intensity, superhuman baseball spectacles! Use Ultra Plays like Phantom Ball, which will make the ball vanish mid-pitch, or Meteor Hit, which will knock out fielders who make contact with the ball before it bounces. With multiplayer options, a grand total of 18 baseball teams and the ability to create your own original team, this is the wacky baseball simulation dreams are made of!

Spanky’s Quest – Spanky was on his way to a picnic when the witch Morticia began dropping bricks from the sky. Trapped, with six towers now built across the land, Spanky must clear each before the witch’s evil pet crow catches him. He’ll have to use his magic ball to stun enemies, bounce it off his head to power it up and pop it to attack – and try on some hats along the way.

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A varied selection, though some of these titles might not be of interest to those of you who have already played some of the games on offer via the Virtual Console on previous Nintendo platforms, also, it's worth noting that Magical Drop II is available as part of the ACA Neo Geo series on the Switch already, but it is a decent puzzle game, so it will be interesting to see how the ports compare, plus at least with this version, there is online multiplayer.

Are any of these titles of interest to you? Will you be trying out at least one of them? Or were you hoping that other titles which aren't on the service yet, might have been added by now?

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