Nintendo Switch Online gets two overlooked RPG classics this week week

12 January 2024 , 19:00

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Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age are arriving on Nintendo Switch Online next week (Image: Nintendo)

Nintendo has confirmed that the classic GBA RPGs Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age will be the next inclusions in the Nintendo Switch Online plus Expansion Pack lineup.

Japanese developer Camelot Software Planning may be best known for the likes of Sega's Shining Force, Sony's Everybody's Golf, and every single Mario Tennis and Golf game since the N64 – and by extension, the creators of Waluigi. However, during the GBA era, it created its own series of RPGs called Golden Sun. Following Issac, a psychic with elemental powers, Golden Sun was an instant hit, with the game receiving universal critical acclaim at launch, even compared to console RPGs of the same era. Plus, Issac remains a popular request for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to this very day. Despite that acclaim, however, it's remained a bit of cult classic, as Nintendo hasn't done anything with the series since the DS due to low sales of the sequels.

Dropping Golden Sun on Nintendo Switch Online is exciting enough in its own right, but Nintendo has gone one step further and included its sequel – Golden Sun: The Lost Age – in the same drop. This time following the side-character Felix and picking up where the original game left off. Golden Sun: The Lost Age also received high praise from critics when it launched. You're able to transfer data from the original game to The Lost Age, so it's well worth playing them in order. These titles will be available to play on the Nintendo Switch Online: Game Boy Advance app when they are released.

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack January 2024 games

Here's every game being added to Nintendo Switch Online plus Expansion Pack this month. These titles will be available on Wednesday, January 17:

• Golden Sun (GBA)
• Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA)

Due to these games being on GBA, they will only be available to players who have subscribed to the Nintendo Switch Online plus Expansion Pack tier, as the Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy Advance app is only available there. Subscribers on the baseline Nintendo Switch Online subscription only have access to the NES, SNES, and Game Boy / Game Boy Colour apps.

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Unlike other services like PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass, you don't need to worry about any of the games included in Nintendo Switch Online disappearing, in the five plus years the service has been around, no titles have left the service.

Scott McCrae