Nintendo has added five classic Mega Man Game Boy games to the Switch Online subscription. The games are Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge, Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, Mega Man 4, and Mega Man 5, all now part of the Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online library.
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge launched on Game Boy in 1991, two years after the handheld came out. It kicked off an impressive run for Capcom’s action platformer series on Game Boy that ended with 1994’s Mega Man 5.
Of note is that Thinking Rabbit's Mega Man 2 was the only one of the five to be developed by a studio other than Capcom. Mega Man's impressive run on the Game Boy included five games. Image credit: Nintendo.
Nintendo said today’s release is part of this year's Game Boy 35th anniversary celebrations. The Game Boy launched in 1989 with the likes of Super Mario Land, Tetris, Baseball, and Alleyway, all of which are now on Nintendo Switch Online. Other Game Boy games on the service include Metroid 2 – Return of Samus, Kirby’s Dream Land, Super Mario Land 2 – 6 Golden Coins, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX, and Wario in Wario Land 3.
As for Mega Man, the last mainline entry in the series is 2018's Mega Man 11 . While Capcom has released a number of collections in the years since, there's no word on a potential Mega Man 12. Here’s the official blurb on the five Mega Man Game Boy games out today on Nintendo Switch Online: MEGA MAN: DR.
WILY’S REVENGE – Dr. Wily is out for revenge, and this time h.
