Nintendo announced a December Nintendo Switch Online update that will bring new NES, SNES, Famicom, Super Famicom, and Famicom Disk System games to the service. On December 18, 2020, one NES game and four SNES games will show up in North America. (
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble will be among them.) That same day, Japan will get four Super Famicom games and one Famicom Disk System game.
In North America, the lone NES game is
Nightshade. It’s an adventure game with action segments where players follow the titular vigilante as he attempts to bring justice and peace to Metro City. (And, in the process, also become popular with its citizens.) The SNES games are