Nintendo is reportedly set to bring Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to Switch Online

According to The Verge, there’s a rumor floating around that Nintendo may be finally ready to bring its storied handheld gaming library to the Nintendo Switch — Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles will soon join the 100-plus NES and SNES games that it offers via its Switch Online subscription service, according to rumors from the “Nate the Hate” podcast, corroborated by Nintendo Life on August 31 and now again on September 3rd by Eurogamer. That’s a pretty conclusive rumor.

There’s no word on which titles might arrive, but don’t expect your favorites to be among them, at least in the beginning. Nintendo has curated its NES and SNES libraries for Switch very slowly, some of them are pretty deep cuts, and many titles like Earthbound, Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG are still nowhere to be found a whole two years later. Still, it makes a lot of sense that Nintendo would ramp up more classic content, particularly now that the Switch is well into its life and Nintendo is watching its competitors capitalize on remakes, remasters and next-gen patches that make older games look better and give their new consoles some extra life.

Here’s hoping for Game Boy Advance, too, because folks playing the new Metroid Dread deserve to play its amazing prequel Metroid Fusion, and some of the best Fire Emblem games ever made came out there.  Eurogamer does say other consoles beyond Game Boy and Game Boy Color may be “on the cards.” Amusingly, Nintendo offered this official statement: “We have nothing to announce on this topic.”

Switch Online costs $4 a month, $20 a year, or $35 a year for a family membership.

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