The first three Super Mario Advance games arrive on May 26
Nintendo has announced the next set of games coming to the Game Boy Advance library for Nintendo Switch Online and Expansion Pack subscribers, and it’s all Mario, all the time. The first three games in the Super Mario Advance series will be added to the collection in one week, on Friday May 26.
The three include two of the best platform games — scratch that, two of the best games — of all time. Super Mario Advance 2 brought the Super Nintendo launch classic Super Mario World on the GBA, meanwhile Super Mario Advance 3 did the same for the gorgeous, hilarious, and slightly weird sequel, Yoshi’s Island. They’re perfect conversions, and nice to have, although both can be played (without Expansion Pack membership) in their original versions on Switch Online’s SNES collection.
The first Super Mario Advance is not on the same god level, although it is arguably a more interesting release. It was a refurb in 2001 by curmudgeons Super Mario Bros. 2a curious 1988 NES game about throwing vegetables that is itself the skin of a game called Doki Doki Panicwhich was made when the American market rejected the original Nintendo Super Mario Bros. next event. The Super Mario Advance version updated its graphics and marked the beginning of a critical turnaround in the game and its charmingly unique gameplay. Again, the original NES version is already available with a basic Switch Online membership, but in this case, the GBA remake is definitely the version to play.
The three games are joined Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 to complete the availability of the Super Mario Advance series on Nintendo Switch Online.
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