Virtual Console Dreaming: Donkey Kong Land 3 and Tetris Update

Welcome back! It’s been a whole 24 hours. 

As expected, Nintendo has completed the Donkey Kong Land saga by adding the third game in the Game Boy trilogy to Switch Online today. They also mentioned in passing on Twitter that the original NES Tetris is coming on 12/12. This would have been an easy thing to announce alongside the Game Awards (it’s airing on the twelfth, as well) but I’m not going to pretend to understand Nintendo’s decision making (but in my defense, Nintendo doesn’t either–because at the time of this writing they’re using the Donkey Kong Land 2 box art in the YouTube thumbnail for DK Land 3). 

I think I cracked the code, though. All these mini drops are to promote the DK Country theme park expansion and, I predict, will culminate with the release of Donkey Kong 64 at some point in the near future. 

Anyway, here is my wishlist for Switch Online. There have been no changes since the last update. 

SNES

Pocky and Rocky 2

Secret of Mana

GBC/GBA

Mother 3

Pokemon Pinball

Tony Hawk misc.  

Nintendo 64

Beetle Adventure Racing

Bomberman 64

Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!

Bomberman Hero

Castlevania 64/Legacy of Darkness

Goemon’s Great Adventure

Mischief Makers

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon

Quest 64

Snowboard Kids

Snowboard Kids 2

I’m celebrating Christmas early this year so my updates might get a bit spotty leading up to the Game Awards (though I didn’t exactly stick to my self imposed break during Thanksgiving week). Either way, you can expect a lot of stuff from me in the back half of December.