In addition to an interesting fleet of titles with major exclusives from Zelda and Super Mario, through gems like Astral Chain and Fire Emblem (without going to bother the upcoming Pokémon Sword and Shield), Nintendo Switch has been able to ride the nostalgic wave of retrogames, hosting a large number of titles that gain further value in portability.

There are millions of users who have been able to enjoy games like Final Fantasy VII on Nintendo’s (for a short time yet) hybrid handset, as well as all those who have played hours and hours of Skyrim, L.A. Noire and other products from the past generation. With the advent of Nintendo Switch Online, then came the Nes titles, to which we now add the Super Nintendo stable.

Nintendo Switch becomes the perfect console for retrogamers and continues to be updated with titles from the past, from old glories to cult products. This is the case of Dragon Quest that will see the first chapters land on Switch. Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line and Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation will be available on Nintendo eshop as individual products. Once again Switch is betting on the future but also playing a lot on the past.

The age of retrogaming

As we read every day on Insertcoin.it, retrogames are back in the limelight, not only for the nostalgia effect that sees the market appeal to today’s 30 and 40 year olds, but especially for the quality. The works of the past, now available between porting, remakes and retro consoles, are often timeless masterpieces, able to enchant gamers of every era, as only the classics can do.

Similar to what happens with literature, cinema and music, even the world of video games has its classics, titles that every gamer worthy of the name must necessarily face, sooner or later. Here then emerge from the past amazing stories, incredible gameplay and pioneering that we could hardly see in action today. Retrogames show more courage and experimentation that marked an unforgettable era and still sets the standard today.

The most iconic stories, from those of Ocarina of time, to those of a Max Payne or the first Tomb Raider, come back to make players dream, showing how much the videogame market has to offer both in the present and in its most remote past.

Then there is the arcade world, a reality that has practically disappeared, where nostalgia is wasted. The memory of the old booths has led to the return of products such as Neo Geo Mini, and other retro consoles that aim to reproduce in a small way the experience of the arcade. In this look back and continuous return of the old glories, Nintendo Switch seems to have conquered a peak of its own, presenting itself as a modern console and exploiting the technical limitations and portability to give space to the masterpieces of the past.