Nintendo Adds Three Titles To Game Boy Advance Nintendo Classics
Metal Slug Advance is a cartridge that trades for tens of thousands of yen on the secondhand market, so its addition to a subscription catalog changes how that title is reachable.
Key Facts
- Nintendo added Kururin Paradise, Metal Slug Advance, and Monster Farm Advance to Game Boy Advance Nintendo Classics on October 14.
- The three titles are available to Nintendo Switch Online plus Expansion Pack subscribers on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 at no additional charge.
- Metal Slug Advance is a 2004 SNK Playmore title that trades for tens of thousands of yen on the secondhand market.
- Kururin Paradise is a 2002 Nintendo and Eighting game that includes Mini Game Paradise, a set of 16 mini-games.
- Monster Farm Advance is a 2001 Tecmo raising simulation that generates monsters from text entered into stone tablets on Age Island.
Reporting from 4 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), ASCII.jp, Automaton, Game Spark.
Nintendo added three Game Boy Advance titles to the Game Boy Advance Nintendo Classics library on October 14. The set is Kururin Paradise, Metal Slug Advance, and Monster Farm Advance, all available to Nintendo Switch Online plus Expansion Pack subscribers on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Kururin Paradise is a 2002 action game from Nintendo and Eighting, the follow-up to Kuru Kuru Kururin, and it adds Mini Game Paradise, a collection of 16 mini-games built around steering the rotating Helirin stick to a goal without striking walls. Metal Slug Advance is a 2004 SNK Playmore run-and-gun set on a South Seas island, built around a Peregrine Falcons recruit training scenario and a card system with more than 100 Metal Slug Cards. Monster Farm Advance is a 2001 Tecmo raising simulation set on Age Island, where monsters hatch from inscribed stone tablets instead of the series' earlier CD-based method.
The three titles landed on October 14 for subscribers of Nintendo Switch Online plus the Expansion Pack, playable on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Kururin Paradise is the follow-up to Kuru Kuru Kururin and keeps the premise of guiding a slowly rotating stick through obstacle courses, with 16 mini-games bundled in. Metal Slug Advance is an original Game Boy Advance entry in the SNK run-and-gun line rather than a port, and its card collection runs past 100 types. Monster Farm Advance moves the raising series away from generating monsters out of CDs and toward a Word Disc Regeneration System that draws monsters from text the player enters, with raised monsters usable as coaches.
Kururin Paradise previously appeared on the Wii U Virtual Console, while Metal Slug Advance and Monster Farm Advance had not been reissued before. Between the three, Metal Slug Advance is the one with a secondhand price in the tens of thousands of yen.
- Kururin Paradise: 2002 Nintendo and Eighting action game, sequel to Kuru Kuru Kururin, includes 16 mini-games
- Metal Slug Advance: 2004 SNK Playmore run-and-gun with over 100 Metal Slug Cards
- Monster Farm Advance: 2001 Tecmo raising simulation using a Word Disc Regeneration System
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- GAME Watch (Impress) Switchオンライン「ゲームボーイアドバンス Nintendo Classics」に「くるりんパラダイス」「メタルスラッグ」「モンスターファーム」が追加！
- ASCII.jp 任天堂「モンスターファームアドバンス」などをNintendo Classics向けに配信 「名作キター！」「我が青春よ」
- Automaton 『モンスターファームアドバンス』や入手困難『メタルスラッグアドバンス』などがゲームボーイアドバンス Nintendo Classicsで復刻。いきなり配信開始
- Game Spark プレミアな『メタルスラッグアドバンス』がスイッチに！GBA版『モンスターファーム』も追加の「ゲームボーイアドバンス Nintendo Classic」新着3タイトル