New Pokémon Nintendo Switch Online Game Could Be A Great Sign For The Future

has been around for a while and not just its mainline games. is a long-running spin-off series that is now eleven titles strong and allows players to be a rather than a trainer. The games present a completely different perspective on the world of, which is in part why the series is still going almost twenty years on, and the first title in the series, is making a return to the Nintendo Switch via its online service.

will be arriving on the Switch on August 9.

It seems as though every gaming platform has some sort of paid-for service to access a library of games and online functionality. Nintendo Switch Online, and its added Expansion Pack includes a growing library of over 100 classic titles from the NES, SNES and Game Boy eras, with in particular being the last game released on the Game Boy Advance.

The Nintendo Switch Online library could definitely benefit from the addition of some Nintendo DS games, and some would be especially compelling.

has a plethora of classic titles, especially from the Game Boy era. If Nintendo is to continue the trend of adding games like, it could provide a convenient place to revisit the classics. The classics in question are likely to remain in the Game Boy Advance era at the latest for the time being, since the version of the game was used and not the version that was on the DS, likely to avoid the issue of having to port over a two screen display.

The variant of the game was largely the same as the version, but made use of the DS' extra power and two screens.

Currently, classic games, like the first three generations of the main series, can only be played if players still have the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. Versions of them can be accessed on PC either through the ROMs, like with or through emulation, but not everyone wants to play a Nintendo game on the PC. If Nintendo put more classic titles on its online service, it could allow for the service to appeal to a wider audience, given that is the biggest franchise around.

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