A ghost borrowing other people’s bodies, a mole rearranging the landscape and an alligator-themed pinball table: Nintendo’s next Game Boy additions have more personality than their modest size might suggest. Mole Mania, Avenging Spirit and Revenge of the ’Gator are coming to Nintendo Switch Online on 27 October 2026.
The announcement circulated on 23 October, with Nintendo Life reproducing Nintendo’s official game descriptions and release date. These are forthcoming additions, not games that have already landed in the app.
The access requirement is refreshingly straightforward. Nintendo’s own Game Boy – Nintendo Classics page confirms that any Nintendo Switch Online membership includes the collection, and that the software is supported on Switch 2. The more expensive Expansion Pack tier is not necessary for the Game Boy library.
Three different reasons to press start
Avenging Spirit is the action choice. Its central idea is possession: the protagonist returns as a ghost and controls other characters while trying to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend. Nintendo’s description sets the adventure across six stages.
That premise gives the game a hook beyond simply moving left to right. Borrowing a body changes the relationship between the hero and the characters occupying the level. For somebody meeting the game for the first time, the mechanic is a more useful introduction than an assurance that everything old must be a classic.
Mole Mania offers a different kind of spatial problem. Muddy Mole can move objects and tunnel through soft ground while solving puzzles and trying to reunite his family. Nintendo’s description also outlines a competitive two-player mode built around attacking and defending.
The attraction on paper is the relationship between what sits on the surface and the routes below it. Digging is not simply a theme placed over a puzzle; it changes the ways a space can be approached. That gives the update a slower, more deliberative counterpoint to the other two games.
Revenge of the ’Gator supplies the score chase, with four main pinball stages and three bonus stages in Nintendo’s rundown. Targets, lanes and the risk of losing the ball provide a neatly different rhythm from either a rescue adventure or a room-sized puzzle.
Those descriptions establish the games’ ideas. They are not new hands-on verdicts, and there is no need to pretend this announcement proves how every player will find their pacing or difficulty today.
The useful part of a subscription catalogue is discovery
Small additions can be easy to dismiss when a service is discussed mainly through its biggest missing names. But a catalogue also earns its place by putting an unfamiliar game one button away from something you already wanted to play.
This batch has a coherent strength: it offers three distinct ways to engage with the same handheld heritage. You can investigate a mechanic, work through a puzzle or chase a better score. That is a more persuasive reason to browse than treating the library’s total count as the whole measure of value.
The limitation is the subscription relationship. Access through Nintendo Classics is not the same as receiving a standalone purchase to keep independently of the service. Existing members gain more to explore within their plan; people who want to own individual reissues are looking for a different arrangement.
Original games, modern conveniences
Nintendo’s app includes suspend points, rewind and selectable Game Boy, Pocket and Color screen styles. These are service features rather than newly announced additions for this particular trio. They can make returning to older games easier to fit around modern routines without changing the basic reason to try them.
Keep the date and membership distinction clear: the three games are scheduled for 27 October, on Switch and Switch 2 through the Game Boy app. There is no separate per-game price to convert into pounds here.
The most promising outcome is simple: somebody opens the app for a familiar favourite and stays to discover a ghost, a mole or a surprisingly determined pinball alligator. A back catalogue is more interesting when it introduces you to something, rather than only reminding you what you already know.