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Nintendo is set to add Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles to Nintendo Switch Online, Eurogamer sources have confirmed. <\/p>\n

Word that Nintendo will bulk up its Switch Online back catalogue first broke earlier this week via the Nate the Hate<\/a> podcast, which discussed various possible handheld games Nintendo could bring to the Switch subscription offering. Nintendo Life<\/a> sources then offered their own confirmation. <\/p>\n

Now, Eurogamer has been able to separately corroborate these reports – and we have heard that other retro platforms are also on the cards. <\/p>\n

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Nintendo is set to add Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles to Nintendo Switch Online, Eurogamer sources have confirmed. Word that Nintendo will bulk up its Switch Online back catalogue first broke earlier this week via the Nate the Hate podcast, which discussed various possible handheld games Nintendo could bring to the Switch subscription offering. Nintendo Life sources then offered their own confirmation. Now, Eurogamer has been able to separately corroborate these reports – and we have heard that other retro platforms are also on the cards. 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