{"id":898323,"date":"2025-12-23T22:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/japan-only-starfy-games-now-out-worldwide-on-nintendo-switch-online"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:27:15","slug":"japan-only-starfy-games-now-out-worldwide-on-nintendo-switch-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/japan-only-starfy-games-now-out-worldwide-on-nintendo-switch-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan-only Starfy games now out worldwide on Nintendo Switch Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/japan-only-starfy-games-now-out-worldwide-on-nintendo-switch-online.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nThree Starfy games previously only available in Japan have been added to Nintendo Switch Online for Expansion members.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDensetsu no Starfy 1, 2 and 3 were all released on the Game Boy Advance between 2002 and 2004, but are now available globally on Switch. A fourth game came to Nintendo DS in 2006, which was followed by The Legendary Starfy on the same console &#8211; the only game in the series to be released outside of Japan, until now.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSo who is Starfy? As one comment on X put it: &#8220;He&#8217;s like Kirby, but a starfish&#8221;. Makes sense.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/japan-only-starfy-games-now-out-worldwide-on-nintendo-switch-online\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/japan-only-starfy-games-now-out-worldwide-on-nintendo-switch-online\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Starfy games previously only available in Japan have been added to Nintendo Switch Online for Expansion members. Densetsu no Starfy 1, 2 and 3 were all released on the Game Boy Advance between 2002 and 2004, but are now available globally on Switch. A fourth game came to Nintendo DS in 2006, which was followed by The Legendary Starfy on the same console &#8211; the only game in the series to be released outside of Japan, until now. So who is Starfy? As one comment on X put it: &#8220;He&#8217;s like Kirby, but a starfish&#8221;. Makes sense. 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