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Report: Harvest Moon Publisher Says Nintendo Is Discontinuing 3DS Game Boy Ports
Nintendo's Virtual Console library of games from classic systems is the icing on the cake for 3DS and Wii U owners. However, according to a recent tweet by longtime publisher of the Harvest Moon series, Natsume Inc., the Big N may be moving on from digitizing the little gray cartridges over to the 3DS.
See Natsume Inc.'s tweet below:
@MegaFlare0 Nintendo have moved on from Game Boy games. If it's a Natsume game not out now, it's not coming.
— Natsume Inc. (@Natsume_Inc) October 8, 2015
Natsume Inc. has a long track record of working with Nintendo platforms, from NES titles in the '80s to Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories on Wii U. Even though Natsume is a long-time Nintendo partner, we approached Nintendo directly for clarification and confirmation earlier today. We suggest staying cool until we receive the official word on this situation.
[Source: Natsume Inc. via Destructoid]
Our Take
I've discovered several lesser-celebrated Game Boy gems thanks to the 3DS' Virtual Console, like Donkey Kong and Bionic Commando. The 3DS' library of Game Boy games has also let me go back to the classic Mega Man and Super Mario games for the handheld, complete with the wonderful option to create save states. Hopefully if this news is true, it means that Nintendo is dedicating those porting resources to something else that will benefit 3DS owners.
For a list of every Game Boy released on the 3DS so far, head over to page 2.
Here's a list of every Game Boy released on the 3DS Virtual Console so far:
- Adventure Island
- Alleyway
- Avenging Spirit
- Balloon Kid
- Baseball
- Bionic Commando
- BurgerTime Deluxe
- Castlevania: The Adventure
- Catrap
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong Land
- Donkey Kong Land 2
- Donkey Kong Land III
- Double Dragon
- Dr. Mario
- Fortified Zone
- Game & Watch Gallery
- Gargoyle's Quest
- Golf
- Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
- Kirby's Block Ball
- Kirby's Dream Land
- Kirby's Dream Land 2
- Kirby's Pinball Land
- Kirby's Star Stacker
- Lock 'n' Chase
- Mario's Picross
- Maru's Mission
- Mega Man II
- Mega Man III
- Mega Man IV
- Mega Man V
- Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
- Metroid II: Return of Samus
- Mole Mania
- Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
- Pac-Man
- Qix
- Quarth
- Radar Mission
- Revenge of the 'Gator[b]
- Side Pocket
- Super Mario Land
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
- Tennis
- Tetris[a]
- The Sword of Hope II
- Tumblepop
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
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