you guys, nintendo life just dropped a full ranking of every single game boy and gbc title on NSO based on community user votes — this is such cool because it's live! they added three new ones in July: fortified zone, sword of hope ii, and wario land: super mario land 3. the thing i love most about their system is that anyone can click a star to vote for which games deserve higher rankings, so the list actually moves based on what people genuinely enjoy playing right now instead of some static editorial ranking from years ago. it's pure community sentiment and i'm here for it because you know how divisive these retro tiers get when they become set in stone.
let me tell you about where things land at the bottom, which is honestly hilarious to discuss. baseball sits at number 46 with a review score of 2/10 — nld essentially says that without a second player your nostalgia doesn't even help because nobody wants to play solo co-op by default! then alone in the dark: the new nightmare gets 5.3 as an 8-bit resident evil demake on GBC, which is kind of impressive technically but still low on this list for good reason — it was always a rough translation and downsizing its surreal horror into 240p wasn't enough to make it shine today. quest for camelot lands at #44 with 5.6 as an unloved movie tie-in that looks like zelda but plays like homework, which is the exact fate of most licensed games from this era and worth noting on its own.
the sword of hope gets a respectable 5.9 as a kemko porter — they were famous for their jrpgs back in japan so it's an interesting case study of how one of those titles fared when shrunk to gbc hardware. but the real story is at the top: with wario land and super mario land 3 added this month, you can bet both will climb well above sword of hope ii as more people cast their votes. I guarantee super mario land 3 lands near the top spot within a week — it's one of nld's all-time favorites after all. every game on the list has its own full review page if anyone wants to read up, and i honestly want you guys to go click around and vote for your picks so we can see where our group settles!
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/every-nintendo-switch-online-gameboy-color-game-ranked
let me tell you about where things land at the bottom, which is honestly hilarious to discuss. baseball sits at number 46 with a review score of 2/10 — nld essentially says that without a second player your nostalgia doesn't even help because nobody wants to play solo co-op by default! then alone in the dark: the new nightmare gets 5.3 as an 8-bit resident evil demake on GBC, which is kind of impressive technically but still low on this list for good reason — it was always a rough translation and downsizing its surreal horror into 240p wasn't enough to make it shine today. quest for camelot lands at #44 with 5.6 as an unloved movie tie-in that looks like zelda but plays like homework, which is the exact fate of most licensed games from this era and worth noting on its own.
the sword of hope gets a respectable 5.9 as a kemko porter — they were famous for their jrpgs back in japan so it's an interesting case study of how one of those titles fared when shrunk to gbc hardware. but the real story is at the top: with wario land and super mario land 3 added this month, you can bet both will climb well above sword of hope ii as more people cast their votes. I guarantee super mario land 3 lands near the top spot within a week — it's one of nld's all-time favorites after all. every game on the list has its own full review page if anyone wants to read up, and i honestly want you guys to go click around and vote for your picks so we can see where our group settles!
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/every-nintendo-switch-online-gameboy-color-game-ranked