[STEAM] The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of)

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In 2018, we

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as Nintendo officially replaced the Virtual Console—its

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of downloadable classic games on the Wii and Wii U—with time-limited access to a set of games

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. Now, Hamster Corporation is doing what Nintendo no longer will, by offering downloadable versions of retro console games for direct individual purchase on the Switch 2.

As part of

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, Hamster

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of emulated classics available for download starting today on the Switch 2 and next week on the PlayStation 5 (sorry, Xbox and OG Switch fans). So far that lineup only includes the original PlayStation snowboarding title

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and the NES action platformer

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, but Hamster promises more obscure games, including Doraemon and Sonic Wings Special, will be available in the future.

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If the name Hamster Corporation sounds familiar, it's because the company is behind

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, which has repackaged individual arcade games for purchase and emulated play on modern consoles since 2014. That effort, which

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, even

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, which the Switch-maker never officially released on the original Virtual Console.

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