Nintendo Adds Rayman 2 and Tonic Trouble to Switch Online N64

Nintendo has announced the addition of two classic Nintendo 64 platformers to its Switch Online service, expanding the retro gaming library for subscribers. Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Tonic Trouble, both developed by Ubisoft and originally released in 1999, will become available on December 17 through the Nintendo 64 app.

The games join the Nintendo Classics collection exclusively for users of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, a premium tier that also provides access to titles from the Game Boy Advance and Sega Genesis libraries. This brings the total number of Nintendo 64 games on the service in Western markets to 42, following recent additions such as Ridge Racer 64, Killer Instinct Gold, and Forsaken.

Rayman 2: The Great Escape marks the series' transition to three-dimensional gameplay, following the 1995 side-scrolling original. In the game, players control the limbless hero Rayman as he escapes a prison ship and battles Admiral Razorbeard and his robotic pirate forces to restore peace to the Glade of Dreams. Collecting 1,000 yellow Lums unlocks stages and provides lore, drawing comparisons to collectibles in titles like Banjo-Kazooie. The game received critical...