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This page details one or more prototype versions of Game Boy - Nintendo Classics.

'This page or section details content from theApril 2022 Nintendo Leak.'''

The hiyoko application icon.

Several Nintendo Switch applications were leaked in April 2022. Included in these leaks were development builds of a Game Boy emulator named hiyoko developed by Nintendo European Research & Development (NERD). Each build contained a different Game Boy game.1

General#

SUPER MARIO LAND (EN)

SUPER MARIO LAND (EN)(Touch V2)

SUPER MARIO LAND (EN)(Touch V3)

ZELDA NO DENSETSU YUME O MIRU SHIMA DX (JP)

TETRIS (EN)(Touch V2)

TETRIS (EN)(Touch V3)

  • Different versions of the applications of these games play in portrait mode (V2 for the left side and V3 for the right side), these notably feature touch controls on the bottom of the game screen. The released NSO application does not feature this control scheme.
  • The emulator can specify "machine-type" to emulate specific Game Boy systems. This includes dmg for the original Game Boy, mgb for Game Boy Pocket, sgb for Super Game Boy, cgb for Game Boy Color, agb for Game Boy Advance, and ags for Game Boy Advance SP.
  • Rollback netplay code is present.

(Source: LuigiBlood, Oatmeal386, OatmealDome)

Game Lineup#

Game

Released?

Notes

Qix

No

Was previously on Virtual Console.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

Yes

Was released on February 8, 2023.

Tetris

Yes

Was released on February 8, 2023.

Super Mario Land

Yes

Was released on May 14, 2024.

References#


  1. Kalin Molinas @Katy_Mayy - Twitter, Apr 18, 2022↩︎