1080, Harvest Moon 64 Out Today (Dec. 8) on Switch

Two classics have dropped on the Nintendo 64 app for Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack members. 1080 Snowboarding and Harvest Moon 64 (Bokujō Monogatari 2) are available today, Friday, December 8, are playable right now on the retro app. Previously announced back in October, the games round out the lineup of Nintendo 64 releases for 2023. These two games mark the 28th and 29th games available on the service in Japan (versus 27 in the West). The last game(s) to release on the service in Japan were Goldeneye and Jet Force Gemini via an 18+ version of the Nintendo 64 app last week. You can see the Japanese trailer for the latest games below.

Nintendo once again is offering digital PDF versions of some retro articles for both games. You can check those out below. 

1080 Snowboarding - 64 Dream Article (March 1998) PDF

1080 Snowboarding - 64 Dream Article (April 1998) PDF

1080 Snowboarding - 64 Dream Article (May 1998) PDF

Harvest Moon 64 - 64 Dream Article (November 1998) PDF

Harvest Moon 64 - 64 Dream Article (December1998) PDF

Harvest Moon 64 - 64 Dream Article (January 1999) PDF

Harvest Moon 64 - 64 Dream Article (March 1999) PDF

1080 was originally released on the Nintendo 64 on February 28, 1998 in Japan and followed up by a late March release in North America and October release in Europe. The game was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in 2008 and the Wii U Virtual Console in late 2015 / early 2016. Harvest Moon 64, known as Bokujō Monogatari 2 (essentially Harvest Moon 2) in Japan, was released on February 5, 1999 in Japan and November 30, 1999 in North America. The game was later released on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2017. If you want a look at ALL of the games available on the Nintendo 64 app on the Switch (with Japanese box art for ALL of the games), check out our article here.

Source: NCL