Nintendo Switch Online recently opened its vault and expanded its SNES lineup with Fatal Fury 2, Sutte Hakkun, and Super Ninja Boy. Late last year, Nintendo Switch Online also offered a handful of Sega's older games, including ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, Vectorman, and Mercs.

Looking back on the history of Nintendo's day one console releases to see how the Switch's measure up to the legacy

First-party games like Mario Kart and Metroid Prime could be joined by some absolute belters from the likes of Microsoft and Atlus.