How to give Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games a retro look on Nintendo Switch

Just a PSA to those who have Nintendo Switch Online and want to dive immediately into the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games: you can add a “classic feel” filter to replicate the old-school look of playing on one of these handheld devices.

By going into the settings in both the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance menus (before you select which game you want to play), you can check off a “reproduce classic feel” box.

The Game Boy Advance menu within the Nintendo Switch app, with a big red sidebar on the left. The “reproduce classic feel” box has been checked on the right.

This will give the game a grid-like texture. You can see a comparison below, with the left image showing the “classic feel” and the right image showing the game without.

Two comparisons of Mario and Luigi in front of Woohoo Hooniversity. The left image has a grid-like filter over it and the right image is more clear

It is up to you to decide if this game looks better or worse. But it makes games appear closer to the way they were meant to be.

Similar settings are available for Super Nintendo and NES games. There are many visual options available. You can even add a CRT filter to it, which gives the game that vintage blur.

The ability to play Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games is a recent addition to the Nintendo Switch Online package, as announced in Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct. There’s only a handful of games available to play right now, with more certainly coming in future updates. A basic Nintendo Switch Online subscription is sufficient to play Game Boy Advance titles. The Nintendo Switch Online + Extended Pack subscription is required for Game Boy Advance.

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