Nintendo Switch Online adds Earthworm Jim, 2 more Genesis classics

Nintendo and Sega introduced three additional Sega Genesis products to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers Thursday. These included the new Sega Genesis line-up, which includes the addition of Jim The Earthworm, a silly, well-animated side-scrolling platformer starring a space worm that you can enjoy if you’re able to separate the art from the artist.

Sign up Jim The EarthwormTwo arguably more important, and less well-known games are:

• Alisia DragoonGrandia’s Lunar game developer Game Arts has released a side-scrolling action adventure game called. As the young sorceress Alisia, players embark on a quest of revenge to destroy Baldoure, unleashing lightning bolts on foes and summoning four pets — OK three pets and one ball of fire — in battle.
• Beyond OasisThe top-down, role-playing game ‘, is from Ancient. Yuzo Koshiro founded the company that created Streets of Rage. It features impressive, large-scale spritework and its own summoning system, much like Alisia Dragoon. Sega also released a prequel/sequel. Legend of Oasis, for Sega Saturn.

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack is the premium tier of Nintendo’s online subscription service, and offers access to online multiplayer for Switch games, a variety of expansions and downloadable content, and a library of Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games (in addition to NES and Super NES games). You can now add the following: Jim The Earthworm, Alisia DragoonAnd Beyond OasisSubscribers to Nintendo Switch Online + Expandsion Pack now have 32 Sega Genesis games.

Nintendo Switch Online + Expandsion Packs are $49.99 each for an individual user. $79.99 annually is for a family package (for up eight people).