{"id":137231,"date":"2026-05-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201273"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:00:00","slug":"hamster-wants-to-release-hundreds-of-games-for-its-console-archives-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/17\/hamster-wants-to-release-hundreds-of-games-for-its-console-archives-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamster Wants To Release Hundreds Of Games For Its Console Archives Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9627bacc05486\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9627bacc05486\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9627bacc05486\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"ldry5JpurCY\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ldry5JpurCY?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hamster Corporation launched its new retro series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/02\/hamsters-console-archives-starting-lineup-revealed-includes-more-than-10-titles\">Console Archives for the Switch 2<\/a> earlier this year, and it apparently wants this library to be even bigger than its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/every-arcade-archives-game-on-nintendo-switch-plus-our-top-picks\">Arcade Archives<\/a> collection.<\/p>\n<p>During <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/\">a chat with Famitsu recently<\/a>, Hamster&#8217;s CEO and founder, Satoshi Hamada, noted how Arcade Archive&#8217;s &#8220;target of 800&#8221; retro releases should just be a &#8220;point&#8221; passed by Console Archives at some stage.<\/p>\n<p>While this amount of releases might be hard to believe, if any company can actually achieve this goal, it&#8217;s <em>probably<\/em> Hamster, as it has already released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/01\/arcade-archives-celebrates-500-retro-releases-with-special-commemorative-game\">more than 500 titles<\/a> for its Arcade Archives series and adds new retro games on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Hamster&#8217;s CEO had to say, according to a <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/console-archives-dev-talks-release-plans-and-goals-wants-to-release-over-800-games\/\">translation by Nintendo Everything<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cArcade Archives had a target of 800, and we\u2019ve already done over 500. For Console Archives we want to beat that. Actually, now we feel like 800 titles should just be a point we pass along the way. Just in terms of the number of titles, there are a lot more home console games than arcade games, so we want to make a series where we can go further.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hamster&#8217;s Console Archives library was launched in February 2026 with the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/console-archives-cool-boarders\">Cool Boarders<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/console-archives-ninja-gaiden-ii-the-dark-sword-of-chaos\">Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos<\/a>. Just earlier this week, it added the &#8220;simulation war game&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/console-archives-master-of-monsters-disciples-of-gaia\">Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the other games for this expanding retro series in our guide here on Nintendo Life.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"Qe2KYCPA1bo\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qe2KYCPA1bo?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:197407,197164,195731 @ 1779034933 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Have you purchased any Console Archives games yet? What else would you like to see Hamster add to this library and Arcade Archives? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Hamster Corporation launched its new retro series Console Archives for the Switch 2 earlier this year, and it apparently wants this library to be even bigger than its Arcade Archives collection. 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