As part of today's Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, Nintendo has announced that five of the now-Microsoft-owned Rare's titles will be available today via Nintendo Switch Online.

I think Video Games are pretty cool. Rareware, later just Rare, was Nintendo's most prolific western studio of the '90s, just as Retro Studios is the company's most prominent western developer now.

Rareware, which was co-founded by Chris and Tim Stamper, is responsible for creating some of the greatest games ever, including the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, and ...