Survival Kids, The Originator Of One Of Switch 2's Few Original Launch Day Games Is Available On Switch

by Kyle Hilliard

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://gameinformer.com/2025/05/13/2025-nintendo-switch-2-game-release-schedule"&gt;On the Switch 2's launch day, there will only be a handful of fully original games&lt;/a&gt; that aren't ports. Mario Kart World will be available, but among the other few original titles is a game called &lt;a href="https://gameinformer.com/product/survival-kids"&gt;Survival Kids&lt;/a&gt;. You'd be forgiven for not knowing it is actually part of a larger series. The first game in the series released in 1999 for the Game Boy Color and shared the name of the upcoming Swtich 2 sequel, Survival Kids. It received a Game Boy sequel and then the series continued on DS and Wii where it had a different name, Lost in Blue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few days ago, Survival Kids was added to the Nintendo Online Game Boy library alongside Gradius The Interstellar Assault, Kirby's Star Stacker, and The Sword of Hope.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;iframe width="560" height="315" frameBorder="0"  width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BRmpwGGTXOo" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p&gt;Survival Kids, the original game, is a well-liked, innovative title that borrowed ideas from titles like Zelda and Pokémon to create a survival game on a small scale years before the genre became a popular standard. Game Informer scored it a 7.5/10 when it released.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Physical copies of the game are also quite rare. According to &lt;a href="https://www.pricecharting.com/game/gameboy-color/survival-kids"&gt;pricecharting.com&lt;/a&gt;, boxed copies of game typically sell for about $430. It's nice to see Nintendo and publisher Konami recognizing potential upcoming interest in the series and making the original game available on Switch.&lt;/p&gt;

Source: Game Informer

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