Nintendo officially drops 2 free games you can download and play this weekend

Nintendo just revealed that two classic Game Boy Advance games are dropping on the Nintendo Switch this weekend, both of which are free of charge for Nintendo Switch Online members.

And fans of Nintendo franchises that barely get any love may want to sit down for this one because they're both F-Zero games.

As announced via Nintendo of America's official Twitter page, both F-ZERO CLIMAX and F-Zero: GP Legend are landing on the Nintendo Switch this weekend.

F1 fans will undoubtably be thrilled that they've got something to fill their high-octane holes this weekend. Oh and I guess F-Zero fans will be happy too.

F-Zero: GP Legend originally released back in 2003 in Japan for the GBA, and would later receive a North American release in the following year.

F-ZERO CLIMAX is the one that's probably going to get F-Zero fans the most pumped however, as this one never actually saw an official release outside of Japan.

Pokémon Legends Z-A launches next year, and is believed to be a Switch 2 launch title.

Although F-ZERO CLIMAX was re-released on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console in 2015, an English translation of the game never saw the light of day until 2021.

That translation effort was a fan-made affair however, so its re-release on the Nintendo Switch actually marks the first time the game has received an official English translation.

F-ZERO CLIMAX also marked the last F-Zero title for roughly 20 whole years, a streak that was only broken by the release of F-Zero 99 back in September of last year.

Before the release of F-Zero 99, fans of the series had been begging Nintendo to revisit it. Most assumed they'd never see another release in the franchise again.

But the release of F-Zero 99, and the re-release of both F-ZERO CLIMAX and F-Zero: GP Legend, implies that maybe Nintendo isn't done with the series altogether. Perhaps this signifies that a brand new entry could be closer than we all thought.