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Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo's revamped online service that allows players to access classic games from the NES, SNES, Mega Drive, and the N64.

Super NES Classic Edition review image showing the console and its controllers beside a TV.

Super NES Classic Edition review – still worth it in 2024

Mar 13, 2024

Highlights

Every announcement from Mario Day 2024

Mario Day 2024: A screenshot of the three NSO Game Boy titles on a red background, blurred and overlaid with Paper Mario, Lego Mario, and movie Mario all outlined in white

Mar 10, 2024

Nintendo sparks new Star Fox game speculation for Switch 2

Star Fox face in front of Star Fox planes

Jan 24, 2024

Best gaming phones for 2024

Three of the best gaming phones on a dark purple background

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Nintendo just put two of the best Zelda games on Switch

The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages and Seasons header showing art from the latter game superimposed onto a mango yellow background. The art is a spherical icon with Link, a blonde boy with a sword wearing a green tunic and cap, white tights and brown boots, standing in the middle with not-to-scale faces and bodies of other characters collaged around him.

Jul 28, 2023

Nintendo Switch Online gets four new Sega Genesis games in April

Box art for Street Fighter 2: Special Champion Edition which has been added to Nintendo Switch Online in the Sega Genesis April games.

Apr 19, 2023

Nintendo Switch Online N64 games – Pokémon Stadium makes a splash soon

Nintendo Switch Online N64 games: the game Pokémon Stadium appears on a Nintendo Switch OLED Model

Apr 4, 2023

You can now use Nintendo retro controllers on Apple devices

An SNES controller held in front of an iPad floating on a Magic Keyboard stand, to show that Nintendo retro controllers now work on Apple devices. It is shown on a yellow background.

Oct 26, 2022

Mario Party players want firm Nintendo Switch Online release dates

Cover art for Mario Party 3 showing Mario, arms akimbo, big moustache, red head with an M on it, red shirt under blue dungarees, and a generally sunny demeanour, if a tad menacing. On the right is Luigi (basically the same as mario but green instead of red), and on the left is Waluigi (similar to Luigi but purple, more menacing, with could-be-a-gargoyle-on-the-side-of-a-gothic-church-type vibes, if you know what I mean).

Sep 15, 2022

Kirby’s Avalanche cascades onto Nintendo Switch Online

Kirby and a Waddle Dee in a forest from Kirby's Avalanche

Jul 22, 2022

Pokémon Snap zooms onto Nintendo Switch Online soon

Pokemon Snap Nintendo Switch Online: Pikachu appears on a beach

Jun 17, 2022

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards floats onto NSO soon

nintendo switch online Kirby n64 - A Nintendo Switch OLED model is shown with Kirby N64 being played through the NSO app

May 13, 2022

Nintendo Switch Online adds Sonic Spinball + Shining Force II

Nintendo Switch Online Sonic Spinball: A screenshot from Sonic Spinball is shown next to an image of a Mega Drive

Apr 22, 2022

Mario Golf N64 sets course for Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Switch Online Mario Golf: An advertisement shot shows a pristine looking OLED Switch, next to key art from Mario Golf that shows Mario taking a swing with a golf club

Apr 7, 2022

Earthworm Jim II and more NES and SNES titles added to NSO

Ascreenshot shows Earthworm Jim shooting an alien, while the next shows a small mouse running along a platform

Mar 31, 2022

A trio of classic Sega Genesis titles come to Nintendo Switch Online

Custom header using screenshots from Super Fantasy Zone and Alien Soldier

Mar 17, 2022

F-Zero X speeds onto Nintendo Switch Online this month

key art for F-Zero X is shown next to an image of captain falcon

Mar 9, 2022

Nintendo Switch Online’s next free trial absolutely slays

On the left, art from Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak, showing a hunter, their palamute, and their palico, facing up to a monster that looks like a dragon. On the right, the Nintendo Switch OLED model being taken out of the dock.

Mar 9, 2022

The Nintendo Switch Online mobile app is a bit more useful now

On the left, promo art for the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app, showing the app, and a woman playing her Switch on a park bench. On the right, Bowser Jr., holding a pair of joy-con.

Mar 7, 2022

Missions, rewards, and customisable icons all added to Nintendo Switch Online

A frog wearing Mario's hat is shown next to many characters from Animal Crossing

Mar 1, 2022

Hey, listen! Majora’s Mask is now available via Nintendo Switch Online

Custom header with two promo art instances of Link and other characters

Feb 25, 2022

Nintendo Switch Online N64 Emulation has finally improved

An image of an N64 controller, as featured in the reveal of the Nintendo Switch Online N64 emulation library.

Jan 26, 2022

Gu-Huh! Banjo Kazooie leaps onto Nintendo Switch Online very soon

Banjo & Kazooie appear to be leaping out of a Nintendo Switch

Jan 19, 2022