Nintendo fans think Smash Bros. and more may have leaked for Switch Online
After a bit of digging, some fans are convinced that Nintendo is hiding potential N64 games for Switch Online, including Super Smash Bros.
The video actually isn’t new having been released at the very end of May. But for one reason or another, fans started to take a closer look at segments of footage that were blurred out. Comparisons have been made to boxarts and how they line up. Aside from Smash Bros., the trailer is supposedly hiding Donkey Kong 64, Glover, and Forsaken as well.
You can check out the trailer for yourself here. The important moment comes in at the 40-second mark. Since the settings menu is pulled up, the main menu with the boxarts is blurred. This is where the comparisons come in.
Below is a roundup of comparisons made thus far:
I looked into it a bit more and other people have caught this before me, and Glover is also very clearly above Smash 64. I thought it was something else so I cross referenced every N64 box and nothing else is remotely close https://t.co/TBmkl6Ehtu pic.twitter.com/0NHDqJCzAC
— Mama Louiji (@Mama_Louiji) July 6, 2025
Am I going crazy or did Nintendo just leak Donkey Kong 64 on NSO? pic.twitter.com/hTDNhjgsAW
— AS112 (@AS_12239) July 6, 2025
It kind of pans out pic.twitter.com/2gr1Bl6hkt
— Nine ten (@Ninthaniel) July 6, 2025
If Super Smash Bros. does come to Nintendo Switch Online, that would be a particularly big addition. The game saw a rerelease on the Wii Virtual Console many years ago, but we’ve not seen it since then. Super Smash Bros. never landed on the Wii U’s equivalent of the service which was one of the few other opportunities it had at another return.
For now though, nothing is confirmed. Killer Instinct Gold in May was the last N64 addition to Nintendo Switch Online, so perhaps we’ll see another title appear soon.
You can find much more coverage of Nintendo Switch Online here.
