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Nintendo Switch Online

Starting today, Nintendo Switch Online members can get their hands on user icons based on Super Mario RPG. This comes as the SNES remake launches around the world.

Members can spend their Platinum Points on designs for characters, backgrounds, and frames. Each one requires My Nintendo points. Characters are 10 Platinum Points each while backgrounds and frames are 5 a piece.

Nintendo Switch Online icons Holiday 2023

A new category of user icons was just added to Nintendo Switch Online. Rather than going with a specific game or franchise, holiday themed designs are now up for grabs.

One thing that has stayed the same is the overall selection. Characters, backgrounds, and frames are all here as usual. Highlighted series include Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Splatoon, and Pikmin.

N64 Switch Online 18+

A new 18+ version of the Nintendo Switch Online N64 app has been announced, though it will only be available in Japan.

As of now the only two games that have been confirmed for the app are GoldenEye 007 and Jet Force Gemini. Both are slated for November 30 in Japan, which is the same day the new version launches.

Jet Force Gemini Nintendo Switch Online

Jet Force Gemini is making its way to Nintendo Switch Online, it’s been announced.

The news was actually rolled out in a bit of an unexpected way. Nintendo dropped one of its random trailers announcing the latest games for Switch Online, but only in Japan. Along with GoldenEye 007 (which we’ve had in the west for a number of months now), Jet Force Gemini will also be added. Both are launching in Japan on November 30, 2023 via the Expansion Pack.

Original: Nintendo of Europe have announced via X that the next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial for the region will be Fae Farm, with distribution starting from November 22 and concluding on November 28.

Find out more about the game and check out the announcement below:

Original (11/2): WarioWare: Move It is the next game that the Nintendo Switch Online app is featuring with user icons.

Over the next three weeks, you’ll be able to claim different designs based on the game with My Nintendo Platinum Points. The usual lineup includes characters, backgrounds, and frames.  Characters are 10 Platinum Points each while the backgrounds and frames go for 5 each.

Nintendo shared a couple of data points for Switch during its financial results briefing today.

The first thing to point out is that the total amount of Nintendo Switch Online members (combined with Expansion Pack) is at 38 million. The company also says the annual playing Switch users is at 117 million – up from 108 million.

As stated in Nintendo’s document:

Nintendo Switch Online Devil World, The Mysterious Murasame Castle, Castlevania Legends

Three new games have just appeared on Nintendo Switch Online with Devil World, The Mysterious Murasame Castle, and Castlevania Legends.

Devil World and The Mysterious Murasame Castle represent the NES. Castlevania Legends, meanwhile, originally launched for the Game Boy.

Here’s some information about each game:

Mario Party 3 Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Switch Online will be making Mario Party 3 available in just a few days, it’s been announced. The game will be out on October 26, 2023 for all members of the Expansion Pack tier.

Mario Party 3 originally launched at the end of 2000 in Japan and in 2001 elsewhere. Find some information about the game below.

Detective Pikachu Returns icons

Original (9/28): New icons just went up on Nintendo Switch Online, and Detective Pikachu Returns is getting the spotlight. Some recent waves of icons have been reruns or based on titles already featured, but this one is brand new. It also comes ahead of the upcoming launch of the game itself.


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