Nintendo Switch Online Holiday 2024 icons now available
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Just in time for the holidays, a special wave of user icons are now available on Nintendo Switch Online. They can be claimed until December 25.
Members can obtain designs for different characters, backgrounds, and frames. Contrary to what we typically see, a number of different series are featured. Franchises like Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda are represented here.
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership icons added to Nintendo Switch Online
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November 6: Nintendo has made it a point to celebrate game releases with new icons on Switch Online, and now members can obtain new ones based on Mario & Luigi: Brothership.
Different icons will rotate out over the next few weeks. Icons can be claimed featuring characters, backgrounds, and frames. The characters cost 10 Platinum Points each. For backgrounds and frames, each one is 5 Platinum Points.
Nintendo Switch Online adds Mercs, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, Vectorman
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Another wave of classic games just dropped on Nintendo Switch Online, with Wolf of the Battlefield: Mercs, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, and Vectorman having just been released. These titles previously appeared on the SEGA Genesis.
This is actually the first time in 2024 that new SEGA Genesis games have joined Nintendo Switch Online. Today’s update also follows Donkey Kong Land 1 and 2 that popped up within the past week.
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Donkey Kong Land 2 added to Nintendo Switch Online
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In a bit of an unexpected move, Donkey Kong Land 2 has just landed on Nintendo Switch Online. It can be accessed as part of the Game Boy app, which can be accessed if you’re a member of the service.
Donkey Kong Land 2, another platformer from Rare, first released in 1996. This time around, Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong are looking to save Donkey Kong from Kaptain K. Rool and the Kremling Krew.
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Donkey Kong Land added to Nintendo Switch Online
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Starting today, Nintendo Switch Online members can get their hands on the classic game Donkey Kong Land.
Rare originally made Donkey Kong Land in 1995. The game retains the side-scrolling platforming gameplay of the Donkey Kong Country series, but was adjusted for the handheld.
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Super Mario Party Jamboree icons added to Nintendo Switch Online
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October 16: As Nintendo’s next big release, Super Mario Party Jamboree has just been added as the next Nintendo Switch Online game with user icons.
You can spend My Nintendo Platinum Points on characters, backgrounds, and frames. As usual, characters cost 10 Platinum Points each. Everything else will you set you back 5 Platinum Points. Remember that these icons will be yours to keep forever – even if your Nintendo Switch Online subscription expires.
Nintendo Switch Online has 34 million members
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During Nintendo’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, president Shuntaro Furukawa provided an update on how many members Switch Online has at present. Currently, the total stands at 34 million members. That’s as of September 30, 2024.
Furukawa stated that membership has increased overall since 2018, and it was “driven by titles that support online play.” It was also confirmed that there was a year-over-year decrease in membership, which he attributed to “fewer new releases in the past year focusing on online play”.
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Donkey Kong Country 2 icons live on Nintendo Switch Online, songs on Nintendo Music
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As a heads up for Nintendo Switch Online members, icons for Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest are now available on the service.
Icons can be claimed over the next month – they’ll disappear on December 2. Eight designs are now on the service, and each one is a character (Diddy, Dixie, King K. Rool, and more). They cost 10 Platinum Points each on My Nintendo to redeem.
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Shadow Man and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil now available on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack
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Shadow Man and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil are now available as part of the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, it’s just been announced.
These two titles are exclusively playable on the Mature 17+ version of Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Switch Online, which can be downloaded separately from Nintendo eShop.
We have a trailer for the two new games below; the titles in question feature mature content, so the video requires sign-in. The direct link to the trailer can be found here.
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How save states make Nintendo Switch Online games accessible
Posted on 3 months ago by Ethan in Features, Switch | 0 comments
Speaking as broadly as possible, it’s probably safe to say that video games are slightly easier now than they were 30 years ago. Of course, that’s not the case for every video game – plenty of modern ones ramp up the difficulty on purpose. But when it comes to some of Nintendo’s greats – specifically in the Zelda and Metroid franchises – the older entries are absolutely more punishing, in most cases. Many of these older entries are currently available on Nintendo Switch Online (or its Expansion Pack), which allow save states and in some cases, rewinding time to correct mistakes you make in the game.
Today, we’re talking about which Nintendo Switch Online games benefit most from save states and rewinding for classic Nintendo platforms. Do you like using save states and rewind for a more casual play experience, or do you prefer playing these classic games as they were intended?
