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Pokemon Scarlet Violet Hidden Treasure of Area Zero icons Switch Online

December 7: Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet will be wrapping up The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC next week, and to celebrate, fans can get their hands on new Nintendo Switch Online icons.

Characters, backgrounds, and frames are up for grabs. You can nab character icons for 10 My Nintendo Platinum Points each. The backgrounds and frames go for 5 Platinum Points each. All icons you redeem now are yours to keep forever – even if your Nintendo Switch Online subscription expires.

Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age are coming to Nintendo Switch Online via the Expansion Pack tier next week, Nintendo has announced. Both are due out on January 17, 2024.

Golden Sun originally released on the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It was followed by Golden Sun: The Lost Age in 2002 (2003 in the west).

Super Mario Bros. Wonder icons Switch Online

October 19: Just in time for the launch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder comes a new batch of icons on Nintendo Switch Online.

Over the next few weeks, members will be able to pick up the designs for their profile. Nintendo will be rotating out the selecting every Thursday (early Friday for those in Europe).

A bunch of games were featured on Nintendo Switch Online this year in user icon form. But if you missed out on some of the offerings, you’ll be happy to hear that Nintendo is providing members with a chance to claim them once again.

Icon elements for various games will be coming back over the next couple of weeks. Right now it’s WarioWare: Move It, but that’ll be changing very soon. Super Mario RPG, Pikmin, Fire Emblem Engage, Metroid Prime Remastered, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, and Detective Pikachu Returns are other games / franchises that have been teased for a return.

December 5: Nintendo of Europe has announced via X that the next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial for the region will be Suika, with distribution starting from December 7 and concluding on December 11.

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

1080º Snowboarding, Harvest Moon 64, Jet Force Gemini Switch Online

Three new N64 games have just been added to Nintendo Switch Online, with 1080º Snowboarding, Harvest Moon 64, and Jet Force Gemini going live on the service. They can be accessed with a subscription to the Expansion Pack tier.

Jet Force Gemini technically released last week, but only in Japan. Now that one can be accessed worldwide plus two others to boot.

Here’s some information about each game:

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.


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