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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.

Eastward Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial

Nintendo has announced the next Switch Online Game Trial in North America, which will be Eastward. Active members can play the game for free between September 27 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET and October 3 at 11:59 PM PT / October 4 at 2:59 AM ET.

This is the full experience here – nothing has been cut. Additionally, any progress can be used in the full version of the game. Also, simply by trying out the trial, you can earn 100 Platinum Points on My Nintendo.

Nintendo Switch Online Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror will be appearing on Nintendo Switch Online next week, it’s just been announced. It will be available on September 29, 2023.

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror will be available to all Expansion Pack members of the Nintendo Switch Online service. This one originally came to the GBA in 2004.

Slay the Spire Switch Online Game Trial

Slay the Spire is planned as Europe’s next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial, it’s been announced. Those that are interested can get a head start by downloading it now here.

Those with an active subscription can play the game for free between September 19 and September 25. Any progress made should be able to transfer to the full release.

Original (11/17): In celebration of Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet, new icons based on the games are started to be added over on Nintendo Switch Online.

Five waves are planned in total. There’ll be a new set of icons each week until December 25, 2022. Expect a refresh every Thursday until then.

Four more games have just been added to Nintendo Switch Online, with Kirby’s Star Stacker, Quest for Camelot, Downtown Nekketsu March: Super-Awesome Field Day, and Joy Mech Fight having been made available.

This is an especially notable update as three of the games were originally released just in Japan and never translated to English. Out of the bunch, Quest for Camelot was the only one that was made available in the west.

A new N64 game is making its way to Nintendo Switch Online in the form of Excitebike 64. It will be available starting August 30 as part of the service’s Expansion Pack tier.

Here is some additional information on the game:

Switch Multiplayer Festival

Original (7/28): Nintendo has announced a new Multiplayer Festival for Europe that will be taking place on Switch throughout August.

During the event, players can earn double the Gold Points earned on select games and hundreds of first-party and third-party games will be on sale. On top of that, Nintendo Switch Online members can play three multiplayer games for free starting the August 25 until the end of the festival.

Here’s some additional information:


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