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Nintendo Switch Online Will Add Banjo-Tooie To N64 Next Week

Nintendo Switch Online Will Add Banjo-Tooie To N64 Next Week

It looks like Microsoft and Nintendo have worked out a deal on another N64 title, as Banjo-Tooie will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online. Specifically, as part of the Expansion Pack for the N64, as they have brought back the 2000 platformer from Rare and given it an overhaul. The graphics have been cleaned up […]

Two Classic F-Zero Games Have Been Added To Nintendo Switch Online

Two Classic F-Zero Games Have Been Added To Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo revealed two more games being added to the retro library of Nintendo Switch Online, as players now have two classic F-Zero titles to jump back into. Specifically, you're getting two from the Game Boy Advanced era as they have added F-Zero Climax and F-Zero GP Legend to that console's library. Both of them are […]

Four Classic NES/SNES Titles Arrive Tonight On Nintendo Switch Online

Four Classic NES/SNES Titles Arrive Tonight On Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo surprised people this evening by releasing four classic NES and SNES titles to Nintendo Switch Online, all four of them playable right now. First off, the lone SNES title in the group is the crossover title you never knew you needed: Battletoads/Double Dragon! Meanwhile, the three for the NES are Big Run, Cosmo Gang […]

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team Comes To NSO

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team Comes To NSO

Nintendo revealed a new addition coming to Nintendo Switch Online as Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team will be added to their Game Boy Advance library. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have been very selective as to what titles have been added to the collection, as there are a ton of games from the Game […]

Nintendo Releases Three Starfy Game Boy Advance Titles For NSO

Nintendo Releases Three Starfy Game Boy Advance Titles For NSO

Nintendo dropped another three retro games for Nintendo Switch Online tonight, as the Densetsu no Starfy series comes to the Game Boy Advance. All three of these titles in the same trilogy were Japan-only releases, as they feature the same star-shaped hero, Starfy, in a new kind of platforming adventure. You can download them right now […]

Nintendo Releases Seven NES Titles For Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Releases Seven NES Titles For Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo has kicked off the Fourth Of July weekend right with seven new retro game additions for Nintendo Switch Online. Seven! Yes, seven new games have been added to the NES library; some of these we thought would have been added a year ago. The seven games you're getting are Urban Champion, Golf, Donkey Kong […]

Tetris 99 &#038 F-Zero 99 Collide For The Next Maximus Cup

Tetris 99 & F-Zero 99 Collide For The Next Maximus Cup

Nintendo has revealed the next Maximus Cup for Tetris 99, as the game gets invaded by another "99" title with the F-Zero 99 event. As it has been with previous cups, you'll need to rack up points to unlock a ton of goodies contained within this particular title, ranging from cosmetics to level designs, all […]

Nintendo Adds Five Mega Man Game Boy Titles To Switch Online

Nintendo Adds Five Mega Man Game Boy Titles To Switch Online

Nintendo dropped a bit of a Mega Man bomb on everyone this evening, as five titles will be added to Nintendo Switch Online as part of the Game Boy library. You are effectively getting that console's version of Mega-Man 1-5, in all of their remastered glory from Capcom, as you can play through all of […]

Nintendo Adds Three New NSO Titles For Game Boys 35th Anniversary

Nintendo Adds Three New NSO Titles For Game Boy's 35th Anniversary

Nintendo is celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the original Game Boy by finally adding three games that feel like they should have been here since the start. As part of the Nintendo Switch Online virtual console library, the company has added the original Super Mario Land, as well as Alleyway (Nintendo's clone of Blockout) and […]

Nintendo Adds Two Very Odd Choices To N64 Library

Nintendo Adds Two Very Odd Choices To N64 Library

Nintendo revealed two more games coming to the N64 library for Nintendo Switch Online, but the choices are ones that even we have to question. The games they chose were Extreme-G, which was a racing game from 1997 that had you racing special bikes in long tracks with gravity being a factor, and Iggy's Reckin' […]

Nintendo Switch Online To Add Three Retro Games In April 2024

Nintendo Switch Online To Add Three Retro Games In April 2024

Nintendo revealed three new games coming to Nintendo Switch Online's line of retro consoles, as we're getting some Japan-only titles and an SNES favorite. First off, we're finally seeing Super R-Type added to the library, as we finally get one of the all-time best side-scrolling space shooters. We're also getting two Super Famicom titles, the […]

F-Zero Maximum Velocity Speeds Into Nintendo Switch This Week

F-Zero Maximum Velocity Speeds Into Nintendo Switch This Week

Nintendo has revealed the latest addition to the Nintendo Switch Online retro consoles lineup, as F-Zero Maximum Velocity arrives later this week. The good news is we're finally getting a classic racing game added to the roster; the bad news is it's the ONLY game being added for the month of March, which seems like […]

Two Golden Sun Titles Join The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack

Two Golden Sun Titles Join The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack

Nintendo revealed this evening that two new titles are coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, as Golden Sun arrives for Game Boy Advance. Specifically, the original as well as The Lost Age, as you'll get the full original versions of both titles with a little bit of an upgrade to play whenever you […]

Nintendo Adds Three More N64 Titles To Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Adds Three More N64 Titles To Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo has revealed three more N64 games that will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, including a fan-favorite of the era. Players will be able to experience the farming sim Harvest Moon 64 in all of its polygon glory as you try to raise your grandfather's farm back from nothing. You'll also […]

SNL: Kenan Thompson Discusses Familys Nintendo Holiday Partnership

SNL: Kenan Thompson Discusses Family's Nintendo Holiday Partnership

Kenan Thompson has had one of the most enduring careers as an actor and comedian. Since getting his start at the age of 16 in his on-screen debut in D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), he's been a regular in comedy with his various roles on film and television. What he's been most associated with is […]

Nintedo Switch Online Reveals Three New Retro Titles For October 2023

Nintedo Switch Online Reveals Three New Retro Titles For October 2023

Nintendo revealed three new games making their way to Nintendo Switch Online this week, as two NES titles and a Game Boy title arrive for Halloween. The big one on the list is Castlevania Legends, one of the lesser-known titles in the franchise, but at the time, it was a big deal to Game Boy […]

Mario Party 3 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack

Mario Party 3 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack

Nintendo revealed a new addition coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, as they're bringing back the N64 party game classic Mario Party 3. Considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest title, of the entire franchise, the game introduces Waluigi as well as a number of mechanics that have become […]

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Is Coming To Tetris 99 For New Maximus Cup

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Is Coming To Tetris 99 For New Maximus Cup

Nintendo revealed new details today about the next Maximus Cup coming to Tetris 99, as players will be getting a Xenoblade Chronicles 3-themed event. As is the case with all of these small online competitions, you'll need to log into the game using your Nintendo Switch Online account to take part, then starting on September […]

Nintendo Switch Online Adds Five New Retro Games For September 2023

Nintendo Switch Online Adds Five New Retro Games For September 2023

Nintendo dropped five new retro games for the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack this week, as you're getting a few cool titles from the '90s. Kirby is front and center on two of them, with Kirby & The Amazing Mirror for GBA and Kirby's Star Stacker for the SNES. You're also getting Quest for […]

Excitebike 64 Arrives For Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack

Excitebike 64 Arrives For Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack

Nintendo revealed the latest N64 game on the way to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack as we'll be getting Excitebike 64. One of the company's few racing titles, the game is both fun and a weird experiment in 3D racing. Was the game perfect? Not really. But it was stupid fun as it […]