The Nintendo Switch Online app is designed to help enhance your online gameplay experience on Nintendo Switch. With this app, you can check game-specific services (e.g., SplatNet 2 for Splatoon 2), ...

While Nintendo usually limits its Nintendo Switch Online drops to one platform at a time, today it is adding two new games each from two different classic platforms: Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden II: ...

There continues to be no real discernible rhyme or reason to the way Nintendo distributes games on Nintendo Switch Online, but its latest drop brings some notable additions to the library for retro ...

As of today, Nintendo has added two new NES games and two new Game Boy games to Nintendo Switch Online. The NES offerings happen to contain a pair of iconic action titles in that of Battletoads and ...

The latest batch of Nintendo Switch Online games is here, and it's a murderers' row of 8-bit era greats. The new additions include the infamously difficult Battletoads from Rare and the oft-overlooked ...

Take a look at a new batch of Nintendo Classics that have been added to the Nintendo Switch Online Service, offering classics of the past for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. On the NES side ...

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TL;DR: Animal Crossing New Horizons update 3.0, releasing January 15, 2026, adds playable retro games from NES, Game Boy, and more, requiring a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. The free update ...

TL;DR: Limited Run Games will release the classic 1992 NES side-scroller Little Samson on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. Featuring four unique characters with distinct abilities, this collector's item ...

Nintendo announced the Nintendo eShop and Nintendo Switch Online services will launch in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand on November 18 for the Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The company is ...

Nintendo revealed three SNES games are arriving on Nintendo Switch Online today, headlined by a Mario game that was previously only available in Japan. Puzzle-platformer Mario & Wario was originally ...