Nintendo made a number of surprise announcements during its newly-released Direct presentation, but only one of these said reveals will be available to Switch users today. As part of Nintendo Switch Online’s growing rotation of free titles from the NES and SNES that can be played for free, Nintendo announced that it is adding Super Mario
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A creative and talented Redditor IMOKRUOK showed off a NES shell they customized to work as a Nintendo Switch dock. In their post was a detailed breakdown of the process behind building it, as well as a short clip of them using the dock in question: NES Switch dock (build pics in comments) from r/NintendoSwitch
Since it was introduced with Nintendo Switch Online, the collection of classic NES and SNES games on the service has steadily grown with new titles. While updates for the service have been infrequent, several iconic games are available on both collections, with four new titles set to join the collection starting next week. Nintendo has
Forget Animal Crossing: New Horizons, we’re getting new SNES and NES titles through the Nintendo Switch Online service, as announced by their official Twitter account! As well as providing gamers access to online features, the library of cult classic games on offer incentivises those still undecided about signing up. Not long after it hit 15
Nintendo Online was launched back in September of 2018 and is required to play Switch titles online. Not only that, but the service allows handy access to cloud-saves, special offers, and games. It’s proved popular, and relatively inexpensive when it comes to its full-priced Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus competitors. Only Epic’s Fortnite has
During a financial results briefing, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa shared the news that the company won’t be releasing another model of the Nintendo Switch this year. Earlier today we learned that the Switch has already sold more units than the SNES and is closing in fast on the NES. Even though the Switch Lite was
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is widely considered the black sleep of the long running franchise, thanks to the many changes in gameplay. It’s a side-scroller that deviates from the action-adventure formula the first title established and firmly entrenches itself into RPG mechanics and gameplay — essentially the antithesis to any other Zelda title
So, you’re booting up your Nintendo Switch and hopping onto the Switch Online service to enjoy some classic NES games. You load up Metroid or Super Mario Bros. or Excitebike and start your game session. But something just feels off. The gameplay is great, but it just doesn’t feel like it when you were a
Aside from giving players access to the online components of many Switch titles, Nintendo Switch Online has also provided an added incentive in giving players a wealth of classic games to enjoy from the NES and SNES libraries. While it has been a few months since the last major drop of new games, Nintendo appears
As I’ve stated many times before, Disney is very near and dear to my heart. I’ll basically consume anything made by them and probably defend them a bit more than I should when it comes to their corporate decisions. That being said, it came as a surprise to some of my colleagues that I never
The nearly 10 million players who have signed up for Nintendo Switch Online are getting three new additions to their NES lineup. Donkey Kong Jr., VS. Excitebike, and Clu Clu Land will be joining the other NES games that are available for subscribers to enjoy on their Switch. This trio of titles joins the likes
Since the launch of the Nintendo Switch Online service, Nintendo has been releasing a steady stream of classic NES titles that are free to download and play. And according to their official site, three new games will be making their way to the service: Donkey Kong Jr., VS. Excitebike, and Clu Clu Land. Unfortunately there
From what we currently know, Nintendo has no plans to make a new entry in the boxing series Punch-Out!!. Outside of the appearance of the franchise’s main protagonist Little Mac in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a new installment for Punch-Out!! hasn’t come about since the 2009 release on the Nintendo Wii. According to legendary boxer Mike Tyson though, Nintendo
Nintendo has announced the latest additions to the NES lineup for those who are subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online and it’s not too shabby of a month. Three new titles in total will be joining the service next week on April 10 and likely the biggest name of the trio is that of Punch-Out!!. The classic
Each month, Nintendo adds two or three new games to the Nintendo Entertainment System library that is available to Nintendo Switch Online members. While the service is far from perfect, March is proving to be a fairly good month for Nintendo Switch Online as Kid Icarus and the highly underrated StarTropics are being added to
The Nintendo Switch Online Service has been abysmal to say the least. For $20 a year, switch owners get access to a catalog of NES games to play, the ability to play online for most games, and cloud saves. There are some other smaller things included, however, those are the standouts. Yet, not many people
Since its introduction last fall, one of the Nintendo Switch Online service’s biggest perks has been its ever-expanding lineup of classic NES games that give subscribers the chance to experience a wide array of classic titles from the NES-era, and now two more additions are on the way in just over a week from now.
A video game Christmas miracle made its debut yesterday on The Video Game History Foundation blog. The NES version of SimCity has been completely digitized and preserved by The Video Game History Foundation thanks to two copies of internal builds being discovered in 2017. The Video Game History Foundation has published a blog post detailing the
Continuing the trend of releasing modified versions of classic titles alongside the Nintendo Switch Online subscription’s free games, Nintendo has put out SP versions of Metroid and Dr. Mario. Every month the Nintendo Switch Online service will add three NES titles to its collection of games players can download and play, so long as they
Metroid, Mighty Bomb Jack, and Twinbee are now available to play on Nintendo Switch as part of their online service, and joining them is another surprise: Gradius SP. Much like October, Nintendo included a special remix of a classic game on top of the three games previously announced for November. That game, Gradius SP is
Nintendo has published a new video showcasing NES games that are a part of Nintendo Switch Online. The video puts an emphasis on the multiplayer features alongside the ability to play the games anywhere, a main selling point of the Switch itself. Nintendo also revealed the new additions to the NES library for November and
Nintendo has often been called “out of touch” when it comes to their online strategy, but I tend to use the less reductive term “idiosyncratic,” or perhaps even “incoherent.” It isn’t new for the company to be practicing with “Nintendo-like solutions” rather than industry standards but in this day and age, their online infrastructure with
Around the time Nintendo Switch Online launched last month, Nintendo confirmed that more NES games would be added to the service at monthly intervals. Today, we received the first batch of new titles: NES Open Tournament Golf, Super Dodge Ball, and Solomon’s Key. In addition, Nintendo also surprisingly released an enhanced version of The Legend of
Three new NES titles will be added to Nintendo Switch Online members on October 10, 2018. They are: NES Open Tournament Golf, Solomon’s Key, and Super Dodge Ball. Each game will have online multiplayer for those that allow for more than one player. NES Open Tournament Golf was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System on