Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Switch Online
Developer	Nintendo
Type	Online service
Launch date	September 18, 2018
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Status	Online
Members	Over 34 million (as of September 2024)
Website	www.nintendo.com/switch/online

Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) is an online subscription service for the Nintendo Switch video game console. The service is Nintendo's third-generation online service after Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and Nintendo Network. Following an interim period which began with the launch of the Nintendo Switch where Nintendo offered online multiplayer free of charge and the launch of the Nintendo Switch Online Smartphone App on July 21, 2017, the subscription service officially launched on September 18, 2018.

Nintendo Switch Online features include online multiplayer, cloud saving, voice chat via a smartphone app, access to special profile pictures, as well as other promotions and offers. Also included is access to a library of Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Game Boy (GB), and Game Boy Color (GBC)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] games.

An expanded tier of the service, Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, was released on October 25, 2021, and currently includes Nintendo 64 (N64), Sega Genesis, and Game Boy Advance (GBA) games in its library. This tier also includes access to paid DLC for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Splatoon 2.

^ "Two classic Game Boy Color Zelda titles arrive on Nintendo Switch Online". Eurogamer. July 27, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024. Nintendo has expanded its Nintendo Switch Online catalogue with two classic Game Boy Colour Zelda games.
^ "Nintendo Shows Off Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble's Motion Controls On Switch". Nintendo Life. June 9, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "Alone In The Dark 4'S GameBoy Color Ver. Inexplicably Released For Switch". Rely On Horror. February 8, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "Wario Land 3 es un imprescindible de Game Boy Color que podemos jugar en Nintendo Switch Online" (in Spanish). As. October 6, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "You can get the Pokémon Trading Card video game on Switch right now". Dicebreaker. August 8, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024. Players can get their hands on the Pokémon Trading Card video game on Nintendo Switch right now. Originally released for the Game Boy Color in 1998 (2000 in US and Europe), Pokémon Trading Card Game is a video game that enables players to play a virtual version of the tabletop trading card game.

[1] "Two classic Game Boy Color Zelda titles arrive on Nintendo Switch Online". Eurogamer. July 27, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024. Nintendo has expanded its Nintendo Switch Online catalogue with two classic Game Boy Colour Zelda games.

[2] "Nintendo Shows Off Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble's Motion Controls On Switch". Nintendo Life. June 9, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[3] "Alone In The Dark 4'S GameBoy Color Ver. Inexplicably Released For Switch". Rely On Horror. February 8, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[4] "Wario Land 3 es un imprescindible de Game Boy Color que podemos jugar en Nintendo Switch Online" (in Spanish). As. October 6, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[5] "You can get the Pokémon Trading Card video game on Switch right now". Dicebreaker. August 8, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024. Players can get their hands on the Pokémon Trading Card video game on Nintendo Switch right now. Originally released for the Game Boy Color in 1998 (2000 in US and Europe), Pokémon Trading Card Game is a video game that enables players to play a virtual version of the tabletop trading card game.

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