Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom

Nintendo has reached deep into its back catalogue and revealed the next set of Classic games coming to its Switch Online + Expansion Pass subscription service. Which, this time around, it's a bit of a treat for Virtual Boy fans - as long as you've forked out for the company's big plastic headset, of course. Read more

The NES, SNES, and Game Boy Nintendo Switch Online apps all received mysterious updates (to versions 9.0.0, 6.0.0, and 4.0.0, respectively), and a prolific dataminer has claimed that these patches are meant to add challenges. These challenges aren't accessible yet, but according to LuigiBlood on Bluesky (as spotted by Nintendo Everything), they will be similar to what players saw in the 2013 Wii U game NES Remix. https://bsky.app/profile/luigiblood.bsky.social/post/3mnr4xhpypc2w For the many who skipped out on the Wii U, NES Remix contained quick excerpts of classic NES games, challenging play

Rare's only 3D Donkey Kong platformer will be added for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers next week.

Minecraft is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 later this year, with no specific release date announced. Read more

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a certified box office hit, but critics haven't been too kind to the sequel - which wasn't entirely surprising looking at the original's middling reception - and online conversation has been pointing out that, even if you overlook its issues, the pacing feels a bit off. Read more