Editing Nintendo Switch Online

'''{{wp|Nintendo Switch Online}}''' ('''NSO''') is an online gaming network and subscription service acting similar to {{wp|Sony}}'s {{wp|PlayStation Network}} and {{wp|PlayStation Network#PlayStation Plus|PlayStation Plus}} and {{wp|Microsoft}}'s {{wp|Xbox network}} and {{wp|Xbox Game Pass}} that grants players online play for compatible [[Nintendo Switch]] games, which launched on September 18, 2018 in North America,<ref>{{cite|title=#NintendoSwitchOnline memberships will start on 9/18. You can sign-up for a 7-day free trial from Nintendo #eShop at launch! We will introduce more information during the Nintendo Direct on 9/13.|url=x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1039877541790670848|date=September 12, 2018|publisher=X|language=en-us|author=Nintendo of America|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref> and on September 19, 2018 in Japan, Europe, and Oceania,<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo|url=x.com/Nintendo/status/1039876899277692929|date=September 12, 2018|title=「Nintendo Switch Online」の正式スタート日は9月19日(水)に決まりました。正式スタート後は、ニンテンドーeショップにて7日間無料体験もご用意します。サービス内容については改めて「Nintendo Direct 2018.9.14」でご紹介します。|publisher=X|language=ja|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=x.com/NintendoEurope/status/1039876932098314241|author=NintendoEurope|title=The #NintendoSwitchOnline paid membership service will start on 19/09. You can sign-up for a 7-day free trial from Nintendo #eShop at launch! We will introduce more information during the #NintendoDirect on 14/09.|publisher=X|accessdate=May 29, 2024|language=en-gb|date=September 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=x.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/1039882590860259329|author=NintendoAUNZ|The #NintendoSwitchOnline paid membership service will start on 19/09. You can sign-up for a 7-day free trial from Nintendo #eShop at launch! We will introduce more information during the #NintendoDirect on 14/09.|publisher=X|date=September 12, 2018|language=en-au}}</ref> following a "free trial" period where Nintendo offered online services free of charge from the launch of the Nintendo Switch. It is the third online network service created by Nintendo, after [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] (which launched during the release of ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' in 2005) and [[Nintendo Network]] (which launched on January 26, 2012). To use the service, players must pay a subscription fee for a plan lasting in increments of one month, three months, or 12 months. A week long trial period is available to use, after which payment will automatically begin renewing for the specified plan unless auto-renewal is turned off. The Nintendo Switch is also able to synchronize with smartphones via an application of the same name; this allows for online capability to invite friends to play online, set play appointments, voice chat with friends on online matches, and other game-specific features.<ref name="Switch 1.12.2017">Nintendo (January 12, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuC4YLLkqME Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017]. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved August 14, 2023.</ref> Subscribers can also find Nintendo Switch Online-specific news and information in an application of the same name on the Switch's home menu. Basic online features such as the Nintendo eShop and system updates do not require a Nintendo Switch Online subscription to access.

The Nintendo Switch Online service includes an application called [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]], which gives subscribers access to a selection of [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]/[[Family Computer|Famicom]] games that can be played cooperatively or competitively with other players online. The Nintendo Switch Online service also includes a cloud backup feature that allows the player to save their data online for easy access. When playing NES/Famicom games online, other players can display a cursor on-screen to point out hints and secrets.<ref name=NES>[https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/nes/ Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online]</ref> ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', and ''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]'' were among the 20 NES titles made available at the service's launch,<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-entertainment-system-nintendo-switch-online-switch/|title=Nintendo Entertainment System™ - Nintendo Switch Online|publisher=Nintendo Official Site|language=en-us|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref> with new titles added in the following months.<ref name=NES/>

As part of the service's exclusive offers, subscribers can also purchase a pair of Joy-Con controllers styled after NES controllers, which feature extra L and R shoulder buttons similar to the Joy-Con's {{button|switch|SL}} and {{button|switch|SR}} buttons and can be connected to the console itself to recharge in a similar fashion. While both NES controllers are identical, as with the original Famicom controllers, the Famicom Joy-Con exclusive to Japanese subscribers are slightly different from each other, with the left controller featuring the {{button|nes|select}} and {{button|nes|start}} buttons, and the right controller featuring the volume slider and microphone.<ref>{{cite|language=ja|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch/onlineservice/specialoffer/fc_controller/index.html|title=Nintendo Switch Online 加入者限定特典 ファミリーコンピュータ コントローラー|publisher=Nintendo|author=Nintendo|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref>

In the September 2019 Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]], a follow-up to the previous application featuring a selection of [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] / Super Famicom titles, which launched on September 5, 2019 in North America and on September 6, 2019 in Japan, Europe, and Oceania.<ref>{{cite|author=NintendoEurope|url=x.com/NintendoEurope/status/1169375812610592769|title=Exclusively for members, these 20 classic #SuperNES games can be played from 06/09 with Super Nintendo Entertainment System – #NintendoSwitchOnline! Members can enjoy select games with local or online multiplayer, and more games will be added soon! #NintendoDirect|publisher=X|date=September 4, 2019|language=en-gb|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=NintendoAUNZ|url=x.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/1169378280031436800|title=Exclusively for members, these 20 classic #SuperNES games can be played from 6/9 with Super Nintendo Entertainment System – #NintendoSwitchOnline! Members can enjoy select games with local or online multiplayer, and more games will be added soon! #NintendoDirect|language=en-au|publisher=X|date=September 4, 2019|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', ''[[Super Mario World]]'', and ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' were among the 20 SNES titles made available at the service's launch, with additional titles being added thereafter. SNES / Super Famicom-styled Joy-Con controllers were also made available.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=September 4, 2019|url=youtu.be/8TVE44feo_I?t=1386|timestamp=23:06|title=Nintendo Direct 9.4.2019|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo|date=September 4, 2019|url=youtu.be/IjZbFWW23d0?t=3568|title=Nintendo Direct 2019.9.5|language=ja|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref>{{dead link}}

In the September 2021 Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced an "Expansion Pack" (Japanese: 追加パック, ''Tsuika Pakku'') to the subscription, and was released on October 25, 2021 in North America<ref>{{cite|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=October 16, 2021|url=x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1449023950957252646|title=Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack launches 10/25!|publisher=X|accessdate=May 29, 2024|language=en-us}}</ref> and on October 26, 2021 in Japan, Europe, and Oceania.<ref>{{cite|language=ja|author=@Nintendo|date=October 16, 2021|url=x.com/Nintendo/status/1449024511408427021|title=<nowiki>[任天堂HP]</nowiki>「Nintendo Switch Online + 追加パック」のページを公開しました。10月26日（火）よりサービス開始。「Nintendo Switch Online」の遊びがさらに広がる新しい料金プランです。|publisher=X|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=@NintendoEurope|date=October 16, 2021|url=.com/NintendoEurope/status/1449031563715530753|title=#NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack launches 26/10!|publisher=X|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=@NintendoAUNZ|date=October 16, 2021|url=x.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/1449035933152542720|title=#NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack launches 26/10!|publisher=X|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref> The Expansion Pack subscription plan includes all of the content in the base plan with the addition of [[Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online|Nintendo 64]] and {{wp|Sega Genesis}} games, ''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise|Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise]]'' (added on November 5, 2021), ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'' (added on March 18, 2022), and [[inkipedia:Octo Expansion|''Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion'']] (added on April 22, 2022). As with previous platforms, Nintendo 64- and Sega Genesis-styled wireless controllers were also made available.<ref>Nintendo (September 23, 2021). [https://youtu.be/dG9fAtmYdlM?t=1260 Nintendo Direct - 9.23.2021]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref><ref>Nintendo 公式チャンネル (September 24, 2021). [https://youtu.be/MegZz4gKSPk?t=1142 Nintendo Direct 2021.9.24]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref>{{dead link}}<ref>{{cite|author=@NintendoEurope|date=September 23, 2021|url=x.com/NintendoEurope/status/1441166363037364229?s=20|title=Play a growing library of Nintendo 64 and SEGA Mega Drive games anytime, anywhere with #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack, a new membership launching in late October.|publisher=X|language=en-gb|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-au|author=@NintendoAUNZ|date=September 24, 2021|url=x.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/1441167178850390018?s=20|title=Play a growing library of Nintendo 64 and SEGA Mega Drive games anytime, anywhere with #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack, a new membership launching in late October.|publisher=X|accessdate=May 29, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', and ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' were among the games that were made available with the launch of [[Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online]], with more games being made available in following months.

NES-NSO-EUR-USA-HOME-Menu-Icon.jpg|[[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]]<ref group="a" name="NSO">This software can only be downloaded and played by Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.</ref>

Logo-Super Mario Bros 35.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 35]]'' (defunct)<ref group="a" name="Defunct">This software could only be downloaded and played by Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.</ref>

N64-NSO-Home-Menu-Icon.jpg|[[Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online]]<ref group="a" name="Plus">This software can only be downloaded and played by Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers.</ref>

''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' are the only ''Super Mario''-related Nintendo Switch games that does not require a subscription at all to access online functionality. In the cases of ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', both versions of ''Minecraft'', and ''Mario Tennis Aces'', which released before Nintendo Switch Online became available, a subscription was not required for online features until the release of the service.

From March 2022, Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can access a "Missions & Rewards" section in the Switch's Nintendo Switch Online app where they can complete Nintendo Switch Online-specific tasks, such as opening the app, using the cloud backup feature, or playing online or a specific game on [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]], to earn [[My Nintendo]] Platinum Points which can then be exchanged for "icon parts" (characters, backgrounds, and frames) for use in their Switch profile pictures. Icon parts can only be redeemed via a paid Nintendo Switch Online subscription, i.e. they are not redeemable for subscribers who only have an active free trial. The redeemable icon parts are categorized by game: a monthly "spotlight software" category that features a weekly selection of icon parts from a specific game, and an ''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: New Horizons|Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]'' category that features icon parts for [[nookipedia:Villager|residents]] who have birthdays in the current month. On occasions, another game can be added as a "special reward", including the ''Super Mario'' title ''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]''.

Characters cost 10 Platinum Points each while backgrounds and frames cost five. After redeeming icon parts, the player can then assemble them in the icon collection sub-screen, after which they can then be applied to their profile picture. Some of the character icons are indicated with "Character with background", meaning that some icons of the character have the background baked in for them, and thus a different background cannot be selected for them. A background or frame cannot be redeemed without redeeming a character from the same game first.

The following is a list of ''Super Mario''-related characters featured in the spotlight software category (any character marked with "Character with Background" is marked with an asterisk). While not exclusively related to ''Super Mario'', the September 2022 rewards featured icons from [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]], with ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[nwiki:Tennis (NES)|Tennis]]'' being featured in wave 1, ''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]'' in wave 2, and ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', and ''[[nwiki:Punch-Out!! (NES)|Punch-Out!!]]'' in wave 3. In addition, ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' was used as one of three games for spotlight software on Nintendo 64 Online games in November 2022 (the others being ''Majora's Mask'' and ''Kirby 64'' of the ''Zelda'' and ''Kirby'' franchises, respectively). The spotlight software for Nintendo 64 Online games in December 2022 also included ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' among the games for that month (alongside ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''F-Zero X'' of the ''Zelda'' and ''F-Zero'' series, respectively). The January 2023 lineup for Nintendo 64 Online icons utilized ''[[Paper Mario]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' among the three games for that month (with the only other game given focus during the month being ''Star Fox 64'' of the ''Star Fox'' series). The icons for ''Super Mario Odyssey'', ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', and ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'' as well as the NES Online lineup were reissued on specific days between December 22 and January 6.

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| [[Morton]] driving in the [[Tri-Speeder]]*

| [[Daisy]] driving in the [[Cat Cruiser]]*

| [[Iggy]] driving in the [[Landship]]*

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