You know what, here's the definitive Nintendo Switch Online stats as of today (2026-07-17), I even just included the last two lines to compare with Virtual Console, for the curious.

For people who are randomly into stats for #NintendoSwitchOnline

Sword of Hope II, Fortified Zone, and Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 are now available for GameBoy - Nintendo Classics! Additionally, Dr. Mario & Puzzle League is now available on GameBoy Advance - Nintendo Classics!

It's time to monkey. The DK Challenge has begun! You can access it through the #NintendoSwitchOnline app and earn Challenge Cards (Switch 2 only) as well as 3 special NSO icons that will be distributed once the event ends on September 1!

The new DK Challenge event is now available in the NSO app on Nintendo Switch 2! Complete specific challenges across NES, SNES, and GameBoy games as well as the Donkey Kong Bananza game to receive digital cards!

Join us on June 9 at 7am PT for a #NintendoDirect followed by Nintendo Treehouse: Live! The Nintendo Direct will be roughly 50 minutes and Nintendo Treehouse: Live will be 95 minutes. Watch here: ninten.do/6010v5TG2

Donkey Kong 64 is now available for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members!

Donkey Kong 64 will arrive on Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Classics on June 4th! Apologies as I’m a bit busy and thought it was live initially.

A Virtual Boy section has now been added under the Nintendo Classics area of the NSO app! And the N64 section now also displays the Mature rated games which previously didn’t show up together here.

Jack Bros., V-TETRIS, SPACE INVADERS VIRTUAL COLLECTION, VIRTUAL BOWLING, and VERTICAL FORCE for Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics are now available! Additionally, Virtual Fishing is also available but is exclusive to the Japanese version of the service. This is presumably the only Japan only VB game.

Five classic Virtual Boy titles are now available to play on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members! 🔴 V-TETRIS® 🔴 Jack Bros. 🔴 SPACE INVADERS VIRTUAL COLLECTION 🔴 VIRTUAL BOWLING 🔴 VERTICAL FORCE

PAC-MAN, Mendel Palace, and THE TOWER OF DRUAGA have been added to NES - Nintendo Classics!

They Also Improved The Stick Calibration! youtube.com/watch?v=uJUZ...

Apparently the GameCube app has an updated CRT shader that uses HDR. I did notice on the last Virtual Boy update that there was some kind of HDR support going on, I did not mention about an updated CRT shader file on it because I kind of dismissed it (it's leftovers from other apps)

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is now available for Nintendo GameCube - Nintendo Classics!

By the way the japanese GBA app does contain Mario vs Donkey Kong with 6 e-Reader levels. Cool, but unfortunately aren't included on the other versions.

Mario’s Tennis and Mario Clash are now available on Virtual Boy as well as Mario vs. Donkey King on GameBoy Advance - Nintendo Classics for NSO + Expansion Pack members!

Today’s Nintendo Power cover on Nintendo Today is from issue No.197 which features Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. No.198 with Path of Radiance on the cover was featured on the same day the game came out so it is likely this will arrive tonight! (Depending on timezones) nintendo.today/s/aFyHNMdV

Mario’s Tennis and Mario Clash will be coming to Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics along with Mario vs. Donkey King for GameBoy Advance - Nintendo Classics on March 10th for NSO + Expansion Pack members!

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is set to arrive on Nintendo GameCube - Nintendo Classics next month!

Play & Redeem: An icon of Diskun has been added to the selection of The Mysterious Murasame Castle #NintendoSwitchOnline icons! Just like the others, it will be available until March 2. #NintendoSwitch #NintendoSwitch2

Virtual Boy headset and the rest of the Nintendo Classics controllers for the North American region plus Japanese variants.

Be sure to adjust the interpupillary distance (IPD) setting to prevent double vision, blurring, eye strain, and headaches. Press and hold the R-Stick while playing a game to enter the adjustment mode. US eShop: 🔗 www.nintendo.com

[Classics - Virtual Boy] The app has been released and is now available for download on the eShop. Virtual Boy goggles (cardboard or plastic) are required to play. Labo VR goggles will work on Switch 1, but aren't officially supported. The app will NOT work in docked mode.

Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics is now available worldwide! (In supported regions at least)

When you see this screen in VB games, go to the IPD setup, make sure to focus your eyes on the middle, avoid any trapezoid on the VB squares on the corners like the left image, try to get to a clean vertical alignment like on the right image. #VirtualBoy

Galactic Pinball’s Metroid references are pretty neat! The bonus game where you control Samus’ ship is rather fun along with the rendition of the theme of Samus Aran. Too bad clips can’t be recorded in VR mode though. #NintendoSwitch #VirtualBoy #NintendoSwitchOnline #NintendoClassics

VB NSO Japan release quick impressions: - With the replica headset and a Switch 2, you are basically getting 85% of the feel of playing on original hardware (aside from having no VB controller) - The red lens cover on the replica filters out the LCD backlight, which really helps sell the feel

Balloon Kid and Yoshi for the are now available for Game Boy - Nintendo Classics!

Two #GameBoy games are now available to play for #NintendoSwitchOnline members! ☑️ Yoshi™ ☑️ Balloon Kid™

Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics is coming to #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch on Feb 17! The following titles will be available to play at launch: Galactic Pinball Teleroboxer RED ALARM Virtual Boy Wario Land 3-D TETRIS GOLF The Mansion of Innsmouth

Virtual Boy™ – Nintendo Classics - Overview Trailer #NintendoToday nintendo.today/s/aaspMiJC Titles coming to Virtual Boy at launch are now confirmed, with Galactic Pinball, 3-D Tetris, Teleroboxer, Virtual Boy Wario Land, The Mansion of Innsmouth, GOLF, and RED ALARM all being available from day 1.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is now available on GameCube Nintendo Classics for NSO + Expansion Pack subscribers!

Happy New Year! For the start of the year I wanted to make a couple predictions/hopes for what may arrive this year. As for the first update, they generally are in the latter half of January so it could perhaps arrive on the 14th/15th depending on time zone.

Nintendo Classics Year in Review Total of 40 games added (39 on the Japanese version) Less than last year’s 56 (54 JPN) but previous years were generally around 40 for the most part. GameCube was introduced in June alongside the Switch 2 with 3 titles and 7 more confirmed as future additions.

Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Tonic Trouble are now available for Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Classics!

Wario World has been added to GameCube Nintendo Classics today! This is the first game added outside of the originally announced list, although it has happened before such as the Mario Advance games arriving on GBA before the full announced library was available.

Ready to rumble with Wario? You’d BETTER be ready! Throw punches, charge through crowds, and pummel foes in Wario World, available now on #NintendoSwitch2 for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members.

Two classic #N64 games are coming soon! Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Tonic Trouble are coming to the Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Classics app on Dec 17 for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members!

Additionally, new start up videos were introduced like the GBA and GameCube. These ones are styled in the Game Screen set within the app with an original GameBoy, GameBoy Pocket, and GameBoy Color startup screen. Holding the control stick in a direction as it opens up is a reliable way to get it.

Nintendo Classics NES & GameBoy were both updated today! This brings all the Nintendo Classics systems up to date with the naming from NSO and adds button mapping for each game too. Sega Genesis / Mega Drive does still remain for an update for button mapping though.

These #NES and #GameBoy games are now available to play for #NintendoSwitchOnline members! NES: ☑️ Ninja Gaiden II™: The Dark Sword of Chaos ☑️ BATTLETOADS™ Game Boy: ☑️ Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters ☑️ BIONIC COMMANDO

Thought there would’ve been a game addition today as it is soon to be a month since the last one. At the very least there has been one game added each month for a couple years. Going by past systems like N64, and GBA, new system updates are generally once a month, but GCN has been inconsistent.

Current number of Nintendo Classics/NSO games available via NSO + Expansion Pack: 342 (incl. 24 SP games) Japan numbers: 337 (27 SP) Standard NSO subscription games: 219 (24 SP games) NES: 96 (17 SP NES) SNES: 84 (7 SP SNES) GB: 39 Japan: 116 (27 SP) FC: 98 (20 SP FC) SFC: 72 (7 SP SFC) GB: 39