> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://averagetechnerds.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Nintendo Switch Online: Every New Classic Game, November 2026 - URL: https://averagetechnerds.com/nintendo-switch-online-new-games/ - Published: 2026-11-04T03:49:48.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-07T23:44:08.000Z - Description: Three Game Boy games on October 27, two never-released Virtual Boy games in August, and Mario Sunshine on Switch 2. Every classic added. - Author: Victor - Tags: News, Console Gaming, Retro Gaming, #always-up-to-date Updated November 3, 2026 · next update with Nintendo’s next classics drop Nintendo’s latest classics drop landed on October 27: three Game Boy games that anyone with a Switch Online membership can play. Two weeks before that, three Game Boy Advance games showed up for Expansion Pack members, and one of them, Kururin Paradise, had never been released outside Japan. That’s a game from 2002, making it out of Japan 24 years late. Every classic Nintendo adds lands on this page, newest at the top. Bottom line up front ## So what does this mean for the *Average TechNerd*? Since August 4, Switch Online has picked up thirteen classics across five systems. The strangest two are Virtual Boy games made in 1996 and then shelved, so nobody got to play them until this year. Nothing is dated for November yet. Pokémon Colosseum is confirmed for the GameCube library on Switch 2, and it still has no date either. Nintendo almost never removes games, so there’s no leaving list to race against. Prices haven’t changed in the US this year: $19.99 a year for Switch Online and $49.99 for the Expansion Pack. 13 classics added since Aug 4 Oct 27 latest drop, three Game Boy games $19.99 a year for Switch Online $49.99 a year with the Expansion Pack ## October 2026 October came in [two drops](https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/new-update-for-nintendo-switch-online-expansion-pack-members-october-2026/?ref=averagetechnerds.com). On the 13th, three Game Boy Advance games arrived for Expansion Pack members, and on the 27th, three Game Boy games followed for anyone with a membership. The one worth a second look is Kururin Paradise. It had only ever come out in Japan, so this is its first release in the West. ![Avenging Spirit cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-avenging-spirit.jpg)Oct 27Avenging SpiritSwitch OnlineGame BoyDetails ![Avenging Spirit cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-avenging-spirit.jpg) Oct 27 Avenging Spirit Action platformer · Jaleco Switch OnlineGame Boy A ghost fights to save his girlfriend from gangsters by possessing enemies and borrowing their moves. Every enemy you take over plays differently, from gunmen to ninjas. It's Jaleco's Game Boy port of its own arcade game. No critic score yet | First released | 1991 | | -------------- | -------------------------- | | Modes | Single player, Multiplayer | [Game Boy app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![Mole Mania cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-mole-mania.jpg)Oct 27Mole ManiaSwitch OnlineGame BoyDetails ![Mole Mania cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-mole-mania.jpg) Oct 27 Mole Mania Puzzle adventure · Nintendo and Pax Softnica Switch OnlineGame Boy Muddy the mole digs above and below ground, pushing, pulling and throwing heavy balls to clear a path and rescue his family. Each screen is a small puzzle, and switching between the surface and the tunnels is the trick to most of them. And the name behind it is a big one: Shigeru Miyamoto, the man who made Mario, produced it. No critic score yet | First released | 1996 | | -------------- | -------------------------- | | Modes | Single player, Multiplayer | [Game Boy app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![Revenge of the ’Gator cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-revenge-of-the-gator.jpg)Oct 27Revenge of the ’GatorSwitch OnlineGame BoyDetails ![Revenge of the ’Gator cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-revenge-of-the-gator.jpg) Oct 27 Revenge of the ’Gator Pinball · HAL Laboratory Switch OnlineGame Boy You flip a ball around a pinball table packed with alligators, and they snap at it as it rolls past. HAL Laboratory made it right at the start of the Game Boy's life: it came out in 1989 in Japan and 1990 in the US. No critic score yet | First released | 1989 | | -------------- | -------------------------- | | Modes | Single player, Multiplayer | [Game Boy app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![Monster Rancher Advance cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-monster-rancher-advance.jpg)Oct 13Monster Rancher AdvanceExpansion PackGame Boy AdvanceDetails ![Monster Rancher Advance cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-monster-rancher-advance.jpg) Oct 13 Monster Rancher Advance Monster-raising sim · Tecmo Expansion PackGame Boy Advance You raise, train and battle monsters on the Game Boy Advance, in Tecmo's handheld take on the Monster Rancher series from 2001\. Monsters grow and change depending on how you feed and train them. It needs the Expansion Pack, like every Game Boy Advance game on the service. No critic score yet | First released | 2001 | | -------------- | -------------------------- | | Modes | Single player, Multiplayer | | Series | Monster Rancher | [Game Boy Advance app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-advance-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![Metal Slug Advance cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-metal-slug-advance.jpg)Oct 13Metal Slug AdvanceExpansion PackGame Boy AdvanceDetails ![Metal Slug Advance cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-metal-slug-advance.jpg) Oct 13 Metal Slug Advance Run-and-gun · SNK Expansion PackGame Boy Advance You run sideways through each level shooting everything in sight, with Metal Slug's chunky, detailed art squeezed onto a Game Boy Advance. This one gives you a health bar and a set of cards to collect, so it's a little gentler than the arcade games. And it isn't a port. It's one of the few Metal Slug games made for a handheld from the start. Not enough critic reviews for a score yet | Player score | 77 from 35 ratings | | -------------- | ------------------ | | First released | 2004 | | Modes | Single player | | Series | Metal Slug | [Game Boy Advance app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-advance-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![Kururin Paradise cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-kururin-paradise.jpg)First time in the WestOct 13Kururin ParadiseExpansion PackGame Boy AdvanceDetails ![Kururin Paradise cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-kururin-paradise.jpg) Oct 13 Kururin Paradise Puzzle action · Eighting Expansion PackGame Boy Advance You steer a constantly spinning stick through narrow mazes without touching the walls. The 2002 sequel to Kuru Kuru Kururin adds 16 minigames you can play with up to three friends. It had only ever come out in Japan, so this is its first release in the West. No critic score yet | First released | 2002 | | -------------- | -------------------------- | | Modes | Single player, Multiplayer | | Series | Kururin | [Game Boy Advance app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-advance-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) Box art: Nintendo ## September 2026 September was mostly NES. Three games came at the start of the month, and with Ninja Gaiden III in the batch, all three NES Ninja Gaiden games are now on the service. A week later Nintendo showed Star Fox Adventures in a Direct and put it out the same day, in the GameCube library, which only plays on a Switch 2. ![Star Fox Adventures cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-star-fox-adventures.jpg)GameCubeSep 9Star Fox AdventuresExpansion PackGameCubeSwitch 2 onlyDetails ![Star Fox Adventures cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-star-fox-adventures.jpg) Sep 9 Star Fox Adventures Action-adventure · Rare Expansion PackGameCubeSwitch 2 only Fox McCloud trades his Arwing for a staff on Dinosaur Planet, in Rare's 2002 GameCube adventure. It plays more like a Zelda game than Star Fox, with dungeons, puzzles and a few flying sections. It plays on Switch 2 only and has a widescreen option. Not enough critic reviews for a score yet | Player score | 70 from 114 ratings | | -------------- | ------------------- | | First released | 2002 | | Modes | Single player | | Series | Star Fox | [GameCube app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-gamecube-nintendo-classics-switch-2/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-ninja-gaiden-iii.jpg)Sep 2Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of DoomSwitch OnlineNESDetails ![Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-ninja-gaiden-iii.jpg) Sep 2 Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom Action platformer · Tecmo Switch OnlineNES The ninja Ryu Hayabusa is framed for a murder, and you chase the real culprit through a fortress. The platforming is fast and tough, the way the series always is. It was his last adventure on the NES, back in 1991. No critic score yet | Player score | 84 from 47 ratings | | -------------- | ------------------ | | First released | 1991 | | Modes | Single player | | Series | Ninja Gaiden | [NES app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-entertainment-system-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![Ikari Warriors cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-ikari-warriors.jpg)Sep 2Ikari WarriorsSwitch OnlineNESDetails ![Ikari Warriors cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-ikari-warriors.jpg) Sep 2 Ikari Warriors Top-down run-and-gun · SNK Switch OnlineNES Two commandos fight their way north through the jungle in SNK's 1986 arcade shooter. You can jump into tanks and helicopters along the way. This is the 1987 NES version, with two-player co-op. Not enough critic reviews for a score yet | Player score | 47 from 33 ratings | | -------------- | ---------------------------------------- | | First released | 1986 | | Modes | Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative | | Series | Ikari Warriors | [NES app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-entertainment-system-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![R.C. Pro-Am II cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-r-c-pro-am-ii.jpg)Sep 2R.C. Pro-Am IISwitch OnlineNESDetails ![R.C. Pro-Am II cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-r-c-pro-am-ii.jpg) Sep 2 R.C. Pro-Am II Isometric racer · Rare Switch OnlineNES You race little radio-controlled cars, watching from above at an angle, and use weapons to knock rivals off the track. Winning earns money for upgrades, and there are 24 tracks to get through. On Switch Online, two players can race together. No critic score yet | First released | 1992 | | -------------- | -------------------------- | | Modes | Single player, Multiplayer | | Series | R.C. Pro-Am | [NES app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-entertainment-system-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) Box art: Nintendo ## August 2026 The oddest drop of the year: two Virtual Boy games made in 1996 and shelved, now playable with the Virtual Boy accessory for Switch. Super Mario Sunshine joined the GameCube library on August 13. ![Super Mario Sunshine cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-super-mario-sunshine.jpg)GameCubeAug 13Super Mario SunshineExpansion PackGameCubeSwitch 2 onlyDetails ![Super Mario Sunshine cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-super-mario-sunshine.jpg) Aug 13 Super Mario Sunshine 3D platformer · Nintendo Expansion PackGameCubeSwitch 2 only Mario cleans up Isle Delfino with a water-spraying backpack called FLUDD, in the 2002 GameCube classic. FLUDD can hover, rocket you upward and wash away the goo covering the island. It plays on Switch 2 only, as part of the GameCube library. Not enough critic reviews for a score yet | Player score | 82 from 530 ratings | | -------------- | ------------------- | | First released | 2002 | | Modes | Single player | | Series | Mario Bros. | [GameCube app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-gamecube-nintendo-classics-switch-2/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![Zero Racers cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-zero-racers.jpg)Never releasedAug 4Zero RacersExpansion PackVirtual BoyDetails ![Zero Racers cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-zero-racers.jpg) Aug 4 Zero Racers Futuristic racer · Nintendo Expansion PackVirtual Boy An F-Zero spin-off made for the Virtual Boy in 1996 that never came out, until now. You race futuristic machines through tunnels in the Virtual Boy's red 3D. You need a Virtual Boy accessory for Switch to play it. No critic score yet | First released | 2026 | | -------------- | ------------- | | Modes | Single player | | Series | F-Zero | [Virtual Boy app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/virtual-boy-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) ![D-Hopper cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-d-hopper.jpg)Never releasedAug 4D-HopperExpansion PackVirtual BoyDetails ![D-Hopper cover art](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/11/nso-d-hopper.jpg) Aug 4 D-Hopper Action platformer · Intelligent Systems Expansion PackVirtual Boy Another lost Virtual Boy game from 1996, also known as Dragon Hopper, finally playable. It's an action game from Intelligent Systems where you leap and fly across floating platforms and fight enemies. Like every Virtual Boy game here, it needs the Virtual Boy accessory. No critic score yet | First released | 2026 | | -------------- | ------------- | | Modes | Single player | [Virtual Boy app on Nintendo.com ↗](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/virtual-boy-nintendo-classics-switch/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) Box art: Nintendo ## What’s coming next? Nothing with a date. Pokémon Colosseum is the one confirmed game still to come for the GameCube library on Switch 2, and Nintendo hasn’t said when. Nintendo has added two batches in each of August, September and October, sometimes announced a couple of weeks ahead and sometimes released with no warning at all. When the next one lands, it goes at the top of this page. ## Is anything leaving Switch Online? No. Nintendo hasn’t announced any removals, and it almost never takes a classic away. The only game ever pulled from the library is Super Soccer, a SNES game removed in March 2025. ## Switch Online plans and prices Which plan you need depends on what you want to play. Every NES and Game Boy game on this page works with the base plan, which also gets you online play. The Game Boy Advance, Virtual Boy and GameCube games need the Expansion Pack, and the GameCube ones only run on a Switch 2\. In the US that’s [$19.99 or $49.99 a year](https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a%5Fid/41194?ref=averagetechnerds.com), and neither price has gone up in 2026. Switch Online $19.99 a year, US - $3.99 a month or $7.99 for three months - Family plan, up to 8 accounts: $34.99 a year - NES, SNES, Game Boy and Game Boy Color - Online play, cloud saves, Game Trials Expansion Pack $49.99 a year, US - Yearly only; family plan $79.99 - Everything in Switch Online - N64, GBA, Genesis, Virtual Boy, GameCube (Switch 2) - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass and more DLC ## Other Switch Online perks Oct 9 to 15 Game Trial: Hello Kitty Island Adventure Hello Kitty Island Adventure was the last free Game Trial in North America, the full game for members to play for a week. Nintendo hasn’t announced one for November yet. Nov 2 to 30 Missions & Rewards icons Every member can pick up Panel de Pon profile icons this month, and Expansion Pack members get Dr. Mario & Puzzle League ones too. Each costs 10 Platinum Points, the My Nintendo points you earn through Switch Online missions. Ongoing Nintendo Music New soundtracks keep landing in the Nintendo Music app that comes with your membership, Super Mario Sunshine’s and the Virtual Boy albums among them. Playing on more than one system? We keep the same kind of list for [Xbox Game Pass](https://averagetechnerds.com/xbox-game-pass-games-coming-leaving/) and [PlayStation Plus](https://averagetechnerds.com/ps-plus-games-coming-leaving/), and on PC, [Humble Choice and Humble Bundle](https://averagetechnerds.com/humble-choice-bundles-steam-deck/) come with Steam Deck ratings. Which classic do you most want Nintendo to add next? Based on Nintendo’s August and October 2026 Switch Online updates, its support and store pages, Nintendo of America’s announcements as quoted by Game Informer, and reporting by Nintendo Life, Nintendo Everything and VGC, as of November 3, 2026. × Scores and game details: [IGDB.com](https://www.igdb.com/?ref=averagetechnerds.com)