Are There Nintendo Switch Online SNES Games?

Find out if Nintendo Switch Online includes SNES games, if that featuring is coming soon, or if you’ll never be able to play them.

With the launch of the Nintendo Switch Online service, a lot of people have been asking if you can play Super Nintendo games. While it seems to be the question on everyone’s mind, Nintendo has not yet confirmed if you can play SNES games on Nintendo Switch Online. In this article we’ll take a look at what your options are to play SNES games on the Nintendo Online service. We’ll also look at what people are saying about when SNES games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online. Of course, we’ll be updating this article as new information on Nintendo Switch Online Super Nintendo games is released.

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Nintendo Switch Online SNES Games

At the moment there’s no way to play Super Nintendo games using the Nintendo Switch Online service. You can only play a handful of NES games, with more new games being added every month. However, we also know that Nintendo currently has no plans to add a Virtual Console feature to the Nintendo Switch, which means that most people believe the addition of Super Nintendo games is more so a matter of when, not if.

Nintendo has confirmed the NES games being added to the service through the end of 2018. That almost certainly means you won’t find any Super Nintendo games until at least 2019. However, once we get into 2019 all bets are off. Most assume SNES games will be added sooner rather than later, but given that Nintendo is taking extra care with the NES games and even adding online multiplayer, it may take some time before we see SNES games on the Nintendo Switch Online service.

When Nintendo eventually confirms Super Nintendo games for the Nintendo Switch Online service, we’ll be sure to update this article and even provide a list of games you can check out. In the meantime, stay tuned to Prima Games for more on the Nintendo Switch Online service.


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Bryan Dawson has an extensive background in the gaming industry, having worked as a journalist for various publications for nearly 20 years and participating in a multitude of competitive fighting game events. He has authored over a dozen strategy guides for Prima Games, worked as a consultant on numerous gaming-related TV and web shows and was the Operations Manager for the fighting game division of the IGN Pro League.