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Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Nintendo Switch Online drops a game from its lineup for the first time ever, and the "concerning" move has fans worried: "This sets an upsetting precedent"
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In a seemingly monumental move for consumers, Nintendo has announced the end of service for one of its Switch Online games – and understandably, users are worried about what that means for the future of digital gaming. Revealing the upcoming removal in a new online post, Nintendo states that Spike Chunsoft's Super Formation Soccer will cease distribution next month on March 28. The game, a title available via the company's Super Famicom Nintendo Switch Online lineup in Japan, will also not be accessible to players who already have the service downloaded. This has placed a concerning reminder in peoples' minds: digital games aren't permanent. A recent Reddit thread highlights Nintendo Switch users' thoughts on the matter, with many agreeing that it's not the one game's removal that's causing concern but rather the removal of any game at all. "While Super Soccer isn't some massive loss by itself, it does set a precedent that games can be removed," writes one player. "I thought a nice strength of NSO over other streaming services was the library only grew, never removed games." "This sets an upsetting precedent," states another. Elsewhere in the comments, people try to work out why Nintendo is removing Super Formation Soccer from its lineup in Japan. "This is the first game from the Nintendo platforms to be taken down," a user explains. "I'm assuming the license is expiring, and they decided they wouldn't renew – this will happen to every game on the NSO that's not owned by Nintendo eventually." There's no telling what Nintendo's reasoning here truly was or whether the company will do the same with any other digital title from its Switch Online catalogues in the future, but it's probably safe to say the only way users can ensure they own a game forever for now is by obtaining a physical copy – as viable as that is in an era of the ever-expanding digital library for games on all platforms, from Nintendo's current console to the upcoming Switch are the best Nintendo Switch games to play right now while you wait for more news.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nintendo Switch Online Losing Its First Retro Game Proves Why We Need Virtual Console
Nintendo is doing something the company has never done before: Next month, it will remove a retro game from its the Nintendo Switch Online's classic catalog. Since launching the Nintendo Switch Online classic service in 2018, the company behind Mario has never removed a game. Instead, it's slowly built up a decently-sized library of first- and third-party retro games from across multiple console libraries. However, subscribers in Japan will be losing a retro game in March, even if they already downloaded it. On February 27, Nintendo Japan quietly announced that Super Famicon game Super Formation Soccer will be removed from the Japan's Nintendo Switch Online service on March 28. Nintendo confirmed that even players who have already downloaded and installed the game on their Switch consoles will no longer be able to play Super Formation Soccer after March 28. At the moment it appears that this title is only being removed from Nintendo Switch Online in Japan. In America the game was released as Super Soccer for the SNES. So far Nintendo hasn't announced plans to remove this version from NSO's classic catalog over here. That might be because while Super Formation Soccer was published by Spike Chunsoft in Japan, worldwide the game was published by Nintendo. So it would appear that whatever deal was in place to license the game is expiring soon in Japan, but that deal likely doesn't apply in regions where Super Soccer was published by Nintendo itself. While I doubt there was a giant audience for Super Soccer on Nintendo Switch, it's still bad news to see a game removed from the classic catalog. Although games are removed from Game Pass and PS Plus all the time, people can still buy those games digitally. With Nintendo, these games are locked behind the NSO subscription service and once removed, you can no longer play them on Switch. Just another good reason why Nintendo needs to bring back the Virtual Console for Switch 2. . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
