Use Switch Online for free: Nintendo temporarily gives away subscription service

Free games for your console

02 May 2020 at 2:14 p.m. Reading time: 2 minutes
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Nintendo is making Switch Online temporarily free. So you can now play over 70 NES and SNES classics for free on the Switch without a subscription to the service.

Nintendo Switch in the unboxing video

Nice gesture from Nintendo! The Japanese manufacturer is responding to the corona crisis and is doing its paid online service Nintendo Switch Online temporarily free of charge. With this you can among other things Download free games to your switch – more on that later. You can use the service for a total of one week, i.e. seven days for free – even if you have already used the 7-day test phase beforehand. This is how Nintendo wants to make it easier for you to stay at home.

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Nintendo Switch Online is a requirement on the Nintendo console in order to compete with other players over the Internet. You can even make calls to your friends using a smartphone app. In addition, the service brings you a lot of free games similar to PS Plus or Xbox Gold. So you have access to the constantly growing range of NES and SNES classics. There are currently over 70 titles in the catalog. Usually you would have the retro consoles Nintendo Classic Mini and SNES Classic Mini increase to be able to play the games.

If you decide to subscribe to the online service after the prope phase, you have various packages to choose from: the service costs EUR 3.99 per month, EUR 7.99 for 3 months and EUR 19.99 for one year . Families can also take out a family subscription. This includes eight accounts and costs 34.99 euros per year.

That’s how much the subscription costs regularly

A subscription to Nintendo Switch Online is not the only way to enjoy free games for Nintendo Swtich get. In the linked article, we introduce you to other ways you can experience great adventures on the Nintendo console without paying a cent.

But you can play free games not only on the Switch. There are also plenty of free games for other platforms. So if you have a gaming PC, PS4 or Xbox at home in addition to the switch, you should take a look at the following articles:

In our big one Corona special you will also find out which ones actually paid content it is currently free of charge for downloading on the net.