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Nintendo Switch Online has more than 60 NES and SNES games in its digital library.

There are 20 SNES games at launch.

A dataminer found 22 SNES games in Nintendo Switch Online's code earlier this year.

In the new battle royale multiplayer game 'Tetris 99' for Nintendo Switch, you'll need to know how to use badges and new controls if you're going to play (and win!) against 98 other players.

There are currently more than 8 million subscribers of Nintendo Switch Online.

The classic game library of Nintendo's Switch Online subscription service could soon be getting an upgrade.

While past "Smash Bros." games have featured online fights, "Smash Ultimate" is the true test of Nintendo's online capabilities.

All three NES titles are arriving on Dec. 12.

The original "Legend of Zelda" game in Nintendo Switch Online also has access to new special save data to give players items at the start of the adventure.

Your Nintendo Switch games will use the cloud save backup feature automatically but you can opt out of it or manually back up your saves.

The latest Nintendo Switch firmware is available to download bringing cloud save backup and more.

Version 6.0 is available for the Nintendo Switch on Sept. 18 and after a brief maintenance period the online service will be live.

The official Nintendo site revealed Gold Points can be redeemed to pay for the Switch Online service membership.

The official Nintendo support page states that the company can't guarantee cloud save files will be retained after a certain time after membership expires.

The postponed Nintendo Direct will stream on Thursday, Sept. 13.

Here's everything we currently know about the Nintendo Switch online service, coming to gamers in the second half of September.