Nintendo Switch Online - WiKirby: it's a wiki, about Kirby!
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The logo for Nintendo Switch Online
Nintendo Switch Online is a subscription system from Nintendo that primarily grants the ability to play Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 games online. It released on September 18, 2018, in North America, on September 19, 2018, in Japan, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and South Korea, on September 9, 2025 in Taiwan,[1] and on November 18, 2025 in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.[2][3][4] An expanded tier of the service, called Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, was released on October 25, 2021.
Apart from allowing online gameplay, Nintendo Switch Online also grants the usage of other features, including cloud backup, access to missions that grant special rewards, and access to Nintendo Classics. The Expansion Pack tier grants even more features.
A primary feature of Nintendo Switch Online is Nintendo Classics, which essentially functions much like Virtual Console did, except that the games are accessible by having an active subscription, rather than by separate purchases.
The following is a list of every Kirby game available on Nintendo Classics. Each Nintendo Classics app has two different regional versions: one version for Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong that supports Japanese and Chinese language options for the user interface, and another version for the rest of the world that supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian and Korean languages for the UI. Unless otherwise noted, the Japanese/Chinese versions tend to exclusively feature the Japanese versions of games, while the international versions tend to primarily feature the North American versions of games, with select Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube games also offering the European and/or Korean versions if said game originally released with multilingual support back in the day; all international NES and SNES Nintendo Classics games only feature the North American versions. Any other differences between these regional versions when it comes to individual game releases and/or availability will be noted in the table below were applicable.
Despite the original game getting official French and German translations for Canada and parts of Europe, the international Nintendo Classics version can only be played in English.
Kirby's Adventure Now with Extra Game!
Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics
March 13, 2019
This is a special version of Kirby's Adventure that begins with a 100% completed save file, enabling access to the Extra Game and the Sound Test.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics
June 9, 2022
This is a special version of Kirby's Dream Course that begins with the game fully complete, enabling access to the Extra Course, the Map Select, the Dance Select, and the Sound Room.
Kirby's Dream Land 3 Set difficulty to Easy Breezy!
Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics
June 9, 2022
This is a special version of Kirby's Dream Land 3 that begins with a 100% completed save file, enabling access to Boss Butch, Super NES MG-5, Jumping, the Sound Test, and the Theater.
Kirby Super Star Meta Knight's revenge!
Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics
June 9, 2022
This is a special version of Kirby Super Star that begins with a 100% completed save file, enabling access to Revenge of Meta Knight, Milky Way Wishes, The Arena, and the Sound Room.
This section is incomplete. You can help WiKirby by expanding it. Missing documentation of icons from KA and KatAM, the KatFL ones from the rerun in 2025 as well as the KatFL+SCW ones, and the ones from KDL3 and the second wave of K64
An update on February 28th, 2022 added a Missions & Rewards section where players can earn Platinum Points from weekly tasks or redeem them for icon elements, each divided into "Characters", "Backgrounds", and "Frames". A "Character" element must be used in order to create an icon. "Character" elements cost 10 Platinum Points, while "Background" and "Frame" elements cost 5 Platinum Points. Each month features one game with their own icon elements, as well as a Animal Crossing: New Horizons section that feature villagers whose birthday is the current month.[5]
From April 7th, 2022 to May 5th, 2022, 80 icon elements pertaining to Kirby and the Forgotten Land were available to the service as a "special reward", with the icons being changed every Thursday. These sets of icons were were made available again from July 20, 2022 to August 17, 2022, and once again in late December 2022, on December 23rd and December 31st only.
From August 31st, 2022 to September 13th, 2022, Kirby's Dream Buffet had icons dedicated to it released, in two waves that lasted a week each. These sets of icons were were made available again only on December 29th, 2022 and January 6th, 2023.
From November 2nd, 2022 to December 6th, 2022, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards had ten character icons dedicated to it released as part of the Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online icon set, exclusive to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members. The icons were available over the entire five-week period.
From November 19th, 2025 to December 24th, 2025, Kirby Air Riders had icons dedicated to it released. A selection of these icons were rereleased from January 1st, 2026 to January 2nd, 2026, and January 9th, 2026 to January 10th, 2026.
Originally, the week 5 icon based on Gigantes's icon had missing tires. This was fixed a couple hours later, though anyone who already selected the incorrect icon had to manually update it.[6]
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