Nintendo Switch Online is getting not one, but two Mario Party games next month
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Nintendo Switch Online is a lively spot this November, with not one but two Mario Party games coming to the Expansion Pack N64 library.
It hasn’t been that long since the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service added Pilotwings 64 to its roster of N64 games. Barely a moment to rest, the N64 selection of the premium expansion pack will receive Mario Party and Mario Party 2 on November 2.
This is the first time since launch that the Nintendo Switch’s N64 library has received more than one game on the same day. Between now and launch, we’ve typically seen games like Pokémon Puzzle League and Wave Race 64 land on the service with a fixed clip of one per month. Two Mario Party games coming out on the same day mark a pretty interesting change for the service.
What’s in store for Nintendo Switch Online’s N64 library?
Aside from us getting two N64 games just a fortnight after Pilotwings 64, their quick addition could mean there’s more N64 goodness in store than Nintendo has so far suggested.
We know that Mario Party 3 is also coming to Nintendo Switch Online this year. In 2023, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2, 1080 Snowboarding and Excitebike 64 will be added.
This leaves December 2022 wide open for another confirmed N64 game: GoldenEye 007. No release date for the legendary shooter has been made available yet. But if it doesn’t come in December, what will?
Either Nintendo has a surprise N64 game on offer for the holiday season – possibly a cult classic like Space Station Silicon Valley or Mischief Makers – or we’ll get GoldenEye 007 much sooner than we expected. Or, you know, Nintendo could skip December altogether, as we’re getting two Mario Party games in November. But that’s a possibility that makes me sad.