Nintendo is adding a trio of Mario spinoff games to its Nintendo Switch Online subscription service to celebrate Mario Day, adding two sports games and a puzzle game. 2024's celebration of the iconic Nintendo mascot brought plenty of news about the future of the franchise, with multiple major announcements during the livestream. Nintendo would reveal the production of a second Super Mario Bros. Movie, alongside confirming the release dates for the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and Luigi's Mansion 2 remakes. Now, multiple Mario games are set to come to the Switch.

Nintendo's premium online subscription offers players access to plenty of classic Mario games across several platforms. Players can access each of the original NES Super Mario Bros. games through the base subscription, as well as Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, and several spinoffs. The Expansion Pass for the service also offers access to beloved games like Super Mario 64, Paper Mario, and the first three Mario Party games. Now, three more Mario spinoffs are headed to the subscription service as part of this year's Mario Day celebrations.

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During a Mario Day broadcast filled with announcements, Nintendo revealed three Mario spinoffs will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online later this week. Nintendo Switch Online's Game Boy lineup is set to add the Game Boy port of Dr. Mario, alongside a pair of sports games in the Game Boy Color versions of Mario Golf and Mario Tennis. All three games will be available through Nintendo Switch Online's base subscription starting on March 12

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Nintendo Switch Online Adding Three Game Boy Mario Games

The trio of Mario games being added to Nintendo Switch Online came as part of a brief broadcast filled with major news for the franchise's future. The highly-anticipated Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake finally saw its release date confirmed by Nintendo, debuting on May 23. Luigi's Mansion 2 also confirmed the release date for its remake, launching a month later on June 27. Mario is set to receive another spinoff in the near future as well, with Princess Peach: Showtime debuting later this month focused around the titular princess.

The new announcements for the Mario franchise follow just a few months after the most recent main-series release for the beloved mascot. Super Mario Bros. Wonder launched in November as Super Mario Bros' first new 2D platformer in over a decade, since the release of 2012's New Super Mario Bros. U. Wonder saw widespread acclaim from both fans and critics and even received a nomination for Game of the Year at the 2023 Game Awards. The three Mario spinoffs will bring even more of the iconic character's expansive library to the Switch.

Super Mario

Super Mario is one of the biggest names in gaming. The first game in the franchise was 1985's Super Mario Bros., a game that is credited with helping the gaming industry recover from its two-year crash that began in 1983.

The Super Mario series still has an important place in gaming today, largely thanks to Nintendo's ability to continuously innovate the platform games.