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Nintendo Switch Online has slowly become a must-have service, and Sony and Microsoft could learn a thing or two

The return of the Virtual Console gave subscribers access to classic NES and SNES games, which now support online multiplayer and various other improvements. You can play the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass, Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise, and the Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion. The company has already said it will ensure people can take their Nintendo Accounts with them, and with the Switch 2 widely tipped to be backward compatible, it means all of the games and Virtual Console titles will come, too.

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